Product Manager

Panenco is a boutique software studio in Belgium. We build next-gen B2B SaaS products and enterprise AI solutions, always with an entrepreneurial spirit. We're a small team of the best and brightest, looking for 10x people who love to tackle challenging problems. We give you significant ownership and room to grow, expecting you to take charge and continuously evolve with the latest and greatest in our industry.

About the product manager role

Product managers take on a leading role throughout all stages of the product lifecycle. You connect the dots from early concepts towards product-market fit, always together in the trenches with your product team(s). You'll wear multiple hats, balancing strategic planning with day-to-day execution while keeping both the business and customers' needs at the forefront. On a daily basis you'll use your entrepreneurial skills to push things forward, especially when things get complicated. An AI-first mindset is central to how we work: we expect you to actively reach for smart tooling to move faster, prototype earlier, and make better decisions.

The essential dimensions you will work on:

• Define functional objectives and a clear delivery roadmap
• Shape and execute the go-to-market and roll-out of new products and features
• Interact with users to capture their feedback
• Test, validate and iterate towards product-market fit

What we look for in an outstanding product manager:

• You lead with a can-do mentality: you find a way forward regardless of constraints
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and treat products like your own business
• You carry out our values and assure high delivery quality standards
• You understand and honour great software engineering
• You fundamentally care about end users
• You leverage AI tooling instinctively to accelerate your work
• You balance ongoing delivery activities with active go-to-market involvement

About yourself

• You have a master's degree
• You have a minimum of 2 years of professional experience in closely related fields
• You thrive in a dynamic environment where things move fast
• You're extremely hands-on while safeguarding a strategic vision

What you'll do on a day-to-day basis:

• Connect the dots between GTM, software delivery and the broader product vision
• Leverage the latest AI tooling on the market for rapid prototyping, GTM, and development efforts
• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle: functional specifications, UI/UX design, technical architecture, product roadmap, etc.
• Shape communication campaigns to interact with user audiences
• Keep oversight over the operating model (sprint planning, daily standups, demos)
• Communicate with all stakeholders, both internally and externally

Locations

We're flexible with regards to remote work, but we do expect you to be at one of our offices at least 3 days per week for team cohesion.

• Leuven, Belgium (Diestsevest 25/6th floor, 3000 Leuven)
• Antwerp, Belgium (Silversquare Antwerp Tower, Frankrijklei 5, 2000 Antwerpen)

We offer

We offer a friendly, dynamic and inspirational working environment with a team that wants to move fast. You'll have the ability to work with the best and brightest in our industry, always aiming for the highest possible quality bar. A fair compensation, office snacks and fun afterwork drinks are included of course! We equally provide a set of additional benefits: mobility budget, 32 holiday days, health insurance via Alan, meal vouchers, and so on.

The interview process

The interview process is short (but thorough) and will consist of 4 steps:

• Intro conversation (videocall): 20min conversation to validate your fit with the position and align on the approach for the on-site
• Product & case interview (on-site): you walk us through a past product you shipped (decisions made, trade-offs, and what you'd do differently) and tackle a short product case with our team
• Founder conversation (videocall): a dedicated video call with our CEO to discuss your career ambitions, share where our company is headed, and make sure our culture and goals are a strong mutual fit
• Contractual alignment (videocall): our operations manager will walk you through our overall compensation package and practical arrangement

How to apply:

Please apply through the form here underneath the vacancy and write a personal note on why you would see yourself as a great fit for this position. Applications without a proper motivation will be rejected by default. Core traits we look for above all: a can-do mentality, an entrepreneurial spirit, an AI-first mindset, intellectual curiosity, and genuine humility.

Want to work on the edge of the digital industry? Apply today!