Senior Product Manager, Shopware
Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Remote from Germany
eCommerce platform powering online businesses
Open for applications
eCommerce platform powering online businesses
201-500 employees
B2BSaaSeCommerce
Open for applications
Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Remote from Germany
201-500 employees
B2BSaaSeCommerce
Company mission
To create trendsetting eCommerce solutions for the global community.
Role
Who you are
- With 5+ years of experience in product management, you have taken on increasing scope and strategic responsibility over time
- Ownership of a product domain or major product line with measurable business impact is part of your track record
- A strong product mindset — user-first, value-driven, and outcome-focused — defines how you approach decision-making
- Advanced discovery methods and structured opportunity assessment are tools you confidently apply to evaluate strategic initiatives
- Experience in opportunity sizing, business case development, and portfolio-level prioritization enables you to make decisions under constraints
- Data informs your judgment: you synthesize quantitative metrics and qualitative insights to drive well-grounded decisions
- Strategic roadmap development and portfolio thinking come naturally in complex, evolving environments
- Risk management across technical and commercial dimensions is something you handle proactively and pragmatically
- Executive-level communication clarity allows you to align senior stakeholders and influence without formal authority
- High ownership, accountability, and strong product conviction — grounded in evidence — characterize your leadership style
- Comfort with ambiguity, shifting contexts, and early-stage product challenges enable you to build clarity where it is needed most
- Familiarity with SaaS, platform, e-commerce, or ecosystem-driven environments is preferred
- Excellent English and German communication skills are required
- Occasional travel is required for workshops, events and fairs or customer meetings
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Product Manager (m/f/d) to own and shape a strategic product domain with significant business impact
- In this role, you define long-term direction, manage multi-quarter priorities, and ensure product investments are closely aligned with company strategy
- You operate with high autonomy and strong product judgment, bringing clarity to ambiguity and aligning cross-functional teams around outcome-focused execution
- This role carries a strategic scope equivalent to management level with regular communication with our senior leadership, centered on product leadership and domain ownership — without direct people management responsibility
- Owning Strategic Direction: You define and shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for your product domain in alignment with overarching company goals
- Driving Discovery & Opportunity Assessment: You lead domain-level discovery initiatives, conduct advanced opportunity sizing, and translate insights into outcome-focused product initiatives
- Aligning Teams Around Priorities: You align Engineering, UX, Marketing, and Leadership around clear priorities and ensure technical execution supports strategic objectives
- Outcome-Driven Execution: You define measurable success criteria and connect product initiatives directly to business KPIs, tracking adoption, usage, and qualitative feedback after launch
- Structured Product Communication: You write structured product requirements, problem statements, and acceptance criteria, ensuring clarity across stakeholders
- Data-Driven Iteration: You monitor product performance, review outcomes, and continuously iterate based on evidence and user feedback
- Strategic Risk Management: You proactively identify and mitigate technical, commercial, delivery, and legal risks within your domain
- External Representation & Enablement: You represent the product externally with customers, partners, and at events, while supporting enablement efforts for Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success
- Coaching & Thought Leadership: You coach other Product Managers through structured feedback and strategic thinking, strengthening overall product excellence within the organization
Our take
The eCommerce boom in recent years has shown no signs of slowing down, and Shopware is capturing the opportunity. The company offers a set of open source tools to power the online shopping experience for hundreds of thousands of brands.
There are of course competitors, like Shopify Plus, but Shopware has stood out for serving mid-market companies that were not digitally-native businesses but had to take on digital channels to keep up with customer demand. This, combined with the obvious increase in brands and companies needing help when eCommerce became more mainstream, has served Shopware particularly well.
Founded in 2000, the company only received its first round of funding in 2022. Until then, it had been profitable off its own back. This capital and support from, among others, Carlyle and PayPal will be invested in its international growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2022
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Mobile Working: Whether you live just around the corner or far away - we offer you the flexibility to mobile working. We connect talents from different countries and create a diverse, international work environment.
- Mobile Working Abroad: Shopware empowers you to work temporarily from across the EEA and beyond. For more freedom, focus, and global connection.
- Sports (Urban Sports Club): Enjoy free access to Urban Sports Club (M package), including the app, on-demand workouts, and local sports facilities. Want to upgrade? You can, with a small personal contribution.
- Special Leave Days: Special life events deserve special recognition. Shopware may grand additional paid leave days for special occasions, such as weddings, moves, or volunteer work.
- Private Hardware Use: Work-life meets tech-life. You're welcome to use your Shopware hardware, whether it's your monitor, headphones, or laptop also for private purposes.
- Phone Contract/Reimbursement: Stay connected -wherever you are. We cover parts of your mobile phone costs. Depending on your country, you will either receive a monthly allowance or we will provide you with a phone plan.
- Shopware Coins: Become a true co-create of Shopware's journey. With our voluntary VSOP program, you share in our long-term success and shape the future with us.
- Educational Leave: Learning is more than a nice-to-have. We support your individual development with up to 5 additional workdays per year for recognised, job-related training.
- Learning & Development Offers: Grow with us. We offer a wide range of training opportunities, from e-learning and expert-led training to conferences.
- Career Progression Framework: With transparent career paths and clear development criteria, we support your personal journey at Shopware.
- Mentoring @ Shopware: Our mentoring and buddy programs pair you with experienced colleagues who support your personal and professional development.
- Events: From team events and BBQs to our big annual Shopware Kick-Off, our events build community and strengthen our culture.
- English for everyone: Join our free English and training to grow your skills and strengthen international collaboration.
- Employee Assistance Program: We've got your back - 24/7. In case of professional or personal challenges, you'll have access to immediate, free, and anonymous support from external experts.
- Employee Referral Bonus: If a new employee is hired based on your recommendation, you will receive a referral bonus of up to €2,500.
- 10 Year Anniversary Vacation: 10 years with Shopware? As a thank-you for your loyalty and commitment, you will receive either an additional four weeks of paid vacation or a one-time payment - the choice is yours.
- Welcome Backpack (incl. Merch & Clothes): Your journey with Shopware starts with a backpack full of surprises. Teamwear, premium merch, and your very own Cody.
Company HQ
Borken, Schöppingen, Germany
Leadership
Sebastian Hamann
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Co-Founded Shopware at the age of 15.
Stegan Hamann
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Entered the professional world once founding Shopware.
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