Senior Technical Product Manager (fmd)

This role sits right at the intersection of product strategy engineering decisions and customer needs where you shape what gets built why and how far. You work closely with a small senior team guiding them in turning ideas into well-shipped high-quality software.

It requires strong ownership and leadership: someone who can set direction align experienced stakeholders and support the team in making sound technical and product decisions. You understand systems trade-offs and architecture and are motivated by real responsibility and impact.

• End-to-end ownership of a mission-critical analytics product

• Small senior team with fast feedback loops and little process overhead

• High autonomy low politics quick decisions

• Free choice of hardware & modern technology

• Try new tools to grow and improve

• Tech-Stack: setup with office in central Munich

• Beyond work: DB-Ticket Urban Sport Club membership

• Diversity - International Team (10 Nationalities) with all genders

• 30 days of holidays

• Own product direction roadmap and delivery end-to-end

• Translate customer and business needs into clear priorities

• Guide and work with a team of 6 engineers

• Make architectural and technical decisions across the stack

• Stay close to implementation to ensure quality and speed

• Balance performance scalability and maintainability

• Extend the platform with AI-driven functionality

• Collaborate closely with the founder sales and customers

• Strong hands-on experience with React JavaScript Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes

• Experience working on a data-heavy SaaS or analytics platform with large data volumes

• Solid understanding of system architecture APIs and data models

• Daily experience using Jira and Confluence in product or engineering teams

• Proven experience in a leading product or engineering role

• Ability to understand and balance the needs of customers sales and engineering to build a strong product roadmap

• Clear and confident technical and non-technical communication skills

• English (C1) written and spoken

• German is a plus but not mandatory

• A Senior Technical Product Owner / Product Manager with engineering roots

• A former engineer or tech lead who moved into product leadership

You dont need to code every day but you must understand the codebase system design and technical trade-offs well enough to make independent decisions and guide the team.

IP Pilot is an innovative big data startup that analyses millions of patent and trademark applications and
uses its web platform to make the global intellectual property (IP) market transparent. Our clients are
respected international IP law firms that use our data and analytics to support their strategic decisions and
business development activities.