Product Operations & Strategy Manager (m/f/d) at group one DE

Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

25 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Program Management, Product Operations Management, Complex Project Leadership, Quarterly Planning Frameworks, Portfolio Tracking, Cross-functional Alignment, Organizational Change, Risk Management, Dependency Management, Structured Communication, Operational Readiness, Strategic Planning, Executive Decision-Making, Program Orchestration, Agile Principles, Stakeholder Influence

Industry

Software Development

Description

We, at group.one, support our international clients through our various brands and over 1,500 motivated employees across multiple areas to succeed online. Whether it’s domains, websites, cloud servers, digital marketing support, or our Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, we help our clients grow online. In close collaboration with agencies, managed service providers, and other partners, we also support reselling and leverage our decades of experience. Our secret to success: diverse personalities with a shared goal in a fantastic international team. Join us as a Product Operations & Strategy Manager (m/f/d) at group.one. Your Responsibilities The Product Strategy & Operations Manager serves as the operational right hand to the Chief Product Officer, driving focus, alignment, and execution across group.one’s global product organization. This role ensures that the CPO’s vision and priorities translate into measurable outcomes by orchestrating execution, enabling scale, and fostering clarity at every level of the product portfolio. Acting as both a strategist and operator, this role will bring structure and rigor to how we set priorities, govern execution, and deliver impact across brands, platforms, and regions. As a operational partner to the CPO and product leadership team, you will: Act as a leadership multiplier, strengthening cross-functional alignment and ensuring the product organization is equipped to deliver with speed, quality and impact. Serve as the CPO's strategic operating partner, enabling focus on the most critical initiatives through structured planning, proactive risk management and streamlined decision-making. Operationalize product strategy by connecting long-term vision to near-term execution plans, ensuring leadership alignment on priorities and trade-offs. Continuously optimize ways of working, driving efficiency and enabling teams to spend more energy on customer-focused innovation. Defining key success metrics, monitor the progress and synthesizing insights that inform executive decision-making. Creating frameworks and guidelines, that enable consistent execution at scale across divers product lines and geographies. Creating reports (quarterly business reviews, portfolio governance and executive dashboards), to ensure clarity, accountability and speed. Orchestrate enterprise-scale programs and transformations, from acquisitions and integrations to global rollouts, ensuring dependencies are managed and milestones achieved. What We Offer Highly motivated management team embracing agile principles from strategy to execution Short decision-making paths Excellent development and career opportunities Permanent employment contract Flexibility for work-life balance: home office available Flexible working hours (flextime) Be part of group.one: we guarantee teamwork, a culture of openness, and mutual support Modern, state-of-the-art offices Regular, unforgettable cross-location team events Requirements 10+ years of experience in program or product operations management with a proven record of leading complex, large projects across multiple teams. Deep expertise in building and scaling frameworks for quarterly planning, portfolio tracking, and cross-functional alignment. Demonstrated success driving organizational change, including acquisitions, integrations and global rollouts. Strong ability to identify, track and mitigate risks and dependencies in fast-moving environments. Proven success in cross functional team work and aligning Product, Engineering, Sales and Marketing-Teams. Strong skills in structured communication, to create clarity for the leadership team and navigate cross-functional alignments. Experience ensuring operational readiness for major product launches, with playbooks and repeatable models. Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, influencing senior stakeholders and guiding teams toward delivery. Excellent English skills We are committed to an inclusive and safe environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome talent in all its diversity. Your gender, background, age, beliefs, or personal story do not define your opportunities here—what matters to us is mutual respect, personal appreciation, and creating a workplace where motivation and collaboration thrive. We believe in supporting your personal and professional growth, recognizing you as both an individual and a valued team member. We want to continue to grow with you and we look forward to getting to know you.

Responsibilities

The Product Strategy & Operations Manager acts as the operational right hand to the Chief Product Officer, ensuring the CPO's vision translates into measurable outcomes by orchestrating execution and fostering clarity across the global product organization. This involves operationalizing strategy, optimizing ways of working, defining success metrics, and orchestrating enterprise-scale programs and transformations.