Tribe Leader - Enabling Tribes (m/f)

Who we are

At E.ON, we are shaping the future of energy. As one of Europe’s leading energy companies, we operate across multiple markets with a clear ambition: to drive the energy transition and deliver sustainable, reliable and affordable solutions to our customers. In the Czech Republic, nearly 3,500 colleagues contribute to our success every day. We offer a stable and fair working environment and are proud to be regularly recognized as a TOP EMPLOYER. At the same time, we are transforming how we work – becoming more agile, more collaborative, and closer to our customers. We aim to respond faster to change, simplify our processes, and continuously improve the value we deliver.

Enabling Tribes provide the essential data, technology, and engineering capabilities that power our organization, supporting customer-facing teams in delivering products, services, and seamless end-to-end journeys at scale.

Within our Customer Solutions Business, these Tribes are critical in enabling scalable and efficient delivery of customer solutions.

Your role

The Tribe Leader is a senior business leader accountable for a defined customer-centric value domain, bringing together multiple product teams to deliver integrated, end-to-end solutions.

Acting as a ‘mini-CEO’ of the domain, the role owns customer and business outcomes, including value delivery, performance, and long-term sustainability. The Tribe Leader translates company strategy into actionable Tribe-level priorities and ensures measurable business value is delivered through empowered, cross-functional teams. This role reports directly to the Board, ensuring strong alignment between Tribe outcomes and company strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the Tribe’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives in alignment with overall company strategy.
• Own and drive end-to-end value delivery within the Tribe, with accountability for business outcomes such as P&L, customer satisfaction (e.g. NPS), market impact, and return on investment.
• Establish and maintain the Tribe roadmap, priorities, and OKRs, ensuring alignment across product teams, Product Owners, and other Tribes.
• Lead planning, monitoring, and performance management through clear KPIs and OKRs; prepare inputs for quarterly planning and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR).
• Create an environment that enables autonomous, high-performing, cross-functional product teams and supports effective collaboration and alignment.
• Lead and develop key Tribe roles and focus on people development, capacity planning, and team health.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and act as the primary interface to senior leadership; align expectations, manage dependencies, and handle escalations.
• Ensure appropriate governance, quality standards, and compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Own the Tribe budget and resource allocation; ensure cost transparency and efficient use of resources in collaboration with Finance.
• Someone with C1/C2 Czech and English proficiency.

What we are looking for

• Technical Knowledge & Strong Expertise: Brings solid knowledge of technology, data, and engineering environments. Understands how these capabilities enable business outcomes and can effectively collaborates with technical teams and leaders.
• Servant Leadership: Leads through influence, not authority. Builds a strong Tribe culture based on trust, ownership, and transparency. Develops people, fosters engagement, and role-models leadership during change.
• Delivery & Execution Excellence: Drives reliable delivery of business value with a focus on outcomes. Removes obstacles, sets clear priorities, and continuously improves ways of working to enhance flow, quality, and predictability.
• Business Acumen: Combines customer focus with strong business understanding. Uses data to guide decisions, balances trade-offs, and delivers measurable business impact.
• Navigating Ambiguity: Operates effectively in complex and uncertain environments. Makes sound decisions with limited information, manages risks, and keeps teams focused and aligned.
• Communication & Collaboration: Builds strong stakeholder alignment across the organization. Communicates clearly and effectively, influences decisions, and works across boundaries with a holistic mindset.
• Strategic Thinking: Translates strategy into clear priorities and actions. Balances short-term delivery with long-term direction and adapts to emerging trends and opportunities.
• People Development: Builds strong, diverse teams. Supports growth through coaching, feedback, and talent development in close collaboration with Chapter Leads.
• Self-Management & Ownership: Demonstrates accountability, independence, and strong personal effectiveness. Takes ownership of decisions and delivers with consistency and credibility.
• Someone with C1/C2 Czech and English proficiency.

Why it is great to work at E.ON

• We offer stability you can rely on in the long term.
• People feel good working here – we rank among the TOP 5 employers on Atmoskop.
• Every year, we credit CZK 21,620 to your personal benefits account, which you can use as you like – for culture, experiences, holidays, dental care, or a Multisport card.
• Every colleague is entitled to a performance‑based bonus linked to agreed targets and work performance evaluation.
• Health and safety come first – you have access to the uLékaře medical service and a company psychologist.
• You get 5 weeks of vacation plus additional days off depending on your years of service.
• We provide paid leave for personal and family events beyond the Labour Code (e.g., childbirth, wedding, moving).
• We value people who help others – we reward unpaid blood donation with additional days off beyond legal requirements, and we offer 2 paid days for volunteering activities.
• We contribute to your pension scheme or long‑term investment product (DIP), and we also support your meals through a meal allowance of CZK 115 per working day.
• Our standard working week is 37.5 hours. If the position allows it, working hours are flexible – sometimes you may need to stay a bit longer, other times you can leave earlier.
• For roles where it is possible, we offer home office options.
• Our employees and their family members can benefit from discounted mobile tariffs.
• We support parents returning from maternity or parental leave with a financial contribution of CZK 80,040. Colleagues with disabilities receive a higher contribution to their personal benefits account depending on the level of disability – up to CZK 20,000 extra per year. 

What else you need to know?

Position ID: 244822 
Starting date: upon agreement  

Are you interested in this job and wondering where to send your CV in English?

Just click on the blue Apply Now box and create an online application in our database. We will get back to you as soon as possible! If you have any questions, you can contact: Zuzana Pánková, zuzana.pankova@eon.cz.

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E.ON is a privately owned international energy company. Our 75,000 colleagues in 15 countries work together every day on technical innovations that make our customers' lives easier. We are the first major energy company to focus intensely on the future of energy through power grids, renewable energy and customer solutions.