Founding Product Manager

About the Role

A fast-growing, Y Combinator-backed B2B SaaS startup in the AI-powered industrial sales automation space is hiring its first Product Manager. This is a high-impact founding role where you will own the what and why behind an AI-first product — working directly alongside the CPO and engineering team to transform customer pain points into intuitive, high-adoption solutions. You will shape core workflows, drive measurable customer time savings, and help define the company's product direction from the ground up.

The company automates quote and order processes for distributors and manufacturers in sectors such as HVAC, building materials, and electrical, integrating with enterprise ERP systems (SAP, Oracle). The platform is growing quickly and has reached strong early revenue traction.

What You'll Do

• Own the full product development cycle — from discovery through rollout — with a relentless focus on adoption and customer time savings.
• Speak directly with customers to uncover problems and synthesize feedback from customers, internal teams, and the market.
• Define and validate product hypotheses with customers; build rapid prototypes to test ideas quickly.
• Translate customer insights into clear requirements and intuitive, AI-first product experiences designed for non-technical users.
• Prioritize, scope, and ship new features in close collaboration with engineering and design.
• Create and maintain product documentation, release notes, and training content to help customers get maximum value from new features.
• Make complex B2B workflows effortless through thoughtful product decisions and iterative validation.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 2–5 years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Designer with a strong track record in AI-first, complex B2B SaaS products.
• Demonstrated ability to speak directly with customers and turn messy, qualitative feedback into crisp, actionable requirements.
• Proficiency with AI tools (e.g., Lovable, Cursor, Claude) and prototyping tools such as Figma.
• Experience owning end-to-end product development from discovery to rollout.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering and design teams to prioritize and ship features.
• Fluent in both German and English (required).
• Based in Munich or willing to relocate for full on-site work (required — no remote option).

Nice to Have:

• Domain knowledge in AI-enabled software for technical suppliers or distributors in construction, HVAC, electrical, or related industrial sectors.
• Coding familiarity with React, TypeScript, or Python to prototype independently or collaborate more closely with engineers.

Location & Work Arrangement

This role is based on-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Candidates must be located in Munich or willing to relocate. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation details were not specified for this role. You will be joining as a founding team member with meaningful early-stage equity potential and the opportunity to have outsized impact on product direction at a well-backed startup.