Lead Product Manager

IDnow

IDnow is a leader in digital identity and fraud prevention in Europe with a mission to transform trust into the most powerful asset in the digital world, empowering enterprises with AI-driven, SaaS-based identity solutions that deliver scalable security, adaptive compliance, and real-time fraud prevention. Through its broad portfolio of digital identity and fraud prevention solutions, IDnow establishes, maintains and enriches trust throughout the customer journey, ensuring businesses can confidently and securely operate while leveraging digital identity to drive growth, security and scalability. The company has offices in Germany, United Kingdom, Romania and France, and is backed by renowned institutional investors, including Corsair Capital and Seventure Partners. Its portfolio of international clients spans a wide range of end markets including financial services, telecommunications, travel & mobility, gaming, and other industries. This position is based in Rennes Or Paris, France or in Munich or in Berlin , Germany     As Team Lead Product – Product & Program Management, you will sit at the intersection of product leadership and strategic program management. You will own and orchestrate IDnow's product portfolio of document-based identity verification methods— ensuring it remains commercially healthy, customer-ready, and compliantly maintained — while simultaneously driving the structured transition of these products onto IDnow's next-generation platform. You will report to our Director of Product in charge of the overall Doc-based IDV Product Portfolio. You will coordinate/ lead a team of Product Managers in a senior lead / player-coach model: setting direction and standards, unblocking delivery, and actively contributing yourself where it matters most. You will work hand-in-hand with the senior leadership to align cross-product priorities, manage complex stakeholder relationships, and ensure the organization moves with strategic clarity through a period of meaningful platform evolution. This is a role for a seasoned product leader who thrives in complexity, brings strong people management credentials, and knows how to hold the line on product quality and customer trust — even while navigating change.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Program Management  * Lead the structured transition of IDnow's current product suite to the next-generation platform, balancing platform evolution with near-term product health and revenue protection  * Drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success on transition sequencing, dependencies, and risk mitigation  * Translate business strategy into executable product and program plans with clear milestones and success criteria  Product Portfolio Leadership  * Own a product line end-to-end, ensuring each product meets commercial, regulatory, and operational standards throughout the transition period  * Define and track product KPIs and health metrics; report progress transparently to Product Leadership team and C-level stakeholders  * Represent the product in strategic customer conversations and pre-sales engagements where portfolio knowledge is critical  * Ensure timely and predictable delivery across the portfolio by driving clear prioritization, resolving cross-team dependencies, and maintaining strong stakeholder alignment throughout the product lifecycle  Team Leadership  * Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Product Managers in a player-coach model — actively contributing to product work while elevating team capability and setting clear standards  * Coach PMs on prioritization, stakeholder management, and product thinking — building the next generation of product leadership within IDnow    PREFERRED EXPERIENCE * 5+ years of experience in product management and at least 3 years in a people-management role with formal direct reports   * Demonstrated ability to lead product teams through complexity - platform migrations, portfolio rationalization, or significant product transitions   * Strong strategic program management skills: able to structure ambiguous, multi-workstream initiatives and drive them to delivery  * Proven track record of shipping and maintaining high-quality B2B SaaS products in regulated or compliance-sensitive industries  * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - comfortable engaging C-level executives, customers, and engineering leadership equally  * Data-driven mindset with hands-on experience using analytics tools   * Fluency in English (German and/or French is a strong plus)    PERKS & BENEFITS * Health & Wellbeing: Use your full access to the mental health platform nilo, including 1on1 sessions. * We value personal and professional development: make full use of Udemy, our training platform with 24/7 access and unlimited content/course consumption incl. certification. * We make your remote work comfy: we provide support on equipment and offer flexible working hours. * We value collaboration & love to come together: regular onsite gatherings, internal initiatives and summer parties to connect outside of work. * May your family require your attention or other reasons apply: use the benefit of our paid special leave days. * Enjoy the possibility to combine work with a longer stay at your holiday destination or extend a weekend with our Workcation possibilities. * In addition to the perks & benefits above, we offer specific benefits that differ between our locations.   IDnow applies the principles of non-discrimination and equality: We strive to establish, maintain, and promote an open and inclusive recruitment process and working environment by respecting the principles of equal opportunities. Including but not limited to: sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or convictions, gender identity, citizenship, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

STARK

ABOUT US STARK is a new kind of defence technology company revolutionising the way autonomous systems are deployed across multiple domains. We design, develop, and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are software-defined, mass-scalable, and cost-effective — providing operators with a decisive edge in contested environments. We are focused on delivering deployable, high-performance systems — not future promises. In a time of rising threats, STARK is bolstering the technological edge of NATO Allies and their Partners to deter aggression and defend Europe, today. YOUR MISSION STARK's autonomous platforms — aerial and maritime — operate in contested, high-stakes environments where safety systems must function without exception. As Product Manager for Safety-Critical Systems, you will own the requirements engineering, roadmap and delivery of the systems that make that guarantee possible: from Flight Termination Systems on our UAVs to fire suppression and recovery on our USVs. This is a hands-on, high-accountability role at the intersection of systems engineering, software engineering and cybersecurity, and the foundation of trust that enables everything STARK ships.  RESPONSIBILITIES * Own the requirements engineering, roadmap and delivery for all safety-critical systems across STARK's UAV and USV platforms * Lead product-level contributions to Functional Hazard Analyses (FHA) and Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), translating identified risks into concrete product requirements * Serve as the product bridge between cybersecurity and safety engineering * Champion a "Digital Thread" for safety: end-to-end traceability from high-level system safety requirements through development, verification, and post-mission analysis * Define architectures that are mass-scalable and cost-effective — not bespoke, one-off solutions — enabling STARK to deploy safe autonomous systems at scale * Collaborate with systems engineers, system safety engineers, certification leads, and executive stakeholders to drive design decisions and communicate risk clearly * Drive the company's "Digital-First Safety" posture, ensuring compliance with applicable standards (e.g. SIL-2/3, DO-178C, IEC 61508) while maintaining architectural resilience against emerging threats. * Shape STARK's approach to safe agentic autonomy — ensuring increasingly autonomous behaviour remains deterministic and verifiable QUALIFICATIONS * Degree (B.Sc. or M.Sc.) in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related technical discipline * Proven track record as a Product Manager, Product Owner, or Systems Engineer delivering complex hardware/software systems under rigorous safety or regulatory standards * Deep working knowledge of safety standards and methodologies, e.g. IEC 61508, DO-178C, DO-254, ISO 26262, FHA, FTA * Experience taking a hardware/software product from concept through certification and into field deployment * Technical fluency in safety architecture concepts: redundancy topologies, dissimilar architectures, real-time operating systems * Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional delivery activities and drive decisions in ambiguous, high-stakes technical environments * Eligible to obtain appropriate security clearance for defence work NICE TO HAVE * Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and standards such as MOSA or FACE * Background in cybersecurity — particularly in understanding how offensive threat models translate into safety requirements * Familiarity with autonomous systems or UAV/USV platforms * Experience in a scaling defence-tech or aerospace startup environment If you're interested in building the future of European Defence with us, and you see yourself reflected on the description above, please send us your CV in English. We´re looking forward to meeting you!

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