Product Owner (B2B SaaS)

Location: Berlin, Germany; remote work within Germany is possible, with remote, hybrid, or office-based work arrangements in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Company

hirify.global is a Berlin-based B2B SaaS startup developing digital workplace-safety solutions that help companies protect employees working alone during emergencies.

What you will do

• Take operational product responsibility for Cloud, iOS, Android, and Platform development teams.
• Translate input from Customer Success, Sales, and Support into epics and clearly defined tickets with goals, scope, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain prioritized team backlogs and develop feature concepts, workflows, target visions, and edge cases based on customer problems.
• Evaluate solution options with developers and review concepts with customers before implementation.
• Prepare quarterly plans, facilitate refinements and weekly meetings, track action items, maintain boards, and escalate roadblocks.
• Coordinate Sales, Customer Success, QA, external app developers, release communications, documentation, and team testing.

Requirements

• Several years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Technical Project Manager in software development, ideally in a B2B SaaS or startup environment.
• Proficiency in agile methods and experience with backlog management, prioritization, sprint and release planning, and facilitating agile meetings.
• Ability to write clear, complete tickets with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Sufficient technical understanding to evaluate effort and proposed solutions.
• Experience with ticketing systems such as GitHub Projects, Jira, or similar tools.
• Structured, self-directed working style in a remote team and clear communication between technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong quality standards and willingness to remove scope early rather than postpone releases.
• Active use of AI tools for drafting tickets, conducting analyses, and creating documentation.
• Excellent German language skills and good English language skills; technical documentation is in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with web and mobile products.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful work on a safety-related product that protects people.
• Real responsibility for shaping product development with flat hierarchies and quick decisions.
• Competitive salary with a performance-based bonus, 30 vacation days, and tax-free benefits such as meal allowances and gift cards.
• Open, authentic, trust-based culture with respect and teamwork.
• High-quality Apple equipment and joint team events, including an annual retreat and Christmas party.

Hiring process

• Approximately 30-minute introductory meeting.
• Approximately 60-minute technical discussion followed by a two-to-three-hour case study presentation.
• Final interview with both founders, with prompt feedback after each step.