Senior Product Manager (f/m/d)

Apaleo is the world’s most open, API-first property management platform powering the next generation of hospitality operations. Its modular, AI-powered infrastructure enables hoteliers to customise their tech stack, automate routine work, and deliver seamless, personalised guest experiences, powered by best-in-class apps and autonomous AI agents that adapt to every stay. If you’re driven by the idea of making hospitality smarter, more human, and powered by cutting-edge technology, we’d love to hear from you. 

We're seeking a Senior Product Manager (f/m/d) to join our dynamic team in Munich office. You'll help shape the foundation of our hospitality platform by developing and enhancing essential features that power core PMS operations. 

What You’ll Bring with You

• At least 5 years of experience in a senior Product Management role, preferably at a midsized B2B SaaS company or similar technical product organization.
• A natural leader who can unite Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success teams to deliver exceptional results. Well-organized and focused on outcomes.
• Exceptional ability to engage with stakeholders and external partners.
• Proven track record of successful product expansion in challenging environments, with the ability to shepherd features from concept to completion.
• Passion for tackling complex challenges and creating innovative solutions, backed by strong problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills.
• Experience building and shipping products using Agile methodologies, with a strong understanding of priority management.
• Deep knowledge of product development best practices, including iterative development, continuous integration, end-to-end testing, and operational oversight.
• Enthusiasm for building a hospitality platform that can serve any hotel or housing facility on Earth—and beyond!
• You are based in Munich or open to relocating, with the ability to work onsite 2–3 days per week.

How You Make An Impact

• Create product roadmaps that set internal and external expectations for future features, and transform these roadmaps into actionable backlogs with clear short and mid-term team goals.
• Coordinate with stakeholders (sales, customer success, onboarding, app success, marketing, compliance teams, customers, and partners) to understand and prioritize their needs.
• Make confident decisions even with imperfect data, including saying "no" to good ideas in favor of great ones.
• Conduct user research, gather feedback, and translate insights into clear requirements.
• Analyze experiments and improvements to validate hypotheses.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and technology teams to deliver high-quality features that achieve their intended objectives.
• Own feature delivery and ensure the team meets roadmap milestones.
• Manage the product backlog, including epics, user stories, enhancements, bugs, and technical debt.
• Partner with customer success teams and early adopters to ensure our products are user-friendly.
• Evaluate API changes and create comprehensive technical and user documentation.
• Lead release management and communicate feature deliveries to all stakeholders.
• Support customer-facing teams with product-related inquiries.

Extra Awesome Points For

• Previous experience developing API, microservices-based, or SaaS products in hospitality, fintech, or accounting
• Experience in a B2B startup environment is a plus

What We Offer:

• A Diverse & International Team: Work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities, bringing unique cultural perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to shape the future of hospitality tech.
• Growth & Development: As we scale, so do your opportunities. You’ll benefit from 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget, and plenty of chances to take on more responsibility. Our evolving career framework ensures you have increasing opportunities to learn new skills, advance your career, and make an impact.
• Autonomy & Ownership: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We empower you to take responsibility, make decisions, and contribute directly in an environment built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
• Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech: Be part of a fast-growing scale-up transforming the hospitality industry. From day one, your work drives real impact and you’ll have the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Competitive & Fair Compensation: We believe great work deserves great pay. Our salaries are competitive and guided by benchmarking data to ensure fairness across all roles and teams. We make sure to recognize and reward performance and contribution.

• Flexible & Remote Work Options: We focus on results, not clocking hours. You can work from home, the office or in a hybrid setup, with flexibility to adapt your schedule as long as it makes sense for your role, your team and our business.
• Free Public Transport: Travel across Germany with ease using our fully covered Deutschland Ticket.
• Team Connection: Strong connections fuel collaboration. We celebrate and connect through regular team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest celebrations, Christmas parties, and other offsite events.
• Paid Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of vacation to fully disconnect, recharge, and return inspired.
• Health & Wellbeing: Prioritize your health with access to hundreds of gyms, fitness studios, and wellness options through our EGYM Wellpass membership.

What it means to join Apaleo:

Joining Apaleo means stepping into a space where hospitality is being redefined from the ground up. You won’t just support innovation you’ll help drive it. Your work will directly shape an intelligent, AI-first platform used by hospitality teams across the globe. Here, your ideas power real products, your voice influences direction, and your impact is visible at every level. At Apaleo, we build boldly, collaborate openly, and grow together fast.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and in compliance with GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. We celebrate differences and believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.