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We're looking for a Technical Product Manager who can operate at two altitudes without losing either.
On the ground: close to engineering and design, writing crisp PRDs, running design reviews, unblocking the team, and making sure we ship on time.
In the air: in the room with founders and C-level, challenging the roadmap, questioning initiatives that don't add up, and raising the hand early when things start to derail.
This is not a ticket-shuffler role. We don't need someone to "manage the backlog." We need someone who owns the product outcome end-to-end, thinks like a founder, and has the technical depth to push back on engineering trade-offs and the product instinct to push back on the CEO when needed.
If you're a senior PO who has plateaued and wants more strategic weight, or a Head of Product at a smaller stage looking for hands-on impact again, this is for you.
Own the product discovery → delivery loop for your area: from problem framing to PRD to launch.
Write PRDs that engineers actually want to read: clear problem, scoped solution, acceptance criteria, edge cases, non-goals.
Run design reviews with the design team — challenge UX decisions, defend the user, kill scope creep.
Sit with engineering daily. Know the state of every initiative without needing a status meeting.
Spot risks early. When a deliverable is slipping, you raise it on day 2, not on launch week.
Define and track product metrics. Know whether what we shipped actually moved the needle.
Be a real participant in C-level product and roadmap discussions — not a note-taker.
Challenge the roadmap. If an initiative doesn't have a clear hypothesis or measurable outcome, say so.
Translate business strategy into product bets, and product reality back into business trade-offs.
Bring outside-in thinking: competitive context, user research, technical trends.
Help shape what we don't build, not just what we do.
5+ years in product roles, with at least 2 years in a senior PO / Lead PM / Product Manager position at a startup or fast-moving tech company.
Strong technical literacy: you can read an architecture diagram, understand API trade-offs, and have a useful conversation about technical debt without an engineer translating.
Proven track record of shipping products end-to-end (not just features inside someone else's vision).
Excellent written communication. Your PRDs and docs should reduce ambiguity, not add to it.
Comfortable challenging founders, engineers, and designers — respectfully, with data and reasoning.
High attention to detail. You catch the inconsistency in the spec before it becomes a bug in production.
Curious by default. You ask "why" more than "when."
Up to date on the state-of-the-art AI tooling for product work, and actively using it. You don't wait for a workflow to be "official" before improving it — you experiment, measure, and adopt what works.
Willing to redefine how product work gets done. If a part of the job — discovery, PRDs, specs, design QA, release notes — can be augmented or rebuilt with AI to make the team faster and better, you're the one prototyping it, not waiting for someone else to.
Past experience as a software engineer, technical consultant, or in a deeply technical product (devtools, platforms, infra, AI, fintech, healthtech).
Experience working directly with C-level in a small company environment.
Familiarity with modern product practices: continuous discovery, opportunity solution trees, JTBD, outcome-based roadmapping.
Experience in our domain [e.g. SaaS B2B, healthtech, AI-native products].
Small team, low process, high ownership. We don't do Jira theater.
Direct feedback culture. We say things to each other, not about each other.
Speed matters, but quality and clarity of thinking matter more.
AI-native by default. Every role here is expected to push the boundary of what's possible with current tools — not just use them, but rethink the workflow around them.
Hybrid setup based in Madrid. At least one day per week in the office — for product, strategy, and team work that's better done in person.
How to apply: via link or send an email to: rrhh@ailin.es