Senior product roles in energy, EV charging, connected vehicles and IoT, where hardware, firmware and cloud meet. Remote from Sweden, or hybrid in Sweden.

Reza Saffari
@rsaffari
Senior Technical Product Manager in EV charging, connected cars and IoT energy platforms. Volvo Cars, Charge Amps, Perific. M.Sc. EE, KTH.
What I'm looking for
At Perific, I contributed to Shield’s real-time alerting and load-balancing improvements and built an AI-powered tariff parser covering 170 Swedish grid operators. I also drove an Energy Report product from concept to launch, using meter data to generate monthly consumption analysis, peak-load insights, and cost-saving recommendations.
At Volvo Cars, I led Smart Charging from a two-person proof of concept to production in the global app. I also built a multi-tenant OCPP charging backend and API services in C#/.NET on AWS, with certificate-based security and APIs for the consumer app, partners, customer service, and installer portals.
At Charge Amps, I led Green Charging from proof of concept to production and delivered training and product demos to European partners. Earlier, at Cabonline, I led implementation of a digital dispatch and booking platform, including digital payments and onboarding for 2,000 users.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Product Owner / Technical Product Manager
Perific
Feb 2026 - May 2026 (3 months)
Owned the product roadmap for a cloud-based IoT energy management platform with real-time telemetry from 120,000 installations and REST API integrations with 22 hardware brands. Led an 8-person cross-functional team and proposed a three-tier subscription strategy.
Led Smart Charging from POC to production in the Volvo Cars global app, coordinating vehicle API, cloud backend, and mobile teams. Defined SLI/SLO requirements and contributed to V2G service design.
Product Lead
Charge Amps
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022 (3 years 9 months)
Led Green Charging from proof-of-concept to production, owning requirements through firmware, cloud backend, and mobile launch. Delivered training and product demos to 300 European partners and supported sales in negotiations.
Fleet Mgr / Digitalization Consultant
Cabonline
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 5 months)
Supported digital procurement of municipal transport services and led implementation of a digital dispatch and booking platform. Optimized school transport routes and managed digital onboarding for 2,000 users.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Product Ownership
2023 - 2023
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from Scrum Alliance, obtained in 2023.
Probana Business School
MBA, Leadership & Management
2016 - 2017
MBA in Leadership & Management from Probana Business School, completed from 2016 to 2017.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering
1999 - 2005
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, completed from 1999 to 2005.
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