Line Manager, People Management – HealthTech

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Direct oversight of all Product Owners (POs) through one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, and compensation evaluations conducted with transparency and care.

• Facilitation of career growth for each PO, including leveling, personalized development plans, and a genuine roadmap for advancement (moving beyond mere templates).

• Focus on team well-being, encompassing engagement, conflict resolution, retention strategies, and proactively addressing burnout before it escalates.

• Comprehensive hiring and onboarding process, from defining roles to making final hiring decisions.

• Collaboration with product leadership on capacity allocation, ensuring a balance between team needs and individual growth opportunities.

• Fostering a genuine PO community with valued rituals, including peer learning and retrospectives that enhance both functionality and team sentiment.

• Establishment and maintenance of a career ladder and competency framework, ensuring it remains dynamic and consistently applied.

• Providing coaching on essential skills not typically found in a backlog, such as stakeholder management, influence without authority, executive presence, and effective communication.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience directly managing product professionals—such as POs, PMs, BAs, or similar roles—with a proven ability to nurture individuals into more senior positions.

• A background as a PO or PM is essential.

• Proficiency in navigating challenging performance discussions—balancing empathy and clarity without compromising one for the other.

• Experience in a matrix organizational structure where influence is exercised without direct control over all aspects that impact the team.

• Excellent written communication skills, capable of producing frameworks, reviews, and internal documentation that function independently without your presence to clarify.

• Proficiency in English is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• A remote-first, asynchronous-friendly culture offering flexible working hours.

• A collaborative, low-ego team that prioritizes clarity over office politics.

• A stable and growing SaaS company committed to a long-term vision and high standards.