Product Manager (Senior/Staff) (d/f/m) Personio

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our team of 1,500 Personios is building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

This role requires 2 days per week in the office and is based in Munich or Berlin.

Join us to shape the future of software in the underserved and high-impact HR technology industry. Your work will have a direct and tangible impact on customers, offering ownership and the chance to make a meaningful difference. As we prepare for significant growth, you'll face exciting challenges and have the opportunity to influence our path toward becoming one of the world's leading tech companies.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager, who will shape the vision, strategy, and execution of our product, keeping Personio at the forefront of HRM and Payroll software in Europe. We believe in a low level of managerial overhead where our senior product people are hands-on in building. This is a strategic, cross-functional role where you will work closely with Engineering, Design, Compliance and Salesbuilding a world-class HR software in Europe.

What You'll Do

• Develop a deep understanding of the market as well as our customers, their pains and jobs-to-be-done

• Systematically analyze user feedback and usage data gathered qualitatively through customer interaction and from quantitative sources

• Create and align teams around strategic goals, relevant KPIs and a respective product roadmap often across Domain boundaries

• Plan, enable, and execute against a product roadmap based on an objectively prioritized backlog that spans multiple teams

• Lead specific complex topics within the product that extend across domain boundaries

• Decompose complex problems in close collaboration with Engineering and Design counterparts and write clear specifications that drive direction

• Manage product delivery in an agile setting and guide your team in all sprint activities

What You Need To Suceed

• You have minimum of 6 years in product management within a B2B or B2C multi-product company, specializing in the development of global customer-facing products

• Background in fintech, accounting software, or other compliance-heavy product domains is a plus but not required

• You have a proven track record of navigating complex product areas, utilizing data, competitive intelligence, and user insights to define strategies and roadmaps

• You have demonstrated success in conceptualizing, developing, launching, and scaling platform-backed products within a fast-paced environment

• You use AI tools in your daily work (e.g., for research, synthesis, prototyping, or specs) and can show how they make you and your team faster

• You have strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to leverage data and metrics to support assumptions, formulate business cases, and establish OKRs

• You have the ability to think big yet pay attention to details, exhibiting a strong bias for action and the capacity to manage multiple competing priorities

• You have deep sense of accountability and ownership, fostering collaborative, result-oriented work

Why Personio?

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.

At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with 2 days per week required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer. In addition, you’ll have 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.

Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day

• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support (including 24 sessions per year with Oli for yourself and 10 sessions for a significant other), and sabbatical opportunities

• We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.