Thousands of companies rely on Checkmk to tell them something is wrong before their users notice. That means two things at once: monitoring infrastructure properly, from operating systems and networks to databases, virtualization and cloud, and building out observability with metrics, logs and later traces for the same admins and SREs. We are looking for someone to lead that work. You take over a team of three product managers who currently report to the VP Product, you fill the open fourth position, and you sponsor the initiatives that shape monitoring and observability at Checkmk. Your peers are the other Heads of Product. Are you tired of environments where product managers turn sales requests into tickets? Our PMs talk to users themselves, dig into the technology, and decide what gets built. Protecting that is part of the job. Leading the team
Lead and develop three product managers, with one open position to fill now and more likely next year
Run your own hiring, from role definition to the final call
Coach product craft: discovery, prioritization, working with engineering, saying no and making it stick
Set clear goals, give feedback people can use, and handle performance conversations honestly
Represent your team and its priorities towards engineering, sales, support, and consulting
Sponsoring the initiatives
Sponsor the initiatives in your area, the larger product bets we plan, fund and sequence each year
Carry them from the first problem statement through to adoption after release, not only to the release date
Stay close to the work: user interviews, discovery, competitive analysis, and using the product yourself
Work with engineering leadership on scope, sequencing, and what gets cut when a release date is fixed
Bring evidence from users, the market, and your own data into annual planning
Your profile
Experience leading product people. Formal line management is ideal, a small team or a strong mentoring track record can work too
A solid technical grounding in IT infrastructure, networks, cloud, and containers. You can hold your own with engineers and with SREs
A track record as a product manager or product owner in an agile environment, on products built for technical users
You work from evidence. You talk to users yourself, and you can explain why you cut something
Excellent English. German is a plus
And at least one of these No single one is a knockout criterion. Together they describe the technical ground this role stands on, so bring at least one and be ready to pick up the rest quickly:
Hands-on experience with monitoring or observability tooling such as Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or the Elastic stack
A background as sysadmin, SRE, or system engineer before you moved into product
A talent for getting into an unfamiliar technology fast, from documentation, a lab setup or an hour with an engineer, and turning it into product decisions
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
Workation: we offer the opportunity to work 6 weeks within EU to extend f.e. your vacation
With the wide range of sports and wellness offers from Wellpass, you can choose from over 9,000 sports and wellness offers
An agile team that embodies autonomy and fast decision making within flat hierarchies
A unique corporate culture where we emphasize equality, 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
