Founding Product Lead (m/f/x) - Saas B2B Start up (Berlin) at Cherry Ventures

Berlin, , Germany -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jan, 26

Salary

110000.0

Posted On

16 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Management, B2B SaaS, Customer Insight, Technical Depth, Business Sense, User Problems, Outcomes Focus, Clarity, Product Strategy, Execution

Industry

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

Description

Cherry Ventures is supporting our portfolio with this hire Location: Berlin (office-first) About us We’re Cortea, a Berlin-based startup building AI products that transform how audits get done. Auditors spend too much time on manual, repetitive work. We’re fixing that by giving them AI tools that understand their workflows and eliminate the grind. Backed by top-tier VCs with €10m+ in funding, real customers, and a working product — now it’s time to scale. We value first-principles thinking, speed, trust, and kindness. We work side by side in our Berlin office, moving fast and learning faster. Your Role You’re here to make sure we solve the right problems. As Founding Product Lead, you’ll own core products in our AI toolbox—sometimes the entire toolbox itself. You’ll live at the intersection of customer insight, technical depth, and business sense, translating complexity into clarity. You’ll work directly with our founders, engineers, and designers to define what success looks like, ensure we’re building for real customer value, and shape the way Cortea does product management. What you’ll do Fully own and evolve products in our AI toolbox Talk to customers weekly to uncover pain points and validate solutions Collaborate tightly with engineering and design to deliver high-value outcomes fast Shape and improve our product management approach as we grow Set crisp goals, ensure focus, and ruthlessly prioritize for impact Keep the team anchored in why—not just what You’ll be great at this if you Have 5+ years experience, with 3+ years in product roles Built and shipped multiple B2B SaaS products from zero to scale Go deep into context to truly understand user problems Care about outcomes more than process, and clarity more than frameworks Know how an efficient product management approach looks like Know what PMF really means because you’ve lived through it—preferably in early-stage startups Bonus points You’ve founded a company or serious side project before You’re fluent in both product strategy and hands-on execution What We Offer High impact & growth: Front-row seat to scaling an AI startup with real ownership from day one Mission-driven culture: First-principles thinking, bold ideas, and a supportive team Compensation: €70–110k salary + meaningful equity Personal development: Learning budget for courses and conferences In-office setup: Central Berlin office, team lunches, retreats, flexible vacation Interview process First Call — Intro to Cortea with our Founders Associate Leon Second Call — Product deep-dive with Philipp Third Call — Deep dive into our culture with Valentin On-site Half-Day (Berlin) — Meet the team and work on a real problem together Cherry Ventures is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

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Responsibilities

As Founding Product Lead, you will fully own and evolve products in the AI toolbox, ensuring that the team is focused on solving the right problems. You will collaborate with founders, engineers, and designers to define success and deliver high-value outcomes quickly.