Production Planner

Rise Technical; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Technical in Hamburg is seeking an experienced (Senior) Product Owner to lead AI automation for production planning and supply chain within an industrial SaaS platform. You will own the backlog, work with founders and engineering, and translate operational workflows into user stories for real factory environments.

Fluent in English and German, you will collaborate with industrial users and software teams, push back on custom requests, and drive adoption with measurable value by tracking

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, scheduling or supply chain operations.
• Familiarity with industrial users and manufacturing/logistics workflows.
• Confident partnering with software engineering teams on delivery.
• Fluent in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Own the backlog and align roadmaps with founders and engineering.
• Translate operational workflows into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Build trust in optimisation outputs, automation, and user override workflows.
• Unify customer feedback and sales insights into a single product pipeline.
• Track outcome-focused adoption and value metrics.

Job description

(Senior) Product Owner - AI Automation Solution - Production Planning / Supply Chain (Industrial SaaS)

Hamburg, Germany - Permanent Employee, Full-Time, Hybrid, Flexible Hours

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Product Owner with production planning and supply chain exposure to join a fast-growing industrial software business building products for real factory operations.

The company develops an optimisation-led B2B platform used by planners and supply chain teams to improve real-world execution, scaling product delivery across German and international manufacturing environments.

You will own the product backlog and prioritisation process, align the roadmap with founders and engineering, and act as the internal voice of operational users. You will consolidate customer requests, implementation learnings, and sales insights into a single pipeline, turning one-off requests into scalable product capabilities while ensuring automated optimisation decisions are trusted and usable.

The ideal candidate brings experience in production planning, scheduling, or supply chain operations alongside software delivery experience. You are confident working with engineers, comfortable building product processes, strong in enterprise stakeholder management (including pushing back on custom requests), and fluent in English and German.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a high-impact product area, working directly with senior stakeholders and industrial users to enable the next stage of growth.

The Role

• Own the backlog and align roadmaps with founders and engineering.
• Translate operational workflows into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Build trust in optimisation outputs, automation, and user override workflows.
• Unify customer feedback and sales insights into a single product pipeline.
• Track outcome-focused adoption and value metrics.

The Person

• Experience in production planning, scheduling, or supply chain operations.
• Familiarity with industrial users and manufacturing/logistics workflows.
• Confident partnering with software engineering teams on delivery.
• Fluent in English and German

Reference Number: 279504

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.