# Founding Product Manager

[Clera](https://gurify.com/jobs?q=Clera) · Berlin · Posted 4 days ago

[Product Manager](https://gurify.com/jobs/product-manager)

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## 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.

**Live in Clera’s hiring system.** Read from the company's own applicant tracking system, not reposted from a job board — so it's a real, open requisition rather than an ad that outlived the role.

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