Product Manager, Haddock
€40-55k
2+ days a week in office (Poblenou, Barcelona)
Restaurant management software
Open for applications
Restaurant management software
21-100 employees
Open for applications
€40-55k
2+ days a week in office (Poblenou, Barcelona)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To inspire and empower millions of restaurants by taking their business to the next level.
Role
Who you are
- Hunger & Curiosity: A natural drive to learn and experiment with cutting-edge AI models and tools. You are an early adopter by nature
- Great Judgment: The ability to discard most ideas and choose only what aligns strictly with company objectives
- Customer Love: A genuine passion for understanding what users actually need (and why they need it)
- Proactivity: We expect bottom-up action. Don't wait for a roadmap; if the product needs a change to provide value, make it happen
- Problem-solving: A mix of analytical/data skills and design/UX intuition. You care about the "How it looks" as much as the "How it performs."
What the job involves
- We’re hiring because our ambitions are increasing: more customers, more AI automation, and a relentless focus on delivering value at scale
- At haddock, a PM is an uncertainty resolver who bridges the gap between complex AI technology and real-world restaurant needs. We need a creative PM with exceptional judgment to lead large initiatives independently and maintain a direct pulse on our customers
- If you’re excited by full ownership and building an AI-native product before we fully evolve from startup to scale-up, this is the right moment to join
- At haddock, we don't believe in "feature factories." As a PM here, you are the DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) for your area
- You won’t be writing specs: Our Product Engineers own the technical specs and execution. You will focus on the "Why" and the "What." You’ll talk to customers, look at the data, and collaborate with engineers to decide what not to build
- Prototyping is your superpower: We favor action. You’ll spend a significant part of your time prototyping and validating ideas (think Peter Yang: idea in the morning, prototype at noon, customer validation by lunch)
- AI-native mindset: You don't just "add AI" to a feature; you rethink user flows assuming AI is the core engine. You are the brain that shapes the AI’s output with criteria and context
- Customer Proximity: Many of our restaurants are based right here in Barcelona. You’ll be just a step away from the people using what you build
- Shape the Team: We are currently a small, focused team (Ingrid and Andrea). You will have the unique opportunity to help shape the Product organization at haddock from the ground up
- Radical Simplicity: We favor a single way of doing things to avoid over-engineering. We prioritize simple solutions and proven patterns over unnecessary complexity
- High Ownership: We work as DRIs. While engineers own the stability and execution, you own the discovery and the ultimate success of the initiative
- Agile Execution: We apply a Lean model (prototype, launch, learn). A 3-day prototype in Figma, Magicpath, or NoCode tools delivers more value to us than a 3-week spec
- Strategy & Vision: Align product discovery with business goals, making data-driven and user-centered decisions
- Fast Iteration: Prioritize solutions into small, actionable releases. You will ideate, prototype, launch, and repeat until the problem is solved
- Direct Customer Feedback: Join customer meetings and dive into their workflows to ensure we are moving the needle
- AI Orchestration: Define how our AI agents interact with our systems, starting small and scaling based on real-world observation
- Full Ownership: Responsible for the entire lifecycle of an initiative—from the first "Why" to monitoring its adoption and impact
- Lead the Bar: Demand excellence in the user experience. You will ensure we ship fast without compromising the core value of the product
- Example objectives for your first months:
- Group Vision Discovery: Lead the discovery for our "Restaurant Groups" vision to drive growth in Weekly Active Users (WAU)
- Kickstart Major Initiatives: Launch large-scale initiatives like "Orders" alongside engineering, proposing iterative solutions to solve complex problems fast
Application process
- We highly value creativity, surprise, and proactivity. We will prioritize and respond to applications that include a personalized message or something that shows us your "hunger."
- Intro call with Ingrid (Head of Product), 25 mins
- Call with Pol Rosell (co-founder, CEO), 25 mins
- Technical interview with Ingrid (1 hour)
Our take
In the restaurant industry, cost control is an essential aspect of maintaining a profit. By successfully managing the costs of food, labour, and overhead expenses, restaurants can optimise their margins and increase profitability. Many restaurants look to SaaS companies to provide them with specialised software solutions that save management valuable time and help them stay on top of the competitive restaurant industry.
Barcelona-based Haddock is helping restaurants improve their margins thanks to real-time cost control. Through the use of AI, Haddock is making it easy for customers to digitise documents as well as export data to make better decisions and optimise their business.
Haddock has witnessed steady growth since its inception in 2020 and is now home to over 1,000 customers. Accepted into the Y Combinator accelerator programme in 2021, the startup has since gone on to open new offices and make way for new employees for a promising future in restaurant software.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2022
$0.2m
SEED
Apr 2021
$3.6m
SEED
Total funding: $3.7m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours
Company HQ
Dreta de l'Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
Leadership
Arnau Navarro
(CEO & Co-founder)Previously co-founded the mobile app Group where they served as CEO. They also have experience as the Internationalisation Manager at TEXFOR, as Country Manager at GINETEX Spain, and as a Lead Generation Manager at NoviCap.
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