Team Lead Product – Product & Program Management (f/m/d)

This is a role for a seasoned product leader who thrives in complexity, brings strong people management credentials, and knows how to hold the line on product quality and customer trust — even while navigating change.

Strategic Program Management

• Lead the structured transition of IDnow's current product suite to the next-generation platform, balancing platform evolution with near-term product health and revenue protection
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success on transition sequencing, dependencies, and risk mitigation
• Translate business strategy into executable product and program plans with clear milestones and success criteria

Product Portfolio Leadership

• Own a product line end-to-end, ensuring each product meets commercial, regulatory, and operational standards throughout the transition period
• Define and track product KPIs and health metrics; report progress transparently to Product Leadership team and C-level stakeholders
• Represent the product in strategic customer conversations and pre-sales engagements where portfolio knowledge is critical
• Ensure timely and predictable

delivery

• the portfolio by driving clear prioritization, resolving cross-team dependencies, and maintaining strong stakeholder alignment throughout the product lifecycle

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Product Managers in a player-coach model — actively contributing to product work while elevating team capability and setting clear standards
• Coach PMs on prioritization, stakeholder management, and product thinking — building the next generation of product leadership within IDnow

Preferred Experience

• 5

years

• experience in product management and at least 3 years in a people-management role with formal direct reports
• Demonstrated ability to lead product teams through complexity - platform migrations, portfolio rationalization, or significant product transitions
• Strong strategic program management skills: able to structure ambiguous, multi-workstream initiatives and drive them to delivery
• Proven track record of shipping and maintaining high-quality B2B SaaS products in regulated or compliance-sensitive industries
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - comfortable engaging C-level executives, customers, and engineering leadership equally
• Data-driven mindset with hands-on experience using analytics tools
• Fluency in English (German and/or French is a strong plus)

Perks & Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Use your full access to the mental health platform nilo, including 1on1 sessions.
• We value personal and professional development: make full use of

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Posted Nov 01, 2026

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), table; dl-de/by-2-0; StarIn's calculation