Founding Product Lead – New Venture (m/f/d)

STRONG NETWORK. NEW VENTURE.

Sovendus is Europe's leading brand partnership network. More than 3,000 European partner shopssuch as IKEA, HelloFresh and Samsung trust our e-commerce solutions to grow their business.

Now we are building something new: a consumer venture, set up in Berlin as standalone team withreal independence. We start from day zero, but with an unfair head start: access to thousands ofpartner brands and millions of shoppers who already pass through our flows. Small founding team,start-up speed, and the backing of an established company.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the product end to end, from first click-dummy to live product: discovery, UX, design, build and launch.
• Ship fast and lean: MVPs, prototypes and fake-door tests, leveraging AI extensively without producing slop.
• Talk to users constantly and turn what you learn into a product people want to come back to, including engagement mechanics like status, rewards and gamification.
• Be the closest sparring partner of the Founder & Director of the new venture, shaping product strategy and roadmap together.
• Define the KPIs that matter (activation, retention, conversion) and run experiments against them.
• Lay the product and tech foundation and, as we grow, hire and lead engineers and designers.
• Work with Sovendus' CRM, data and partner teams to plug the product into our existing distribution and brand network.

YOUR PROFILE

• 4+ years of work experience, with a meaningful part in 0-to-1 settings, ideally as a founder or early employee of a start-up.
• Consumer product background: B2C apps preferred over B2B SaaS.
• End-to-end and hands-on product generalist: you write the spec, design the screens and prototype or build yourself.
• Strong taste: you know the difference between a true love product and generic AI output.
• Scrappy and open to change: comfortable with ambiguity and with changing direction when the data says so.
• Strong work ethic and high ownership: you want to build something.
• Fluent English; German is a significant plus.

Nice to have

• Experience with gamification, status or loyalty mechanics in an app context.
• Background in memberships, subscriptions, deals or vouchers.
• First experience leading engineers or designers.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive fixed salary plus a significant long-term upside
• A true founding role: shape a new venture from day one, with real ownership and independence
• A path to CPO of the venture as the team grows
• Start-up speed with the stability of an established company behind you; best of both worlds
• Hybrid work in Berlin, plus workation options
• External training budget
• 30 days of annual leave

IT'S A MATCH?

Do you think you’re a great fit for us and we’re a great fit for you? Then we look forward to receiving your application through our career page.

YOUR CONTACT

Carolin Vetter

Senior People & Culture Manager

karriere@sovendus.com