What is the type of contract for this position?

The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Senior Product Manager (f/m/d) position?

The suggested salary for this position is $150,000-$200,090*

Is telecommuting possible for this position?

No, telecommuting is not possible for this position

Senior Product Manager (f/m/d) job at Forto

Our Company

What if... your work would empower change in an industry that essentially impacts the prosperity of the entire world? Forto is in business to exactly do that - disrupt logistics! Simplifying global trade has been our mission from day one. Our exponentially growing team of more than 550 technology and logistics experts, forge ahead each day with the goal to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless and sustainable digital supply chain.

Our company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and currently has in total 12 offices across Europe and Asia, including Copenhagen, Hamburg, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Leading manufacturers and e-commerce brands are among the 2.500 customers using Forto’s digitally-focused offerings as part of their supply chain delivery. Among the fastest growing logistic start-ups in Europe, Forto's recent investment round (June 2021) placed the company valuation at more than $1.2 billion.

At our core, we are in love with progress and cannot cope with the standstill. We leave old paths and look for new roads. We are constantly striving for ways to be even better tomorrow. We are facilitators, we are explorers, we are visionaries. If you are looking for something extraordinary to work for - join the crew to become a part of our pioneer expedition.

Your Role

As part of the tech team, you drive the company’s product vision forward and create the superior customer experience we want to build. It is our responsibility to set the course and define the journey. Based on our product vision and strategy, we develop detailed roadmaps and work with engineering to build what matters most to our customers as well as helps us to scale internally. We speak to customers regularly to understand their pain points, collect ideas, and gather feedback on our product. We have the ambition to back our decisions with data, are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and measure our success through customer happiness and company growth.

You will

Build a deep understanding of our product and the customer journey, sometimes including technical details
Develop a deep knowledge of how our operations and sales teams work, their objectives, and Forto's overall strategy
Lead requirement gathering efforts, through consulting stakeholders, analyzing relevant data sources and conducting customer research
Develop a product vision, roadmaps and epics. Determination of corner cases, always while considering user experience and the complexity of a solution
Communicate the product requirements to the engineering team, assisting with open questions during design, implementation and QA
Measure impact of product and engineering work by implementing and tracking key metrics
Juggling of competing priorities on a daily basis, finding the right balance between short-term fixes and strategic tasks

What you bring

5+ years of experience working with engineers and building software products
Fast Learner: You learn quickly and strive to improve every day; you can adapt to a fast-growing organization with constantly changing requirements
Passion Driver: You want to work on real-world problems that create an impact in our world; you work hard to build a great product and take ownership for delivering high-quality user experience
Structure Hero: Structuring complex requirements in tables, charts, workflows, or formulas comes natural to you; you have the ambition and skills to simplify even the most complex problems
Tech Lover: You Understand complex digital products and don’t shy away from a technical conversation with engineers and customers
English language fluency, plus German language fluency is a plus
Previous B2B product experience would be beneficial