# Founding Product Manager - Company: [Clera]() - Location: Berlin - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: €80K – €100K - Posted: September 10, 2026 ## Job description ### About the Role This is a founding product role at a small, fast-moving team building software and AI tools for the skilled trades industry. You will own product direction end-to-end, working directly with engineering to ship features that make a real difference for real businesses. It is an opportunity to shape how product work is done from the ground up at an early-stage company. ### What You'll Do * Own the full product lifecycle, from uncovering user problems to defining solutions and shipping them. * Translate company goals into clear product priorities and well-reasoned tradeoffs. * Work closely with engineering to scope, design, and ship features quickly. * Make product decisions with incomplete information and course-correct as needed. * Develop a deep understanding of users, their workflows, and real-world constraints. * Bring clarity to the team on what is being built, why, and what done looks like. * Help define and evolve how product work scales as the company grows. * Operate in a high-velocity, low-ceremony environment with direct feedback and no management layers. ### What We're Looking For * Genuine end-to-end product management experience with a track record of shipping, ideally gained at an early-stage startup. * Native or C1-level German (spoken and written); fluent English for internal communication. * AI-native mindset with hands-on experience applying AI tools and AI-first product patterns in product development. * Strong technical understanding and comfort scoping and designing features directly with engineers. * Sharp product taste and close attention to UX details. * High agency: you take ownership, push things forward, and do not wait for permission. * Comfortable making decisions under ambiguity and iterating fast when wrong. * Experience in fast-paced, early-stage environments; candidates whose background is primarily post-Series B or corporate are unlikely to be a strong fit. * Side projects or independently built products are a strong plus. ### Compensation & Benefits Salary range: **80,000 to 100,000 EUR annually**. Visa sponsorship is not available. ### Location On-site, five days a week in **Berlin-Mitte, Germany**. Daily in-office presence is required. ## Apply [Apply on Clera]() Canonical job page: