Founding Product Manager @ handly - 20VC backed

Berlin

handly is an early stage, VC backed company building an AI first operating system for craft businesses. We recently raised €3.75m from 20VC, Stride and Base10 and are building a small, performant team with high ownership and high trust. We are looking for a **Product Manager** who wants real responsibility: shaping product direction, making decisions with imperfect information, shipping themselves and working hands on with engineering to ship fast and learn faster. This is not a process heavy PM role. It is a builder role. Tasks * Own product direction end to end, from understanding user problems to shaping solutions and shipping them * Translate company goals into clear product bets, priorities, and tradeoffs * Work very closely with engineering to scope, design and ship features and iterate quickly * Make product decisions with incomplete data and course correct when needed * Develop a deep understanding of users, workflows, and real world constraints * Bring clarity to the team on what we are building, why, and what done means * Help shape how product work happens at handly as we scale Requirements This role is about **how you work**, not just where you worked. You should strongly identify with most of the following: * High agency. You take ownership, push things forward, and do not wait for permission * AI native mindset. You actively use AI tools and think in AI first product patterns * Strong technical understanding and ability to reason about systems and constraints * Good product taste and a clear opinion on what makes a product great * You care about UX and details, even if you are not a trained designer * Comfortable making decisions with imperfect or incomplete information * Comfortable being wrong and correcting course quickly * Experience in fast paced, early stage environments * Side projects or things you have built on your own are a strong plus **Language requirement** * Fluent German (spoken and written). The product interface is fully in German and most of our partners communicate exclusively in German. * Fluent English for internal communication. We care more about how you think and act than years of PM experience. Benefits **In-office daily:** Berlin-Mitte, modern light-filled workspace with a large balcony * **Velocity:** fast loops, direct feedback, no management layers * **Growth:** as much responsibility as you can handle * **Team:** tight, ambitious group that enjoys building hard things together * **Focus:** No stand-ups and only two short meetings per week If this sounds like your kind of role, we would love to talk. Our process is simple and fast: * Intro call * Conversation with Basti * Practical discussion around product thinking and collaboration with Kais * On site session with Kais, Basti and Alain. Whiteboarding, product and culture focus (half day) No lengthy case studies. No drawn out process.