Product Management Lead - Freelance

Netguru is a trusted partner in digital commerce, helping leading brands modernize B2B solutions, marketplaces, and retail ecosystems. Founded in 2008, it empowers businesses with cutting-edge technology, AI-powered personalization, and world-class engineering and design teams. Netguru is a certified B Corporation® and works with major brands including IKEA, VW, OLX, Delivery Hero, Żabka, Wolt, Careem, and Vinted.

Must Have:

• 8+ years of experience in product management, with at least 3 years in a senior or director-level role.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, or regulated digital platforms.
• Strong commercial acumen including understanding revenue, AUM, unit economics, and customer lifetime value.
• Proven track record of shipping products that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Experience managing and developing product teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Data-driven decision making using quantitative frameworks and analytics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent English communication skills (C1+).

Nice to Have:

• Experience in wealth management, investment platforms, or private markets.
• Experience with B2C and B2B2C platform models.
• Familiarity with AI/ML product development.
• Experience with multi-jurisdiction product launches.
• Understanding of platform replatforming or migration projects at scale.
• Experience with product-led growth strategies in high-AUM environments.
• German language knowledge and working fluency (B2+).

Product Strategy & Roadmap:

• Define and own the product strategy aligned with company OKRs and growth targets.
• Build and maintain a prioritised product roadmap using quantitative frameworks.
• Make trade-off decisions across competing priorities.
• Present product strategy, progress, and impact to the CEO, leadership team, and board.

Product Execution:

• Drive end-to-end delivery of product initiatives from discovery through launch and iteration.
• Own the product cycle cadence including sprint planning, cycle planning, and quarterly reviews.
• Work closely with engineering leadership to balance velocity, quality, and technical debt.
• Define success metrics for every initiative and track benefits realisation post-launch.

Investor Experience & Platform:

• Own the end-to-end digital investor experience including onboarding, fund discovery, investment execution, portfolio management, and reporting.
• Drive self-service product capabilities to reduce reliance on manual advisory and increase activation and retention.
• Identify and build compounding product growth loops.

New Product Development:

• Evaluate and shape new product opportunities such as liquidity solutions, yield products, portfolio intelligence, and AI-powered advisory.
• Navigate regulatory and compliance considerations in partnership with legal, compliance, and operations.
• Manage external vendor and partner relationships supporting new product capabilities.

Team Leadership:

• Lead and develop a team of product managers, product designers, and product operations professionals.
• Set clear expectations, provide coaching, and create an environment of accountability and growth.
• Build a high-performing product culture that is data-driven, customer-centric, and operationally rigorous.

• Hybrid role requiring at least 3 days presence per week in Berlin office.
• Freelance assignment on a 3-6 months B2B contract.
• Rate: €80-110 per hour.