You'll have responsibility to coordinate and align the product roadmap, manage prioritization, and discovery of our product. Your job is to be the voice of the planner, scheduler, and supply chain manager from our customers inside our company — and to turn deep user understanding into a product that scales.We value your understanding of factories, supply chains and the reality of people working in them above all. This is a hands-on role in a growing team. You'll build internal tools and processes as you go, working directly with our developers, implementation team, customers, and founders.You will manage the inbound sales insights, requests from customers, project requirements and ideas from the team into one pipeline. Prioritization logic must be driven by business case and clear strategic alignment.What You'll DoMaintain product roadmap and executing prioritization decisions in close collaboration with our founders and developersTranslate user needs into clear use cases, product flows, and requirements that engineers can build from.Design for trust: shape how our optimization results and automated decisions are explained to the user, how users override and interact with automated decisions, and how we earn the confidence of skeptical operational usersBuild developer enablement by creating user personas, user journeys and more.Turn one-off customer requests into generalizable product capabilitiesWork closely with implementation teams to feed real deployment learnings back into the productDefine and track adoption and value metrics that go beyond "features shipped"Build the product management foundation (discovery practices, prioritization, release planning) for future hiresRequirementsMust-haves5+ years of professional experience, with significant experience in production planning, scheduling roles or hands-on supply chain operationsProfessional touch points with software projects Deep familiarity with industrial users and workflows — from working in or building products for manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or process industries (e.g., APS, SCM, MES, industrial IoT, or vertical manufacturing SaaS)You are comfortable to build processes and structures as we go and as we need them (not earlier)Strong stakeholder skills with enterprise customers — comfortable pushing back on custom requests and mediating between engineering, implementation, and salesFluent English for international customers and internal workFluent German (C2 or native) for german customersWillingness to travel occasionally to meet in person with usersNice-to-havesExperience with decision-support, automation, or optimization products — you've thought hard about explainability, human-in-the-loop design, and user trust in system recommendations in AI or optimization systemsExperience in companies where implementation/professional services are part of the delivery modelExposure to the APS/SCM software landscape (e.g., SAP, Blue Yonder, Siemens Opcenter, or their challengers)Basic UX skills — you can sketch flows and wireframes to communicate ideasBenefitsAt akeno, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, connected, and empowered. Here's what you can look forward to:Generous Annual CompensationReal Ownership - You define the product functions from day one and shape a category-defining productRelocation Package – Full support, including relocation assistance and accommodation guidanceVisa Sponsorship – Comprehensive support throughout the processWellpass Gym Membership – Access to hundreds of fitness and wellness options for just €10/monthJob Ticket – Subsidized public transport to keep your commute affordable and stress-freeGerman Language Courses – Learn or improve your German with our supported language programSnacks, Drinks & Great Coffee – Always available to keep you fuelled and focusedModern Office with a View – Work from our beautiful Hamburg office with panoramic city viewsSupportive & International Team – Join a warm, open-minded group of colleagues from around the worldReal Ownership – You'll have space to take initiative and make a tangible impactFlexible Working Hours – Because we understand that life and studies don’t always fit a 9–5Regular Team Events – From lunches to offsites—we celebrate the wins (big and small) together
You'll have responsibility to coordinate and align the product roadmap, manage prioritization, and discovery of our product. Your job is to be the voice of the planner, scheduler, and supply chain manager from our customers inside our company — and to turn deep user understanding into a product that scales.
We value your understanding of factories, supply chains and the reality of people working in them above all.
This is a hands-on role in a growing team. You'll build internal tools and processes as you go, working directly with our developers, implementation team, customers, and founders.
You will manage the inbound sales insights, requests from customers, project requirements and ideas from the team into one pipeline. Prioritization logic must be driven by business case and clear strategic alignment.
What You'll Do
- Maintain product roadmap and executing prioritization decisions in close collaboration with our founders and developers
- Translate user needs into clear use cases, product flows, and requirements that engineers can build from.
- Design for trust: shape how our optimization results and automated decisions are explained to the user, how users override and interact with automated decisions, and how we earn the confidence of skeptical operational users
- Build developer enablement by creating user personas, user journeys and more.
- Turn one-off customer requests into generalizable product capabilities
- Work closely with implementation teams to feed real deployment learnings back into the product
- Define and track adoption and value metrics that go beyond "features shipped"
- Build the product management foundation (discovery practices, prioritization, release planning) for future hires
Requirements
Must-haves
- 5+ years of professional experience, with significant experience in production planning, scheduling roles or hands-on supply chain operations
- Professional touch points with software projects
- Deep familiarity with industrial users and workflows — from working in or building products for manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or process industries (e.g., APS, SCM, MES, industrial IoT, or vertical manufacturing SaaS)
- You are comfortable to build processes and structures as we go and as we need them (not earlier)
- Strong stakeholder skills with enterprise customers — comfortable pushing back on custom requests and mediating between engineering, implementation, and sales
- Fluent English for international customers and internal work
- Fluent German (C2 or native) for german customers
- Willingness to travel occasionally to meet in person with users
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with decision-support, automation, or optimization products — you've thought hard about explainability, human-in-the-loop design, and user trust in system recommendations in AI or optimization systems
- Experience in companies where implementation/professional services are part of the delivery model
- Exposure to the APS/SCM software landscape (e.g., SAP, Blue Yonder, Siemens Opcenter, or their challengers)
- Basic UX skills — you can sketch flows and wireframes to communicate ideas
Benefits
At akeno, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, connected, and empowered. Here's what you can look forward to:
- Generous Annual Compensation
- Real Ownership - You define the product functions from day one and shape a category-defining product
- Relocation Package – Full support, including relocation assistance and accommodation guidance
- Visa Sponsorship – Comprehensive support throughout the process
- Wellpass Gym Membership – Access to hundreds of fitness and wellness options for just €10/month
- Job Ticket – Subsidized public transport to keep your commute affordable and stress-free
- German Language Courses – Learn or improve your German with our supported language program
- Snacks, Drinks & Great Coffee – Always available to keep you fuelled and focused
- Modern Office with a View – Work from our beautiful Hamburg office with panoramic city views
- Supportive & International Team – Join a warm, open-minded group of colleagues from around the world
- Real Ownership – You'll have space to take initiative and make a tangible impact
- Flexible Working Hours – Because we understand that life and studies don’t always fit a 9–5
- Regular Team Events – From lunches to offsites—we celebrate the wins (big and small) together
We’re on a mission to help industrial companies unlock the full potential of their data by enabling real-time, autonomous decision-making in planning and scheduling processes.While data availability in process manufacturing continues to grow, much of it remains untapped. Our software changes that — transforming production scheduling across global factories through intelligent, data-driven automation.We’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading companies in the process industries, including BASF Colours & Effects, Sun Chemical, and many more.With a recently completed funding round, we’re scaling rapidly — expanding our team and platform to support the next wave of growth. Backed by a strong five-year pipeline, we’re well-positioned to deliver long-term impact and sustainable innovation.If you’re excited by complex systems, real-world impact, and building technology that powers the future of process manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re on a mission to help industrial companies unlock the full potential of their data by enabling real-time, autonomous decision-making in planning and scheduling processes.While data availability in process manufacturing continues to grow, much of it remains untapped. Our software changes that — transforming production scheduling across global factories through intelligent, data-driven automation.We’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading companies in the process industries, including BASF Colours & Effects, Sun Chemical, and many more.
With a recently completed funding round, we’re scaling rapidly — expanding our team and platform to support the next wave of growth. Backed by a strong five-year pipeline, we’re well-positioned to deliver long-term impact and sustainable innovation.
If you’re excited by complex systems, real-world impact, and building technology that powers the future of process manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you.
