Senior Product Manager 🇩🇪

Pennylane SAS

3d•Remote

About The Position

Are you looking to have an impact on the daily life of millions of entrepreneurs in France (and tomorrow in Europe)? Are you looking for a work environment that values trust, proactivity, and autonomy? Are our Engineering principles aligned with your vision? Then Pennylane is the right place for you ! 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. About us Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon in Germany, notably!) In 5 years of existence, we’ve managed to : 💻 Make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants 💰 Raise a total of €225 millions, including from Sequoia, the famous fund from the Silicon Valley who invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal and much more... 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Grow from 7 cofounders to 850+ happy Pennylaners : we’re now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (and also remotely), with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor . 🌍 Build an international environment with more than 25 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture, where 30% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe 🤝 Earn the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings 🚀 Already more than 700,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France! 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. - 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

Requirements

Full fluency in German is required.
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).
Curious about accounting and comfortable with complexity.

Nice To Haves

German accounting knowledge is a big plus.

Responsibilities

Continuously discover users and their pain points through interviews and user research.
Gather insights from the data platform to identify problems to be solved.
Define OKRs and roadmaps to impact user problems and company objectives.
Work with a Product Designer and Product-centered engineers to implement solutions.
Follow up on implementation and future iterations, focusing on achieving common goals.
Recruit and mentor new PMs (in the future).
Take on increased responsibilities in project leadership (in the future).
Think of and implement new processes, tools, and best practices (in the future).

Benefits

Company shares
Budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace
Monthly allowance to work from a coworking space
Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness through Gymlib
Access to Busuu to perfect English or French
Latest Apple equipment
Part of a vibrant social community (sports, afterwork drinks, company seminars)
Work remotely from anywhere in Europe (contract permitting)
25 standard days off + 10 additional days off (if based in France)
Lunch credits (Swile card) (if based in France)
Great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) (if based in France)