Senior Product Manager

Jobgether · United States

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.

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.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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