We are looking for a highly motivated Product Manager to join our core team and play a central role in the development of our AI-driven sustainable finance reporting platform. They will play an integral role in transforming our vision into a concrete product roadmap. We are searching for a driven candidate with (i) product management experience at SaaS companies; (ii) a proven history of helping bring innovative solutions to market; and (iii) an advanced understanding of and passion for product discovery. 

You will join an early-stage startup with secured seed financing and will have the opportunity to play a central role in its product development journey. Our Product Owner needs to be a self-starter, able to articulate their thoughts clearly and translate them into actionable product direction, and have outstanding attention to detail. You will be interfacing with a variety of internal and external counterparts across the company. The role is an unmatched opportunity to gain exposure to emerging machine learning technologies. 

If you think you are right for this role but don’t meet all of the requirements, we warmly encourage you to apply anyway. Even if this isn’t a perfect fit, strong candidates will be kept in our talent pool for future hires.

What you will be doing:

• Reporting to the founders, you will take on the Product Management role within our team and collaborate with your highly skilled counterparts in Design and Engineering to shape the product roadmap of our sustainable finance reporting solutions

• Engage with our customers, partners, and business stakeholders to help shape the roadmap for the features, workflows, APIs, services and integration layers that together comprise our product offering 

• Capture and translate users needs and desired outcomes into compelling product features that provide real value to our customers

• Work together with our Design team to ideate, prototype and iterate on innovative user experiences in the sustainable finance reporting space 

• Communicate cross-functionally with other teams to understand our customer pain points and capture the problems we need to solve 

• Acquire a deeper knowledge of customer needs through research and discovery work 

• Work closely with the Design and Engineering team to create and maintain a product backlog aligned with customer priorities and company ROI 

• Integrate potential product insights with sustainable finance methodologies & frameworks employed by businesses 

• Identify customers’ pain points through user interviews/workshops to continuously inform the evolution of the product and maximize its value proposition

• Keep your ear to the ground and keep track of new developments with respect to the EU Taxonomy and related developments within the sustainable finance space 

• Join us on the soapbox - be a climate advocate who commits to maximize impacts!

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience building SaaS products in a product management role

• Set of product principles derived from experience building exceptional products with best-in-class user experience

• An understanding of product discovery and how product teams work with data and user feedback 

• Strong interpersonal skills and enthusiasm to work both with Briink’s internal team and external clients 

• An analytical mindset, able to structure your thoughts on complex problems and synthesize them into tangible product feature proposals

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment where priorities can shift rapidly 

• Good self-governance in planning, prioritizing and executing work assignments, using discretion and independent judgment within broadly defined practices and policies 

• A baseline understanding of and interest in AI and data science 

• Berlin-based (or willing to relocate to Berlin)

• A baseline understanding of and interest in AI and data science 

• Berlin based (or willing to relocate to Berlin)

Some nice-to-haves:

• University degree in a relevant field (e.g. sustainable finance, economics, law, computer science) or equivalent experience

• Experience in sustainable finance, either directly, within a corporation or in finance, consulting, law, investor relations, corporate reporting, investment banking, or other related field

• Experience working in a startup environment and a love for the unknown

• German proficiency

We believe in trust and ownership - flexible working hours, flat hierarchies as well as regular feedback are all part of it.

We live our inclusiveness - we are a diverse and highly motivated team that values mutual support and mentorship.

We promote our culture - we host regular team events and have intensive exchange with all Merantix companies.

We have a cool HQ - we are located in a newly renovated office at the AI Campus in the heart of Berlin, complete with fresh fruit, Thursday driinks, and an amazing ecosystem of other startups, as well as an enthusiastic community of international entrepreneurs, engineers and data scientists.