Senior Product Manager aa

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Product Manager based in Germany.

As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of a strategic fintech product, from initial discovery and vision through MVP delivery, launch, and continued growth. You’ll translate customer needs, market opportunities, and business priorities into a clear product strategy and actionable roadmap. Working closely with engineering, design, QA, business stakeholders, customers, and external partners, you’ll lead cross-functional teams toward meaningful outcomes. The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on product management, including discovery, backlog prioritization, delivery, performance measurement, and optimization. You’ll have a direct influence on products serving the rapidly evolving financial services ecosystem, with opportunities to work across areas such as payments, KYC/KYB, banking, and SaaS. The environment is remote-first, collaborative, and fast-paced, giving you significant autonomy while encouraging transparent communication and continuous improvement. You’ll play a key role in launching and scaling products that solve real customer problems while delivering measurable business value.

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Accountabilities

• Define and own the product vision, strategy, objectives, and long-term roadmap for a strategic fintech product.

• Identify market opportunities, customer needs, and business priorities through customer conversations, user research, competitive analysis, and market insights.

• Define and validate MVP scope, ensuring a strong balance between customer value, technical feasibility, and business objectives.

• Own the product lifecycle from discovery and planning through delivery, launch, optimization, and scaling.

• Build, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog based on business value, customer impact, product strategy, and technical feasibility.

• Define product KPIs and measurable outcomes, monitor performance, and use qualitative and quantitative data to guide product decisions.

• Lead product discovery through customer interviews, user research, competitor analysis, and stakeholder engagement.

• Build trusted relationships with customers, enterprise clients, business stakeholders, external partners, and senior leadership.

• Translate customer feedback and business requirements into actionable product improvements and clearly communicate product direction.

• Present product strategy, roadmap, progress, and performance to senior stakeholders and leadership.

• Lead cross-functional teams involving engineering, QA, design, analysts, and other specialists throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Coordinate with external vendors, technology providers, and third-party integration partners when required.

• Facilitate product planning sessions, sprint reviews, retrospectives, roadmap discussions, and other Agile ceremonies.

• Ensure clear delivery visibility and transparency using tools such as Jira, Confluence, BigPicture, or comparable product management platforms.

• Own release readiness and ensure that features meet defined acceptance criteria and deliver meaningful customer and business value.

• Identify product and delivery risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and coordinate with compliance, regulatory, technical, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Monitor user behavior, feature adoption, activation, conversion, retention, and operational efficiency to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Drive product improvement initiatives based on data, customer feedback, and business performance.

• Lead the development and launch of an MVP for a strategic KYC-related product, establishing the foundation for future product growth and scaling.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Product Manager in a product- or technology-driven organization.

• Proven experience owning products end to end, from discovery and strategy through delivery, launch, and growth.

• Demonstrated experience working directly with customers, enterprise clients, business stakeholders, and/or senior leadership.

• Strong experience defining product vision, strategy, roadmaps, MVP scope, and measurable product outcomes.

• Hands-on experience with Agile product development methodologies and cross-functional delivery teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions and translate complex information into clear priorities.

• Proven experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs according to customer impact, business value, and technical feasibility.

• Experience collaborating closely with engineering, QA, UI/UX, analytics, and business teams.

• Practical experience with Jira, Confluence, and other product management or delivery tools.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and leadership skills.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.

• High level of independence, ownership, and accountability, with the ability to move initiatives forward without extensive oversight.

• Upper-Intermediate or higher English proficiency.

• Experience building products from scratch or taking products through a 0-to-1 journey is an advantage.

• Experience launching MVPs and subsequently scaling products is a plus.

• Fintech experience in areas such as payments, PSP, EMI, acquiring, open banking, KYC/KYB, compliance, card issuing, digital wallets, banking, lending, or SaaS is highly valued.

• Experience with third-party integrations, external technology providers, or vendor management is beneficial.

• Experience leading distributed or remote teams is an advantage.

• Product management certifications such as PSPO, Scrum Product Owner, Agile, or similar are a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package based on experience.

• 19 business days of flexible paid time off.

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• Flexible working hours aligned with the Central European Time (CET) zone.

• Ability to work remotely from a location of your choice within the supported regions.

• Friendly, supportive, and values-driven working environment.

• Opportunities to attend and contribute to industry conferences and professional community events.

• Matrix organizational structure designed to support efficient communication, collaboration, and decision-making.

• Opportunity to develop your product management expertise within a fast-moving fintech environment.

• Direct ownership and meaningful impact on strategic products serving the financial services ecosystem.

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