Forward Deployed Product Manager

Maze Impact SA.; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A Berlin-based start-up is seeking a Technical Sales Analyst to solve client issues in sales and procurement by developing deep customer relationships and automating processes. You will embed with customer teams to enhance their technology stack and ensure their requirements are met. Proficiency in English and German is mandatory, and prior experience in digital transformation is essential.

Leistungen

Urban Sports Club membership

Subsidized Deutschlandticket

Regular team building events

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years of experience in technical deployments and customer-facing work.
• Experience in delivering complex systems in fast-moving environments.
• Ability to simplify complexity and make sound decisions quickly.

Aufgaben

• Embed closely with customer teams to understand their processes.
• Develop prototypes connecting AI applications to customer workflows.
• Coordinate operational rollout of new applications in customer organizations.

Kenntnisse

Digital transformation experience

Project management experience

Communication skills in English

Communication skills in German

Problem solving under pressure

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Jobbeschreibung

Your mission

As Technical Sales Analyst, you will join the team full-time and work directly with our customers in an embedded role. You will have the mandate of solving the toughest customer problems in sales, procurement and order management using software and automation. Specifically this will include:

• Embedding closely with customer teams, developing a deep understanding of customer processes, workflows and tools and needs

• Creating deep customer relationships and building trust to ensure you become your customers’ personal tech guru and lead problem solver

• Iteratively developing prototypes with customers that connect Vanilla Steel’s AI applications to customer databases, APIs and workflows to deliver value in terms of speed, automation and insights

• Scoping work and sequencing delivery in consultation with your customers, identifying implementation blockers in collaboration with product & engineering teams

• Working closely with central engineering and product teams to ensure Vanilla Steel product development integrates a strong understanding of your customers’ needs

• Coordinating the operational rollout and integration of new applications within the customer’s technology stack and organization

Your profile

• 2+ years of digital transformation or project management experience in technical deployments including customer-facing work

• Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments

• First experience in building and deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understanding of how model behaviour affects product experience

• Ability to simplify complexity and make fast, sound decisions under pressure

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and in German (must have); ability to communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders

• Ability to work under pressure

• Nice-to-have: Ability to write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks

Why us?

• Ownership of projects with a focus on outcomes rather than time-tracking

• Fast-paced yet collaborative culture fostering individual performance and teamwork

• Competitive compensation based on experience

• Regular travel to customer sites across Germany (mainly Central Germany)

• Urban Sports Club membership
  
  
• Subsidized Deutschlandticket
  
  

• Hybrid work format

• Beautiful office located in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

• Regular team building events

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About us

We are a Berlin-based start-up that has successfully established a leading B2B marketplace for industrial metals across Europe.

The multi-billion-euro metal trading industry is operated on Excel, PDF and Email. We are on a mission to transform buying and selling in one of the oldest industries of the modern world with seamless and intuitive digital solutions. Our technologies increase liquidity, accelerate transactions, reduce scrapping rates and enhance buying convenience for hundreds of steel and metal distributors across Europe.

We are a lean team of young, international, and passionate talents gearing up for the next phase of growth. We are looking for an outstanding individual who wants to join an exciting early stage start-up.