🚀 About the Role

1. Make Product People a category-defining company in the consulting space. When people think of ride-sharing, they think of Uber; for LLMs, it’s Claude/ChatGPT. For Product, Growth Interim/Fractional support, we want Product People to be top of mind. You’ll own initiatives that get us there: playbooks, knowledge sharing, networking, growth automation, etc.
2. Serve as an Interim Product Manager in mostly post-product market-fit digital-first companies ranging from series B to publicly listed. Some are category leaders and/or leverage the latest tech trends. Others need help getting there. You’ll be driving complex cross-functional initiatives in B2C or B2B products. It can be anything and everything.
3. Solve for the clients AND our company. Prioritize ruthlessly. Make an incredible impact, bring clarity in chaos, execute flawlessly, and fast. Manage three parallel streams internally and externally. You are good at both unglamorous hands-on work and strategy. You understand how deep or wide to go, plus when that’s the case and when it’s not.
4. Communicate a compelling narrative about the product. And each existing or potential feature/capability you manage: "What job/problem does it solve?", "For whom?", "How big is the problem/market?", "What is success?" and why solving this matters in the first place. Understand, share, and shape strategic business context with the client’s leadership team.
5. Effectively manage various groups consisting of strong personalities. Adapt to their communication preferences. Integrate quickly and feel part of any team in days, not weeks. People love working with you and would work with you again, despite you saying “no” to them a lot.  Always come off as friendly, helpful, and accommodating, even when pushing back on irrational demands.
6. Coach the next generation. Train, mentor, and delegate relentlessly to help our Associate Product Managers strengthen their skills. Manage 1-6 people depending on tenure, performance, and career ambitions. Collaborate with 2-3 colleagues daily. Break down complex initiatives into manageable, quantifiable work for the team. We use the teaching hospital method (watch, do it yourself under supervision, teach others to do it).
7. Rinse and repeat. Go on a new mission with a new client or in a new team, new domain, new product, or initiative every 3-6 months. Continue sharpening your edge and actively helping our internal initiatives.

🧠 About You

1. You like Fixing the Mess in a High-ownership, High-visibility Role. Like Marie Kondo, we come in when there’s a mess. Many people go see a doctor too late; so many clients bring external support when there’s already significant damage. You’re unfazed by that and create structure from chaos. You find these adventures exciting and make this the time of your life.
2. Optimism as an Operating System. You have a high-happiness resting point. You handle high-pressure situations and difficult people with timely and composed reactions. Our job is “humans all the way down”. No client wants to bring in a pessimistic, cynical, or attacking consultant. They expect a politely relentless and cheerful style.
3. Driven, Collaborative, Kind, and Direct. People would leave higher-paying jobs to work with you again. You give constructive and immediate feedback to help others grow, accept it graciously, and adapt quickly. Clients you worked with recommend us to others and come back to work with us again.
4. Context Switching Ninja. You learn fast and make quick and solid decisions with incomplete info. We won’t ever have all our clients' context on internal priorities and politics. You can deep dive with engineers, and then switch to explain the business angle to senior leadership.
5. Commercial Leadership. You understand how companies make money and grow, know which levers to pull with a product mindset, and are pragmatic and outcome-oriented.

💡 Leveling and Compensation

The level we offer is determined during the recruitment process based on the skills and knowledge you demonstrate (including Product Management skills and soft skills like presenting, receiving feedback), so we can usually confirm the exact level only after multiple stages such as the Product Challenge and Live Simulation; as a result, regardless of the title you applied for, we may offer a level higher or lower than the one in the job ad. We aim to place candidates where they’re most likely to succeed and have room to grow, so years of PM experience or your title in the previous roles are not deciding factors since titles and role scope vary widely across companies. For more details, check our Level Expectations.

Your salary is determined by the Level (L1-L8) set during the recruitment process, the Location Cluster your country of tax residence is in, and tenure within the role. We also have Quarterly Bonuses (Uncapped) and a Yearly Profit Participation Pool. For example, all PMs (L4) in Location Cluster 2 (Greece, Croatia, etc) will have the same salary, and it will be different from that of L4s in Location Cluster 1 (Germany, Sweden, etc). See our transparent salaries. 

🚀 About the Role

When people think of streaming, they think of Netflix. For music, it’s Spotify. When they think about Product Management, they should think of us.

You’ll jump into high-impact client projects, helping post-product market fit digital-first companies tackle strategic and executional challenges. Our clients include category leaders and companies navigating growth, innovation, or transformation.

1. Solve problems for clients and for Product People.
   You’ll prioritise, zoom in and out, and make a real impact. You bring clarity to chaos and orchestrate seamless execution. You’ll manage discovery and delivery for three streams at once, internally and externally. You're comfortable with both strategy and hands-on, unglamorous work, and you know when to go deep or stay broad.
2. Work with strong personalities and diverse teams.
   You adapt to communication styles and integrate quickly, feeling like part of the team within days, not weeks. People enjoy working with you, even when you push back. You're approachable, constructive, and always professional, even when challenging unrealistic demands.
3. Serve as an Interim Product Manager. We serve post-product market-fit digital-first companies ranging from series B to publicly listed. Some are category leaders and/or leverage the latest tech trends. You’ll be driving complex cross-functional initiatives in B2C or B2B products. It can be anything from setting and reaching quarterly OKRs at a scale-up to Continuous Discovery/Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) or A/B tests elsewhere. Or unblocking stuck initiatives. 
4. Craft and communicate compelling product narratives.
   For every feature or capability, you can answer:
   • What job/problem does this solve?
   • For whom?
   • How big is the market/problem?
   • What does success look like?
   • Why does solving this matter?
   • You’ll share and help shape strategic context with clients’ CPOs, VPs, Directors, or Heads of Product.
5. Coach the next generation of PMs. Train, mentor, and delegate relentlessly to help our Associate Product Managers strengthen their skills. Manage 1-6 people depending on tenure, performance reviews, and career ambitions. Collaborate with 2-3 colleagues daily. Break down complex initiatives into manageable, quantifiable work for the team. We use the teaching hospital method (watch, do it yourself under supervision, teach others to do it). 
6. Rinse and repeat. Go on a new mission with a new client or in a new team, new domain, new product, or initiative every 3-6 months. Continue sharpening your edge and actively helping Product People's internal initiatives.

🧠 About You

• You Fix the Mess (and kind of love it).
  You arrive when things are messy, and leave behind clarity, structure, and surprisingly joyful spreadsheets. Most clients don’t bring us in during the calm; they call when it’s “uh-oh” o’clock. You don’t just handle chaos, you thrive in it and somehow make it fun (for you and them).
• Optimism as an Operating System.
  Your emotional operating system is set to “can-do.” You stay calm during meltdowns, and you deliver difficult truths with a smile and a plan. You’re relentlessly polite, cheerfully persistent, and immune to drama. Basically, if Product were a weather system, you’re the high-pressure zone that clears the storm.
• You’re Driven, Collaborative, and Charmingly Direct.
  You’re the teammate clients want back, and your ex-colleagues leave cushy roles to work with you again. You speak human, not jargon. Feedback? You give it kindly, take it well, and treat it like a cheat code for levelling up. You’re here to do excellent work, lift others up, and make the team better.
• You Context Switch like it’s a superpower.
  You can drop into an engineer’s Slack thread, jump to an exec pitch, and then sketch out a roadmap, all before your second coffee. Clients don’t always come to us at their most organised times (read: M&A, staff turnover, existential crisis). You roll with it, find the signal in the noise, and make magic across shifting priorities. At the same time, you know how to create boundaries that support effective collaboration.
• You think commercially.
  You get how businesses grow, where money comes from, and which bets matter. You speak in impact, not just input. Whether it’s retention, expansion, or efficiency, you know how to chase the outcome, measure it, and ship value without gold-plating the roadmap.

💸 Compensation & Perks

• Based on the location, tax of residence and level. The exact level is defined based on the skills and knowledge demonstrated within the hiring process, which includes an unbiased blind review (more about our hiring process). However, this vacancy is focused on finding the best PMCs at an L4 level. To ensure fairness, the salaries are the same for everyone within the same Level and Location Tier. 
  
  1. Product Management Consultant (L4) 
     1. Location Cluster 1 (High cost of living countries: Germany, Netherlands, etc.) €70,000/year
     2. Location Cluster 2 (EU countries, medium cost of living: Spain, Portugal, etc.) €48,000/year
     3. Location Cluster 3 (Non-EU, lower cost of living: South Africa, Pakistan, etc.) €38,000/year
• See our transparent salaries.
• Tenure-Based Compensation Increase.
  A 5% increase after 12 months and a 10% increase after 24 months of tenure. Resets and restarts when promoted to the next level.
• Uncapped bonuses (quarterly).
  We usually pay ~€25,000/quarter in bonuses to team members. These are transparently shared across our organisation. (e.g., €3,000 employee referral, €1,000 client expansion, €1,000 when a client returns, etc.). To be eligible, the team member must be at Product People at the end of the quarter, and not pending an exit (resignation, termination, or counsel to leave).
• Profit participation (yearly). 
  In March, we split a % of last year’s profit between all eligible employees with 12+ months of tenure at the time of the payout and not pending an exit (resignation, termination, or counsel to leave).
• Get ready for this: We don't just offer a job, we invest in you. Enjoy a Wellness Budget, Home Office/Coworking perks, and a 3-year anniversary gift. We also fuel your growth with learning and networking budgets, and support you with generous leave policies. Benefit from annual workations, unlimited unpaid time off, and a paid sabbatical every 3 years. Plus, we rock a 4-day workweek! We're serious about a workplace that supports your life, not just your work.

📚 Growth Opportunities

1. Measurement of success. We prioritise continuous growth and feedback. Regular performance appraisals are led by Line Managers and the VP/Director of Product and involve monthly reviews of a 3-month development plan focusing on skill growth. Evaluations encompass 360-degree feedback, client feedback in conjunction with internal reviews, direct observations by managers, and adherence to Product People Levelling Expectations.
2. Promotions. To be promoted, meet the role's tenure criteria, demonstrate performance at the next level for 6 months, and submit an approved promotion case. We have a strong track record of promoting people from within and taking team members from Associate to Product Manager or from Senior to Director of Product during their successful tenures at Product People.
3. Continuous learning. Continuous learning is at our core. Embracing "Spread knowledge generously," we foster growth through weekly Sharing and Rubber Ducky sessions, a dedicated #help channel, and promoting peer mentorship. These opportunities complement the structured mentoring from line managers and mission supervisors in the Product People Trio framework. We also offer a Learning Budget to expand your Product Management knowledge.

🚀 About the Role

When people think of streaming, they think of Netflix. For music, it’s Spotify. When they think about Product Management, they should think of us.

You’ll jump into high-impact client projects, helping post-product market fit digital-first companies tackle strategic and executional challenges. Our clients include category leaders and companies navigating growth, innovation, or transformation.

1. Solve problems for clients and for Product People.
   You’ll prioritise, zoom in and out, and make a real impact. You bring clarity to chaos and orchestrate seamless execution. You’ll manage discovery and delivery for three streams at once, internally and externally. You're comfortable with both strategy and hands-on, unglamorous work, and you know when to go deep or stay broad.
2. Work with strong personalities and diverse teams.
   You adapt to communication styles and integrate quickly, feeling like part of the team within days, not weeks. People enjoy working with you, even when you push back. You're approachable, constructive, and always professional, even when challenging unrealistic demands.
3. Support Senior Product Management Consultants who serve as Interims. Our clients are usually post-product market-fit from series B to publicly listed. You’ll be supporting the client-facing PMs who drive complex cross-functional initiatives in B2C or B2B products. It can be anything from setting and reaching quarterly OKRs at a scale-up to Continuous Discovery/Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) or A/B tests elsewhere. 
4. Craft and communicate compelling product narratives.
   For every feature or capability, you can answer:
   • What job/problem does this solve?
   • For whom?
   • How big is the market/problem?
   • What does success look like?
   • Why does solving this matter?
   • You’ll share and help shape strategic context with clients’ CPOs, VPs, Directors, or Heads of Product.
5. Rinse and repeat. Go on a new mission with a new client or in a new team, new domain, new product, or initiative every 3-6 months. Continue sharpening your edge and actively helping Product People's internal initiatives. 

🧠 About You

• You Fix the Mess (and kind of love it).
  You arrive when things are messy, and leave behind clarity, structure, and surprisingly joyful spreadsheets. Most clients don’t bring us in during the calm; they call when it’s “uh-oh” o’clock. You don’t just handle chaos, you thrive in it and somehow make it fun (for you and them).
• Optimism as an Operating System.
  Your emotional operating system is set to “can-do.” You stay calm during meltdowns, and you deliver difficult truths with a smile and a plan. You’re relentlessly polite, cheerfully persistent, and immune to drama. Basically, if Product were a weather system, you’re the high-pressure zone that clears the storm.
• You’re Driven, Collaborative, and Charmingly Direct.
  You’re the teammate clients want back, and your ex-colleagues leave cushy roles to work with you again. You speak human, not jargon. Feedback? You give it kindly, take it well, and treat it like a cheat code for levelling up. You’re here to do excellent work, lift others up, and make the team better.
• You Context Switch like it’s a superpower.
  You can drop into an engineer’s Slack thread, jump to an exec pitch, and then sketch out a roadmap, all before your second coffee. Clients don’t always come to us at their most organised times (read: M&A, staff turnover, existential crisis). You roll with it, find the signal in the noise, and make magic across shifting priorities. At the same time, you know how to create boundaries that support effective collaboration.
• You think commercially.
  You get how businesses grow, where money comes from, and which bets matter. You speak in impact, not just input. Whether it’s retention, expansion, or efficiency, you know how to chase the outcome, measure it, and ship value without gold-plating the roadmap.

💸 Compensation & Perks

• Based on the location, tax of residence and level. The exact level is defined based on the skills and knowledge demonstrated within the hiring process, which includes an unbiased blind review (more about our hiring process). People with prior work experience tend to get levelled as L3. To ensure fairness, the salaries are the same for everyone within the same Level and Location Tier. 
  
  1. Associate Product Management Consultant II (L3) 
     1. Location Cluster 1 (High cost of living countries: Germany, Netherlands, etc.) €48,000/year
     2. Location Cluster 2 (EU countries, medium cost of living: Spain, Portugal, etc.) €33,000/year
     3. Location Cluster 3 (Non-EU, lower cost of living: South Africa, Pakistan, etc.) €26,000/year
  2. Associate Product Management Consultant I (L2)
     
     1. Location Cluster 1 (High cost of living countries: Germany, Netherlands, etc.) €35,000/year
     2. Location Cluster 2 (EU countries, medium cost of living: Spain, Portugal, etc.) €24,000/year
     3. Location Cluster 3 (Non-EU, lower cost of living: South Africa, Pakistan, etc.) €18,200/year
• See our transparent salaries.
• Tenure-Based Compensation Increase.
  A 5% increase after 12 months and a 10% increase after 24 months of tenure. Resets and restarts when promoted to the next level.
• Uncapped bonuses (quarterly).
  We usually pay ~€25,000/quarter in bonuses to team members. These are transparently shared across our organisation. (e.g., €3,000 employee referral, €1,000 client expansion, €1,000 when a client returns, etc.). To be eligible, the team member must be at Product People at the end of the quarter, and not pending an exit (resignation, termination, or counsel to leave).
• Profit participation (yearly). 
  In March, we split a % of last year’s profit between all eligible employees with 12+ months of tenure at the time of the payout and not pending an exit (resignation, termination, or counsel to leave).
• Get ready for this: We don't just offer a job, we invest in you. Enjoy a Wellness Budget, Home Office/Coworking perks, and a 3-year anniversary gift. We also fuel your growth with learning and networking budgets, and support you with generous leave policies. Benefit from annual workations, unlimited unpaid time off, and a paid sabbatical every 3 years. Plus, we rock a 4-day workweek! We're serious about a workplace that supports your life, not just your work.

📚 Growth Opportunities

1. Measurement of success. We prioritise continuous growth and feedback. Regular performance appraisals are led by Line Managers and the VP/Director of Product and involve monthly reviews of a 3-month development plan focusing on skill growth. Evaluations encompass 360-degree feedback, client feedback in conjunction with internal reviews, direct observations by managers, and adherence to Product People Levelling Expectations.
2. Promotions. To be promoted, meet the role's tenure criteria, demonstrate performance at the next level for 6 months, and submit an approved promotion case. We have a strong track record of promoting people from within and taking team members from Associate to Product Manager or from Senior to Director of Product during their successful tenures at Product People.
3. Continuous learning. Continuous learning is at our core. Embracing "Spread knowledge generously," we foster growth through weekly Sharing and Rubber Ducky sessions, a dedicated #help channel, and promoting peer mentorship. These opportunities complement the structured mentoring from line managers and mission supervisors in the Product People Trio framework. We also offer a Learning Budget to expand your Product Management knowledge.