Senior Product Manager 🇩🇪

About Pennylane

Pennylane is one of the fastest-growing Fintechs in France, with ambitions to expand into Germany and other European markets. Our vision is to become the most beloved financial Operating System for French SMEs and Accounting Firms, and eventually for European businesses. We help entrepreneurs streamline accounting and finance tasks, providing them with crucial financial insights for better decision-making.

In just 5 years, we have:

• Established ourselves as a leading accounting and financial software provider for small businesses and their accountants.
• Raised €225 million from prominent investors like Sequoia.
• Grown from 7 co-founders to over 850 employees, recognized as a great place to work in France with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.
• Built an international, remote-friendly culture with over 25 nationalities.
• Gained the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms.
• Onboarded over 700,000 SMEs and 4,500 accounting firms in France.

Why This Position is Crucial

As a product-led company, we prioritize our platform's development. This role is highly strategic, offering a significant opportunity to leverage your skills and ideas to drive our mission forward.

Your Role as a Product Manager

You will join a large Product organization (100+ people) supported by a substantial engineering team (300+ people). Your responsibilities will include:

• User Discovery: Dedicate significant time to understanding user needs and pain points through interviews, user research, and data analysis.
• Strategy & Roadmap: Define OKRs and roadmaps based on user insights and company objectives to effectively solve user problems and achieve business goals.
• Collaboration: Work closely with a dedicated Product Designer and a team of Product-centered engineers. Embrace an MVP approach, focusing on implementation, iteration, and achieving common goals over simply building features.

Your Journey at Pennylane

Within one month:

• Complete onboarding, learning about the company, teams, and vision.
• Gain familiarity with the product and the accounting industry through documentation and training.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Product organization's methods and culture.

Within three months:

• Implement your first solutions in collaboration with Product Designers and Engineers.
• Positively impact at least one OKR.
• Establish your continuous discovery routine and prepare your roadmap.

Within six months:

• Achieve autonomy in defining OKRs and roadmaps.
• Continue to make a strong impact through solution iterations.
• Share learnings and best practices with the team.

Beyond six months:

• As the product team doubles in size over two years, you will have opportunities to recruit and mentor new PMs.
• Take on increased responsibilities in project leadership.
• Contribute to implementing new processes, tools, and best practices for team efficiency.

What We Offer

Work-Life Integration:

• Remote Work: Work remotely from anywhere in Europe (subject to contract).
• Company Shares: Receive company shares to participate in our success.
• Home Office Budget: A budget to enhance your home workspace and a monthly allowance for coworking spaces.
• Wellness: Access to 8000 fitness spaces and 300 wellness activities through Gymlib.
• Language Learning: Access to Busuu to improve English or French.
• Equipment: Latest Apple equipment provided.
• Social Community: Vibrant social life with sports activities, after-work gatherings, and company retreats.

For employees based in France:

• Flexible Work: Option to work fully remotely, from a coworking space, or from our Paris office.
• Additional Leave: 10 extra days off per year.
• Meal Credits: Lunch credits via Swile card.
• Healthcare: Comprehensive healthcare cover (Alan Blue).

We are actively working to extend these benefits to employees outside of France.

Recruitment Process

1. Initial Chat: 45-minute conversation with a Talent Acquisition Manager.
2. Product Team Discussion: 45-minute discussion with a Product team member to assess fit and culture.
3. Case Study: 1 hour 15 minutes live case study with two PMs.
4. Final Round: 60-minute meeting with the CPO and a Group PM or Head of Product.

We aim for a swift process, typically lasting 15 to 25 days.

Who We're Looking For

• Languages: Full fluency in German (🇩🇪) is required.
• German Accounting Knowledge: A significant advantage.
• User Research & Product Sense: Proven ability to understand user needs and problems from various sources.
• Communication Skills: Strong, structured communication to influence, lead squads, build relationships, and engage with users.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to navigate and simplify complex problems.
• Hands-on Approach: Willingness to go beyond the traditional product role to ensure product success.
• Experience: Previous Product Management experience in a scale-up or large tech company, ideally with a strong product culture.
• Accounting Experience: Not strictly required, but curiosity about accounting and comfort with complexity are essential.

Note: We may use AI tools to assist in the hiring process, but all final decisions are made by humans. Please contact us for more information on data processing.