Product Manager (German Market)

Our vision

We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones).

We help entrepreneurs rid themselves of time-consuming tasks related to accounting and finance while providing them with access to key financial information to assist in making the best decisions for their business.

Why this position is of utmost importance to reach our mission

While some companies count on marketing and sales to gain market share, we are a product-led company and are investing primarily in our platform. You’ll join a team with a highly strategic role and a great opportunity to put your skills and ideas to a good use.

How you will contribute to the company as a PM

As a Product Manager, you’ll be part of a 100+ people Product organisation, supported by an engineering team of more than 300 people. Specifically, we have so far two squads dedicated to the 🇩🇪 market in Product with teams of developers (Engineering lead) and designers for each.

• You’ll spend an extensive amount of time continuously discovering the users and their pain points. You will interview them, conduct user research and get your hands in our data platform to gather insights on what needs to be solved.
• With those insights and with the company’s objectives in mind, you’ll be empowered to define your OKRs and your roadmaps, to have the strongest possible impact on solving user problems and reaching the company's objectives.
• You’ll work hand in hand with a Product Designer dedicated to your squad, as well as a team of Product-centered engineers. You will start with small steps (we like the MVP approach!) and will follow-up on the implementation and future iterations. For us, achieving a common goal matter more than just building features.

What you can expect from your life at Pennylane

Within one month

• You’ll learn everything about our company, our teams, and our vision during the first onboarding week
• You’ll familiarize yourself with the product and the accounting industry (You will have access to a lot of documentation and will assist to trainings organized by your peers)
• You’ll get a very deep knowledge of our Product organization, methods, and culture

Within 3 months

• You’ll have imagined and implemented your first solutions, hand-in-hand with Product Designers and Engineers
• You’ll have impacted positively at least one OKR
• You will have setup your continuous discovery routine and will be ready to build your roadmap

Within 6 months

• You’ll be autonomous at defining your OKRs and your roadmap
• You’ll keep having a strong impact via iterations on the solutions you've shipped
• You’ll share your learnings and best practices within the team

And beyond

The product team will double in size in two years.

Which means you’ll have:

• Multiple opportunities to recruit and mentor new PMs
• Increased responsibilities in project leadership
• Responsibilities to think of and implement new processes, tools and best practices to make sure that your team works even smoother

What do we do to make your work life easier

• You'll be able to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to
• You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us
• You’ll have a budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it
• Through our partner Gymlib, you’ll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness
• You’ll have access to Busuu to perfect your english or your french
• You’ll get the latest Apple equipment
• You’ll be part of a vibrant social community: we do lots of sports together (Foot, running, climbing...), we love to hang out and have a drink together (thursday afterwork drinks on our rooftop is a usual thing. Twice-a-year we do company seminars, last time we went on a trip to the French Alps and it was fabulous!

What does the recruitment process look like?

• You will first have a general chat with a Talent Acquisition Manager (45 min)
• You’ll then have a discussion with 1 member of our Product team to assess the fit and the Product culture (45 min)
• You’ll then pass a live case study with 2 PMs from our team (1h15)
• You'll have a final round with Tancrède (our CPO) and a Group PM or a Head of Product (60 mn)

We make sure we move fast; you can expect the recruitment process with us to last between 15 and 25 days in total.

Who are we looking for?

• Languages: full fluency in 🇩🇪 German is required;
• German accounting knowledge is a big plus;
• Strong user research skills and Product sense: ability to develop a strong conviction about user needs and problems based on user feedback (from all types of sources);
• Strong & structured communication skills to convince and get buy in on his/her vision, engage and lead the squad, build relationships with commercial teams, talk to users regularly;
• Ability to navigate and simplify complex problems (understand, simplify, break problems into small pieces)
• Hands-on and not afraid to step out of the traditional product role to make the product succeed (working on Educational content, and enablement if needed..);
• Past experience in Product management at a scale up or large tech company is required (ideally a company with a strong product culture);
• Experience working with accounting is not required (generalist profile is ok) as long as they are curious about accounting and comfortable with complexity.