Junior Product Manager

Job Description

The Position

Our Company is seeking a Product Manager to lead the strategy and evolution of our Databricks-based platform that powers analytics, insights, and AI solutions across the organization.

The platform contains dozens of data sources and thousands of tables. Your mission will be to transform this complex landscape into a portfolio of trusted, reusable, and discoverable data products that enable business users and AI solutions to unlock the full value of The Company’s data.

What will you do?

• Define the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog for our Databricks-based platform.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand data needs and prioritize investments that deliver measurable value.
• Drive the transition from raw datasets to governed, high-quality, reusable data products.
• Improve data discoverability, quality, consistency, metadata, lineage, and usability.
• Enable advanced analytics, machine learning, and generative AI by ensuring data is complete, accurate, trusted, and AI-ready.
• Collaborate closely with data engineers, architects, software engineers, and data governance teams.
• Measure product success through adoption, user satisfaction, business outcomes, and operational efficiency.
• Communicate product strategy, priorities, and progress to stakeholders across business and technology organizations.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required

• Early-career Product Manager, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, or similar experience.
• Passion for data, analytics, and AI-driven innovation.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear product requirements and priorities.
• Comfortable working with technical teams and understanding modern data platforms.
• Familiarity with Databricks, cloud data platforms, Agile delivery, or data management concepts is a plus.

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment.
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally. 
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases). 
• Pension and health insurance contributions. 
• Internal reward system plus referral programme. 
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution. 
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card. 
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discount programmes. 
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone.
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner. 
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more.

Ready to take up the challenge? Apply now! 
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Required Skills:

Asset Management, Client Satisfaction, Data Management Platforms, Management System Development, Operational Efficiency, Product Development, Product Launch Planning, Product Management, Product Management Leadership, Product Management Strategy, Product Roadmap, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Alignment, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

10/19/2026

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