Berlin • Cybersecurity & AI Startup • Recently Funded
A newly funded cybersecurity startup in Berlin is looking for a **Founding Product Manager **to join as a founding team member and help design the core security, identity, and enforcement foundations of a next-generation AI-powered security risk management platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and build product for new cyber security product from scratch
- Design end-to-end user journeys across the entire platform, from onboarding to daily usage and advanced workflows
- Define platform information architecture, navigation, and core UX principles
- Own wireframes, user flows, and interaction logic (from low-fidelity to production-ready concepts)
- Prepare tickets and own backlog
- Translate user needs, risk scenarios, and business goals into intuitive UI/UX decisions
- Contribute the product vision and translate it into a clear, actionable roadmap
- Ensure complex security and risk concepts are expressed in simple, usable interfaces
- Drive product discovery, validation, and prioritization from day zero
- Work closely with engineering, security, and data teams to ship the right product fast
- Define MVP scope, iterate based on real customer feedback, and avoid over-engineering
- Balance security, usability, and scalability in a complex cyber risk platform
- Represent the product internally and externally with customers, partners, and investors
- Build whole platform from scratch
Must have skills
- 10+ years of hands-on experience designing complex B2B SaaS web platforms for technical products
- Proven ability to scatch end-to-end user journeys using Figma (flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes)
- Strong experience with design systems and component-based UX (Figma libraries, tokens, variants)
- Ability to write clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria in Notion, Confluence, or similar
- Experience working closely with engineering teams using Jira, Linear, or GitHub Projects
- Solid understanding of REST APIs of SaaS integrations and backend-driven UIs (can read OpenAPI / Swagger specs)
- Experience defining data-heavy dashboards (tables, filters, charts, drill-downs)
- Strong grasp of UX for complex domains (security, risk, finance, compliance, or enterprise admin tools)
- Familiarity with event tracking and product analytics
- Experience in using TOP product AI tools
- Ability to run user interviews and usability testing and translate findings into product decisions
- Strong understanding Ability to build things from scratch at early stage startup
- High ownership mentality, startup mindset, and ability to move quickly.
- Experience in startup or scale-up environments
- Low ego, high commitment, and a true tech startup mentality.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
- Excellent English communication skills
Nice-to-have requirements
- Experience with cybersecurity, IAM, GRC, or risk management platforms
- Understanding of RBAC / ABAC, permissions modeling, and role-based UX
- Experience working with AI-powered features (recommendations, scoring, summaries, user flow generators)
- Familiarity with data visualization libraries
- Exposure to frontend frameworks such as React, http://next.js/, or Vue (no coding required)
- Experience collaborating with teams using Go, Java, or Python backends
- Understanding of enterprise buying personas (CISO, CTO, Security, Risk teams)
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
- Experience in security or risk management products
- Experience designing permission models, identity graphs, or access control frameworks.
- Exposure to graph-based modeling (identity graph, access graph, risk graph)
- Familiarity with AI agents implementations
- Previous experience in cybersecurity, identity startups.
- You are a fan of rock or metal music.
- Excellent German communication skills