Product Manager

Kertos Intro

Kertos is the fastest-growing compliance startup in Europe.

Following our €14M Series A, backed by leading VCs and business angels, we are building the compliance engine for Europe – faster, smarter, and more automated than ever.

With customers like Enpal, Flink, Personio, and Blacklane, leading companies trust our AI-native platform that automates compliance, scales effortlessly, and makes organizations audit-ready in record time.

The market is growing by 20% every year, fueled by regulations like GDPR, NIS2, DORA, and the AI Act. We are perfectly positioned to establish Kertos as the European compliance champion.

There has never been a better moment to join our team.

Come shape the future of compliance in Europe with us.

Your purpose at Kertos

In this role, you will bring your product and technical expertise into our Product squads to shape the next generation of effortless compliance. Working closely with our clients, developers and designers, you'll independently plan and drive the foundations and continuous improvements of our privacy and information security solution. You will identify and deliver new compliance features that enhance automation, intelligence, and scalability across our platform.

What You'll Do

• Drive outcomes, not just output: Transform complex compliance challenges into intuitive, automated workflows that customers genuinely enjoy using.
• Lead discovery and delivery: Collaborate closely with design, engineering, and compliance teams to deeply understand problems, validate ideas early, and deliver fast, meaningful improvements.
• Collaborate beyond the code: Work hand in hand with customers, Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to ensure compliance features create measurable business impact and real customer value.
• Own the roadmap: Shape and prioritize the roadmap independently, while aligning closely with your squad, our customer advisory board, clients, and internal stakeholders.
• Decide with data: Define success metrics, track adoption, and use insights together with Marketing and Customer Success to continuously improve product impact.

The skills, motivation, and mentality you should bring
What We're Looking For

• Product experience: You have initial experience in B2B SaaS product management — gained in startups, scale-ups, or larger companies that operate with an agile mindset.
• Technical curiosity: You're comfortable discussing frontend, backend, and cloud technologies, and you've already explored how AI can enhance products.
• Clear communicator: You're great at translating complex technical topics into clear insights for cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Passion & curiosity: You get genuinely excited about new user flows, AI-driven automation, and emerging trends in design, tech, or product development.

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with GRC, information security, or privacy topics.
• A background or hands-on experience in software development.
• Exposure to AI-driven automation or regulatory technology.

Why Kertos

• You are Kertos: Don't like something? Could be done better? You have the freedom to push things forward and contribute to making Kertos a great place to work
• Unique opportunity: Join the growing team of one of Europe's most promising early stages companies and to work directly with our Head of Product Felix
• European funding in the millions: The EU has funded our AI research with a total of over 2 million euros
• Regular Feedback: We foster an open feedback culture and support your growth with regular 1-on-1 meetings
• Keep growing: To boost your professional and personal growth, we provide you with a Personal Development Budget of 1.500€ per year
• Cutting Edge Technology: Leading VCs have invested in our vision to revolutionize how compliance measures are handled sustainably
• Mental Health: We've partnered with nilo to prioritize your well-being, offering personalized mental health support for all employees
• For Sports Enthusiasts: We subsidize your Wellpass membership for your physical fitness for a better work-life balance
• Steep learning curve: With us you get full responsibility from day 1, push topics forward independently and thus learn a lot
• Strong onboarding:No idea about compliance and its automation? No problem, we'll turn you into an expert and provide you with an onboarding buddy
• Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: We are a strong team that supports each other, and we also have a lot of fun together beyond work and across different locations

Sounds like you are the one we've been looking for?

Perfect, let's have a chat Just send in your CV. We are excited to meet you soon.

In case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our People & Culture team. We're happy to answer all your questions.

About us

Founded in 2021 and backed by investors such as Portage, Redstone, 10x Founders, Seed + Speed, and xdeck, we are on a rapid growth trajectory. Today, we are a team of over 45 ambitious talents from 15 nations, united by our mission to transform compliance from a challenge into a seamless standard. With our platform, we help companies implement regulatory requirements effortlessly, cost-effectively, and stress-free. From our offices in Berlin and Munich, we are driving this vision forward – and this is just the beginning.

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