Chief Product & Technology Officer

Responsibilities You are a member of the executive team and are responsible for the strategic and operational development of our Platform domain (Product & Development, Data, Operations).

You ensure that Product, Technology, Data and Operations work together seamlessly—scalable, secure and future‑proof.

You report directly to the CEO and work closely with the Customer, Offer and User domains.

You lead five direct reports and are responsible for approximately 15 employees in total.

You create the foundation for innovations that deliver real value to our customers and high adoption by employees.

You strengthen data‑driven decision‑making through clear KPI logic, reliable reporting and good business enablement.

You reduce complexity and increase efficiency and reliability through standardization and automation in platform operations and operations.

You develop and communicate the product vision and derive a clear product strategy from it.

You are responsible for governance of the strategic roadmap—including prioritization, dependency management and stakeholder alignment.

You define an AI strategy and roadmap (build/buy/partner, capability building, prioritization by ROI & risk) and embed it into product and technology planning.

You define the technical direction (architecture principles, tech stack, scalability, stability and future‑readiness).

You further develop our software development approach (processes, standards, quality assurance, sensible use of AI‑supported methods).

You are responsible for Data, Analytics and BI—from data strategy and data governance to ensuring high data quality.

You are accountable for infrastructure and operations and ensure availability, performance and cost awareness.

You drive operational excellence and promote standardization and automation of core processes.

You are responsible for data protection and information security and continuously evolve existing standards.

You shape organization, processes and culture in Product, Engineering, Data and Operations.

You lead and develop leaders and teams (target setting, feedback, performance management).

You are responsible for budget planning as well as managing external service providers and freelancers.

Requirements Several years of leadership experience in Product & Tech at a divisional or executive level (e. g., CPTO, CTO with product responsibility, CPO with tech/delivery responsibility).

Experience with digital platforms, ideally in a B2B2C context.

Excellent knowledge of AI/Gen AI across the entire value chain—including product, operations, use‑case evaluation and governance including compliance aspects.

Strong technical foundation (architecture, engineering, scaling, operations/Dev Ops, security‑by‑design).

Understanding of Data/BI (governance, KPI logic, data quality).

Experience in organizational development across processes, standards, culture and leadership.

Must‑haves: Consistently align product, tech and data work with company objectives and set clear priorities.

Nice‑to‑haves: Experience in the health/wellbeing context.

High adaptability and resilience.

Languages: Fluent in German and English (negotiation/business fluent). #J-18808-Ljbffr