Senior Product Manager (m/f/d)

Why Nesto - why now?

Nesto buildsworkforce-management software for restaurants, whereshift-basedworkdemandsmorethanofficesoftware adaptedfor frontline teams. Today, wehelpplan workfor morethan100,000 employeesacrossthousandsof restaurants, includingMcDonald’s, L’Osteriaand Lagardère. Wearegrowingbeyondschedulingand buildingan agenticsystemof actionthatcanhelprestaurant groupsplan shifts, flagrisksand closegaps.

As Senior ProductManager for the HR Core System, youwill shapethe people, administrationand payrollfoundationsbehindthisambition. Youwill havedirectownershipin a productarea withmuchstill to build, workingcloselywithEngineering, ProductDesign, Customer Success and Support. Weworkhonestlyand takeresponsibilityfor mistakes. Ifyouwantto learnfromreal customerworkflowsand makeevidence-basedproductdecisions, youwill find meaningfulscopehere.

Your responsibilities at Nesto

• You own the HR and administration product areaand help toshape its strategy as a core part of Nesto’s overall product strategy.
• Yourunon-site discoverywithHR teams, managersand employeesincludingvisitsto customerrestaurants, and distinguishone-off requestsfromcoreproblemsthataffectmanycustomers.
• You own the problem-roadmap for the HR Core Systemand make trade-offs between customer needs, legal and collective-agreementrequirements, technical complexityand commercial value explicit.
• YouworkwithEngineering and ProductDesign on data models, permissions, integrationsand payrollinterfacesand surfacedependenciesearly, includingwheretime data flowsfromworkforcemanagementintoHR and payroll.
• Youdefinemeasurableoutcomesbeforemajorinvestmentsincludingthe telemetryneededto track progressand evaluatewhethera solutiondeliversthe intendedvalue.
• Youanalyseadoptionand drop-offs after launchand decidewhetheran initiative shouldbescaled, adaptedorstopped.

Your background that sets you apart

Youcombine productownershipwiththe curiosityand technicaljudgementneededto makecomplexadministrative workflowsclearand valuable.

• You bring 3 to 5 years of productmanagementexperiencewithclearownership of a defined area in a B2B SaaS environment.
• Youhaveexperiencewith HR, payrollorcomparableregulated administrative processesthroughyourworkor a substantial project.
• Youunderstand end usersthroughdirectexposure to theirworkand canexplaintheirday-to-dayworkflows, constraints and priorities.
• Youlearnnewdomains quicklyaskprecisequestions and break unclearproblemsintosmaller, solvable parts.
• You canreadlaws and collectiveagreementswellenough to informproductdecisionsand knowwhen to involve legal orpayrollexperts. You do not need to be a lawyer.
• You bring practicaltechnicalunderstandingand candiscuss data models, APIs and integrationswithengineers. Youworkeffectivelywith AI-assisteddevelopmentworkflowswithoutneeding to write code.
• Youhavedefinedproductoutcomes and evaluatedthemwithusage datasuch as funnels, adoptionpatterns and workflowcompletion.
• Youcommunicatefluently in German and Englishwithcustomers and cross-functionalcolleagues in writing and conversation.
• Youmakeprogresswithincompleteorcontradictoryinformationand stateclearlywhatyouknow, whatyou do not know and whatneeds to bevalidated.

Optional advantages:

• Youhavepracticalexperiencewithagenticor AI-assisted software developmentespecially in discovery and refinement.
• Youhaveworkedwith HR coresystems, payroll interfaces orrecruitingtools.
• You bring experiencefromhospitality, restaurantsoranother shift-based, desklessworkforceenvironment.

We are successful in the first year if we have…

• You established a clear strategy and problem.roadmap for the HR and administration areathat makes priorities and critical trade-offs transparent.
• Youbuilt a regular on-site discoverypracticewith HR teams, managers and employees, and used the evidence to distinguishbroadcustomerproblemsfrom individual requests.
• Youdelivered and iterated HR Core System improvementsthataddressvalidatedworkflowsacross HR, payroll and restaurant operations.
• Yousurfaced and manageddependenciesearlyacross data models, permissions, integrations, payrollinterfaces and workforce-management time data.
• Youputmeaningfuloutcomemeasures and telemetry in placefor major initiatives and used the evidence to scale, adaptor stop work after launch.

What this role is NOT

• You are not a backlog administratorwho only turns requests into tickets without owning the underlying problem and outcome.
• You are not expected to be a lawyer or payroll specialistbut you must recognise when expert input is needed for a product decision.
• You do not own every Nesto product area because your focus is the HR and administration product area within the HR Core System.
• You do not hand finished specifications to Engineering and Product Design because the role requires shared decisions throughout discovery and delivery.

You’re in the right place if...

• You ask what changed for the customer because we built thisas often as you ask what should be built next.
• You find HR and payroll problems interestingand want to understand them in depth.
• You explain your priorities and decisions clearlyto Engineering, Product Design and other stakeholders.
• You decide together with engineers and designers rather than handing over finished specifications.
• You work transparently and responsiblyby making assumptions, risks and trade-offs visible early and using feedback to improve your decisions.

Do you have any questions about the job posting? Feel free to contact us

Bianca Gräder

People Managerin

Please apply with examplesof a B2B SaaS productarea you haveowned, the customer problem you addressed, how you used discoveryand data to make decisions, and the outcome you achieved. For questions, contactBianca at [email protected].

We look forwardto hearing from you!