[Hiring] Product Manager - Growth & Discovery @CUJU

Role Description

We are looking for a Product Manager - Growth & Discovery (m/f/d) who can help shape and validate new product opportunities across our digital sports ecosystem. This role goes beyond classical product management. You will act as a bridge between Product, Marketing, Business, Tech, Design, and external stakeholders, helping to turn complex ideas into clear concepts, validated opportunities, and actionable product initiatives.

The ideal candidate combines strong communication skills, analytical thinking, product intuition, and a genuine passion for football and digital consumer products.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive product discovery for new growth opportunities, features, user journeys, and business initiatives.
• Translate complex business, user, and technical topics into clear concepts, decision papers, and actionable next steps.
• Work closely with stakeholders across departments to align priorities, expectations, and product direction.
• Analyze user needs, market trends, business requirements, and product data to identify high-impact opportunities.
• Prioritize initiatives based on user value, business impact, feasibility, and strategic relevance.
• Prepare and present concepts, recommendations, and product proposals to internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Collaborate with UX/UI, engineering, marketing, and business teams to move ideas from discovery into delivery.
• Support growth initiatives around mobile app engagement, activation, retention, and user experience.
• Take ownership of topics independently, structure ambiguity, and drive progress with minimal guidance.
• Stay close to the football, sports, and digital product landscape to bring relevant insights into the product process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management, product discovery, growth, digital strategy, or a similar role.
• Experience in a sports, football, mobile app, digital product, or consumer-facing environment, ideally with a background in sports tech, football platforms, fan engagement, scouting, fitness, or youth sports.
• Strong affinity for mobile apps, digital products, user journeys, consumer behavior, and mobile product performance.
• Experience with product discovery methods, user research, prototyping, experimentation, growth loops, app analytics, funnel analysis, retention metrics, and mobile product KPIs.
• Excellent conceptual skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex topics and get to the point.
• Strong analytical and prioritization skills, especially in discovery-heavy environments.
• High degree of ownership, self-initiative, and independent working style.
• Solid stakeholder management skills and confidence in presenting ideas, concepts, recommendations, and decision materials.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in agile environments.
• Ability to create clear product documentation, presentations, and decision materials.
• Genuine interest in football, sports, and talent development.
• Fluent German and English skills.

Benefits

• Work at the intersection of sports and technology – with international clubs, partners, athletes, or influencers.
• Work on a mobile-first platform that combines AI, design, and sports innovation.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end design vision with real impact.
• Collaborate with passionate, international professionals who value creativity, curiosity, and autonomy.
• Creative freedom & responsibility – actively shape processes, contribute your ideas, and make a real impact.
• Short decision-making paths – direct communication, quick decisions, and close collaboration with management.
• Personal development – individual learning opportunities and room to grow beyond yourself.
• Team spirit & culture – a motivated international team, regular events, and a supportive environment.
• Purpose & impact – build something together that transforms the world of sports.
• 30-day vacation, competitive compensation, corporate benefits and more benefits about to come.

Company Description

An AI based technology which gives football talents the chance to improve their skills, compete against friends and the global CUJU community and get scouted by a record-proven network of international senior scouts and specialists. At any time, no matter who or where the talents are.

Latest AI technology evaluates, scores, and ranks each athlete in personal spiderwebs and the CUJU leaderboard. International pro players and top-class experts constantly develop new exercises and provide the talents with up-to-date information for the right lifestyle, which helps the talents to constantly improve.

Amateur clubs and football schools on each continent are already using CUJU providing coaches with data-based insights for measuring, improving and comparing their teams.