Staff Product Manager (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · München

Your mission

Your Impact

As Staff Product Manager at Tacto, you'll play a pivotal role in our mission to create future-proof supply chains for the industrial Mittelstand. Joining at a critical growth phase, you'll shape not just our core product, but how we evolve into a world-class product organization.

Your impact will be multifaceted:

Lead the development of our core product, making decisions that directly affect hundreds of users, thousands of suppliers and billions in procurement spend
Build the foundation for our product organization by establishing scalable practices and processes together with our CPO
Mentor and guide our product team, helping develop the next generation of product leaders (not a people leadership role though)
Drive the technical architecture decisions that will enable us to scale effectively

What you'll work on:

Own and drive the product strategy for our core product, making decisions that impact billions in procurement spend
Establish product best practices and mentor our growing team of product managers
Work closely with leadership to shape how we evolve from startup to a world-class product organization
Build frameworks that help us maintain speed while improving quality as we scale
Partner with engineering leadership on key architectural decisions for our B2B SaaS platform
Work directly with leading Mittelstand companies to deeply understand their supply chain challenges
Drive our product positioning and strategy in the industrial procurement space
Create scalable discovery and delivery processes that work for both experienced and junior PMs

Your profile

Your Profile

You have 5-7 years of product management experience, with at least 3 years at a top-tier B2B SaaS company where you've driven major strategic initiatives
You've built complex B2B products at a company known for product excellence
You bring deep technical understanding and can drive architectural decisions
You have experience mentoring other product managers and building strong product practices
You're passionate about creating scalable processes that enable rather than hinder
You're native or C2 level in German, as you'll work closely with German Mittelstand companies
You thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and have experience in high-growth settings

We know that perfect candidates do not exist and have no specific "minimum qualifications". We would like to know more about you and value your motivation and ability to shape the industrial future with us.

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About us

What we do
We are Tacto, a Munich-based startup with a mission to create digital, efficient, and sustainable supply chains. The European economic backbone, 90 thousand mid-sized industrial companies known as the ‘Mittelstand’, faces significant threats from supply chain disruptions and bureaucracy. Tacto is the answer: A supply chain operating system designed for mid-sized industrial organizations. Our AI-based software streamlines all procurement workflows, effortlessly ensures compliant and sustainable supply chains, and enables efficient material sourcing with optimal conditions.

Why it matters:

Powering the industry that builds the world: We create a new wave of innovation by lifting Europe’s industrial backbone with tens of millions of workers to the digital era
Enabling powerful business collaboration: We enable powerful collaboration among supplier networks as the basis for future economic growth
Saving resources in supply chains: We optimize the 50-80% of costs and emissions of physical products originating from suppliers to enhance sustainable growth

Why you should consider joining:

Timing: Our product manages hundreds of millions of € of material to manufacture physical products from bread cutters to medical technology. The Industrial Mittelstand trusts us and we are ready to scale! Join us to shape the future of our organization & product!
Top investors believe in us: We are supported by first-class investors such as Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Visionaries Club, UVC Partners as well as the founders of Personio, GetYourGuide, Helsing & Forto. Join us to show them they invested wisely!
Team: We are an interdisciplinary and international team that is highly motivated to succeed, but loves to laugh. Join us to grow personally as well as professionally, accelerated by our supportive culture that includes everyone.
Impact: We are reshaping industrial procurement, which is the biggest value driver of manufacturing companies - there is no physical product in the world without procurement involved. Join us to future-proof the most important economic sector in Germany with over 10 million employees.

Why us:

Apart from the people, our culture, and mission, we offer you a workplace with above-average compensation and a high level of personal responsibility. It's important for us to create an environment in which you can grow professionally and personally.

Your vacation: 28 paid vacation days per year + christmas & silvester.
Your office: We embrace an office culture, and all our employees enjoy coming to our beautiful office at Stiglmaierplatz in Munich. However, you also have the flexibility to work remotely at times. Our guideline is 3-4 days in the office and 1-2 days working from home.
Your setup: Choose your preferred equipment and work environment – whether it's Mac, Windows, or Linux. We want you to feel comfortable.
Your team: We are growing and have fun together with team lunches, coffee dates, chess games, bouldering sessions, and more – everything is optional, no pressure.
Your safe space: We believe that a diverse workplace where different voices are heard makes us stronger.
Your health: We provide company health insurance (if you are new to the German work environment) and offer you a membership in the Urban Sports Club or Wellpass.

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Your application!

We appreciate your interest in Tacto. Please fill out the following short form. Should you have any difficulties in uploading your files, please contact us by mail at robert.kaiser@tacto.ai.