Your mission:

With your exceptional interdisciplinary skills, you apply your knowledge of developing technical ​and user-friendly products on a strategic level.
With a team of dedicated space and software engineers as well as our product owner and marketing manager, you are responsible for executing our product strategy on a global scale.
You enable us to offer customer-oriented and profitable products that are setting new market standards. Thereby, you ​rely on your ​past experience in developing SaaS products or platforms in a technological oriented environment, ideally in start-ups.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Translating OKAPI’s business strategy into a unique product strategy
• Planning and carrying out product launches together with multiple departments
• Managing product profitability and commercial success – own the business case
• Providing insight to stakeholders on the product and market (including insights on key differentiators and messages)
• Writing high-level product requirements
• Working closely together with the product owner and marketing manager as well as other stakeholders

Your profile:

• Must-haves:
  • Minimum of 5 years experience as a product manager or in a similar role
  • Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products (not necessarily in the space sector
  • (Preferably interdisciplinary) Master’s degree in industrial engineering or business informatics. Otherwise MBA, or Master’s degree in product management or software development
  • Excellent communication skills towards different departments and customers in English
  • Excellent teamwork skills across different departments and proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Nice to haves:
  • Work experience in an agile environment or start-up is a plus
  • Prior experience as product manager in software development
  • Prior experience in the space sector

Why OKAPI?

• With a flat hierarchy and small working groups, you define your own way of work including flexible work hours
• After your on-boarding time in Braunschweig, you can choose between staying in our office, working remote (within EU) or a hybrid approach
• Quickly gain your responsibilities in the company and provide your input to shape the future of OKAPI:Orbits
• Access to a dedicated training budget to continuously develop your skills further
• Participate in space events and conferences, to spread the word of a sustainable space environment
• Perks such as free drinks in the office, and monthly all-company lunches
• Of course, we also do regular afterwork activities like laser tag, dinner, or having the occasional beer

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