Senior Product Manager
Location: Germany · Munich
Employment Type: Full-time
Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy, roadmap, and feature planning, translating business objectives into actionable product initiatives and technical requirements.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, QA teams, and external partners to define product scope, priorities, and delivery plans.
- Lead requirements analysis, solution design discussions, and technical feasibility assessments, ensuring product requirements are clearly defined, measurable, and implementable.
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, from requirements gathering and prioritization to development, testing, release, and post-launch optimization.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration among Product, Engineering, QA, UX, and Operations teams to ensure efficient product delivery and alignment with business objectives.
- Monitor product development progress, identify delivery risks, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure products are delivered on time and with high quality.
- Work closely with technical teams to evaluate system architecture, platform capabilities, APIs, integrations, and scalability requirements, ensuring sustainable product evolution.
- Define product success metrics, analyze product performance and user feedback, and continuously optimize product functionality and user experience based on data-driven insights.
- Manage product-related vendor and outsourcing activities, ensuring external resources deliver according to quality, timeline, and technical expectations.
- Organize product releases, acceptance reviews, documentation management, and post-project retrospectives, driving continuous improvement of product and delivery processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Product Management, or related disciplines.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Product Management, or 3+ years of Product Management experience combined with substantial software development, solution architecture, or technical project management experience.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and product delivery methodologies, including Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and Waterfall frameworks.
- Proven experience in requirements management, backlog prioritization, stakeholder management, roadmap planning, and product lifecycle management.
- Solid technical understanding of software architecture, APIs, cloud services, system integrations, databases, and enterprise application platforms.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business needs into technical solutions and vice versa.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and data-driven decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership abilities.
- Demonstrated ownership mindset, execution capability, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, ACP, Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), Scrum Master (PSM), or similar certifications.
- Experience with SaaS products, Cloud Platforms, Enterprise Software, or Digital Transformation initiatives.
- Experience in the Renewable Energy, Energy Storage (BESS), Smart Energy, or Industrial Technology sectors.
- Familiarity with system architecture design, API ecosystems, microservices, or cloud-native applications.
- Experience working with global teams, distributed development organizations, or international vendors.
- Knowledge of product analytics, user behavior analysis, and data-driven product optimization.
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