German-Speaking Founding Product Lead

About the Company

Our client is building the next generation of software-driven ambulatory surgery centres transforming how outpatient care is delivered across Germany. Their mission is to make outpatient surgery the default by combining modern healthcare operations with purpose-built technology that improves patient outcomes while reducing costs and operational strain.

Led by experienced entrepreneurs who have built and scaled multiple successful ventures and backed by leading healthcare and technology investors the company is now building its founding product team to create the platform powering this transformation.

• Location: Berlin Germany (On-site)
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Languages: Fluency in German & English
• Level: Mid-Senior Level
• Compensation: Meaningful Equity
• Work Authorization: Required for Poland

As the Founding Product Lead youll own the vision strategy and roadmap for the companys core platform orchestrating the entire patient journey from intake and surgery through recovery and day-to-day clinic operations.

This is a true greenfield opportunity where youll work directly with the founders and CPTO to define the product establish product culture and shape how technology transforms real clinical workflows. Youll spend time both building product strategy and working directly with surgeons nurses clinic staff and patients to deeply understand operational challenges and translate them into exceptional user experiences.

• Define and own the product vision strategy and roadmap for the core platform
• Translate complex clinical and operational workflows into intuitive digital experiences
• Lead product discovery user research prioritization and roadmap execution
• Collaborate closely with Engineering Design and Clinical teams to deliver high-impact solutions
• Conduct field research inside clinical environments to understand real user needs
• Balance business priorities technical constraints and user experience in product decisions
• Establish product processes frameworks and best practices as the organization grows
• Drive continuous product improvement through rapid experimentation and user feedback

• Proven experience building and scaling products used in complex operational environments
• Strong product strategy discovery and roadmap ownership experience
• Ability to translate messy real-world workflows into simple scalable user experiences
• Strong understanding of product technology UX and business trade-offs
• Experience working directly with diverse non-technical stakeholders
• Professional proficiency in German and English
• Ability to work on-site in Berlin
• High ownership mindset with a strong bias toward execution and continuous learning

• Experience as an early Product Manager or Founding Product hire
• Background in HealthTech healthcare operations logistics or other operationally intensive industries
• Experience working in regulated environments or with sensitive data
• Experience building AI-enabled digital products
• Startup or high-growth scale-up experience

• Competitive salary ()
• Meaningful equity as an early founding team member
• Opportunity to build and lead the product organization from day one
• Direct collaboration with experienced founders and a highly accomplished CPTO
• Significant ownership over product vision strategy and execution
• Small high-performing team focused on speed quality and real-world impact
• Opportunity to build technology that improves healthcare at national scale

If youre excited to build a category-defining healthcare product from the ground up and shape the future of outpatient care wed love to hear from you...