Teamlead Product Management

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

📋 Description

• Lead and nurture a team of three product managers while also filling an open fourth position.

• Oversee the hiring process from defining the role to making the final hiring decision.

• Provide coaching on product practices, including discovery, prioritization, collaboration with engineering, and decision-making.

• Establish clear objectives, offer actionable feedback, and manage performance discussions.

• Advocate for the team and its priorities in relation to engineering, sales, support, and consulting.

• Champion initiatives and significant product investments in monitoring and observability.

• Navigate initiatives from the initial problem statement through to post-release adoption.

• Conduct user interviews, discovery sessions, competitive analysis, and hands-on product usage.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership on scope, sequencing, and release trade-offs.

• Integrate user, market, and internal data into annual strategic planning.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading product teams; formal line management experience is preferred, although a small team or strong mentoring history may suffice.

• Strong technical foundation in IT infrastructure, networking, cloud services, and containerization.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs).

• Demonstrated success as a product manager or product owner within an agile framework.

• Experience developing products aimed at technical users.

• Proven track record of evidence-based product decision-making and direct user engagement.

• Proficient in English.

• Proficiency in German is an advantage.

• At least one of the following: hands-on experience with monitoring or observability tools; prior experience as a system administrator, SRE, or systems engineer; or a strong ability to quickly learn new technologies and translate them into product decisions.

🏝️ Benefits

• An opportunity to make a significant impact and help shape the future of a dynamic, rapidly growing tech company while advancing your own tasks and responsibilities.

• Flexible and family-friendly work conditions in a stable environment.

• Workation: the opportunity to work for 6 weeks within the EU.

• A wide array of sports and wellness offerings through Wellpass, featuring over 9,000 options.

• Agile team structure that promotes autonomy and swift decision-making within a flat organizational hierarchy.

• A corporate culture that values equality, diversity, and inclusion.

• Extensive educational and training opportunities available.

• Fully remote work options or high flexibility between mobile work and an office located in Munich.

• Competitive salary.

• Regular in-person events, including company outings, team-building activities, the Checkmk Conference, and the Conference After Party.