Senior/Staff Product Manager - Internal AI (d/f/m)

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our team of 1,500 Personios is building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

This position can be office-based (hybrid) in the following cities: Munich, Berlin, or Dublin.

Personio is on the path to becoming an AI-first company, redesigning how every department operates, and the Internal AI team is leading that transformation from the inside.

Central to that mission is building Personio's internal AI operating system: the layer of automations, agents, and tools each function runs on. Internal AI PMs own this at the domain level — taking on the most complex or highest-stakes business functions, working end-to-end from process mapping to roadmap to adoption.

Most PMs hand off to engineers. This role is different. You own the roadmap and you ship it, working alongside a team of AI Engineers when projects need deeper technical depth. We're looking for experienced builders with direct, hands-on experience with AI and automation — people who have already shipped things in production and can bring that credibility into conversations with C-level stakeholders.

Role Responsibilities: What you‘ll do

Shape the roadmap

• Map workflows with department leadership and C-level stakeholders to identify where time and capacity are lost, distinguishing what can be accelerated from what should be redesigned entirely

• Push beyond "automate what exists": the highest-value opportunities redesign the workflow, not just speed it up

• Size and validate before building; maintain a prioritised backlog with clear rationale, and own the quarterly view presented to your domain head and C-level counterparts

• Represent the Internal AI team in your domain, surfacing blockers and opportunities back to the Director of AI and keeping senior stakeholders aligned on priorities and tradeoffs

• Contribute to how the Internal AI PM team operates: share approaches to prioritisation, governance, and stakeholder alignment that raise the bar across the function

Build and ship to production

• Design, build, test, and deploy automations and agents across your domain using Personio's internal AI stack, taking solutions from initial scoping through to production systems the business relies on

• Own the full build lifecycle: not just prototypes, but live, maintained solutions with real adoption and measurable outcomes

• Bring in AI Engineers for the most complex problems; know where that line is and involve them early

• Register every build in the Tool Register and uphold Personio's AI governance standards: your solutions set the bar for the whole organisation

Drive adoption and outcomes

• Shipping is not the finish line; adoption is. Own whether solutions get used and deliver the outcomes you scoped

• Track usage and impact after deployment and iterate based on real usage, not spec assumptions

• Build AI capability across your domain by running sessions, office hours, and hands-on coaching that help colleagues adopt AI tools and build simple automations themselves. The goal is a function that moves with AI independently, not one that waits for the AI team

Role Requirements: What you need to succeed

• 5-7+ years in product management, automation, or AI engineering at a fast-paced tech company or consultancy — shipping production solutions, not prototypes

• A track record of building and deploying automations and AI solutions end-to-end, from requirements to live, maintained systems with real adoption

• Hands-on with the modern AI build stack: LLM APIs (Claude, OpenAI), agent frameworks (e.g. LangGraph), MCP and RAG, and no-code platforms (n8n, Make, Zapier, Cowork)

• Working knowledge of Python and SQL

• Strong product judgment and senior-stakeholder influence: turning ambiguous needs into scoped solutions, owning a prioritised roadmap, and driving change with C-level stakeholders without direct authority

• A clear view of where AI and automation can and can't help, and where the space is heading

Why Personio?

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.

Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day

• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities.

• We follow an office-led, remote friendly approach, including opportunities to work from home and international locations. Many of our teams have designated days for gathering in the office to enhance collaboration and foster a sense of community.

• We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.