Your mission

The product team has been growing steadily, expanding from 2 to 21 people over the past three years. The associated Knowledge Team, responsible for documentation, is also on a growth trajectory. To lead this team and support coordination and internal processes, we are looking for a Team Lead (m/f/d) for our Knowledge Team in a full-time position. This newly created role will contribute to the continued success of the team and ensure strong collaboration with other departments.

As Team Lead of the Knowledge Team, you will lead and represent your team within Checkmk. You will act as an interface to all other departments and ensure excellent outcomes from your team. A special focus lies in making sure our documentation meets the highest standards and enables our users to get the most out of Checkmk. You will coordinate internal and external processes and empower your team through coaching and support to perform at their best:

• Leadership, coaching, and personnel responsibility for the Knowledge Team at Checkmk
• Maintaining and fostering a positive and collaborative team spirit
• Coordinating communication between the Knowledge Team and other departments
• Planning and organizing internal workflows and team processes
• Establishing and optimizing standardized workflows between the Knowledge Team and other areas of the company
• Close collaboration with the development and product departments to design efficient interfaces

Your profile

• At least 2 years of experience as a Technical Writer for complex B2B software
• At least 4 years of leadership experience in the software sector, ideally leading a Technical Writing or Knowledge Team
• Excellent German and English skills at C1 level or higher
• A leadership mindset that supports and strengthens the team
• Strong ability to prioritize your own and your team’s work across multiple demands
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to create efficient processes and structures
• Experience coordinating between different departments
• Initiative, assertiveness, and a proactive working style
• Familiarity with technical tools such as Linux, Git, Jira, AsciiDoc, and Markdown – or the ability to quickly learn the basics

Why us?

• The chance to make a decisive impact and shape the future of a dynamic, fast growing tech company while growing with your tasks and responsibilities
• Flexible and family-friendly working conditions in a stable environment
• With the wide range of sports and wellness offers from Wellpass, you can choose from over 9.000 sports and wellness offers
• A agile team that embodies autonomy and fast decision making within flat hierarchies
• A unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity and inclusion
• A wide range of education and training opportunities
• Fully remote work or high flexibility between mobile work and an office in one of the most beautiful, central district of Munich
• An attractive salary
• Regular onsite events of all sorts (Company Outings, Team events, Checkmk Conference, Conference After Party, and more) in a familiar atmosphere

 
Interested? Then contact us now!
You can get insights about working@checkmk at: www.kununu.com/de/checkmk

About us

We are the creators of Checkmk, a leading hybrid IT monitoring software for both cloud-native and traditional infrastructures and applications. Checkmk is available as an open-source and commercial edition. We are a strong team of software developers and DevOps, open-source enthusiasts and nerds who are passionate about helping small and large companies run their complex IT infrastructures reliably. Over the last four years we have grown from 20 to over 190 employees to support our customer growth in Europe, the US and beyond. Our colleagues currently work from Munich, Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Poland, USA, Singapore and Malaysia.

We are a dynamic, fast growing and easy-going company where positive collaboration is very important. We are more than just colleagues; we have a strong team and a great customer community. For us, high autonomy and flat hierarchies are not just words on paper, but everyday life. With us you don’t work as one of hundreds or on purely theoretical questions but have an immediate positive influence.   

With our product, we make the lives of thousands of administrators easier and help them in coping with the increasing complexity of IT. Our customers love our product and your work helps to keep it that way!