Head of Product (f/m/d)
Tilla
We are a growing SaaS start-up with an international team that brings maritime workforce management into the 21st century! Backed by strong investor support and with more than 10,000 crew changes executed in the platform each year and over 500 vessels globally, we’re passionate about solving overlooked problems in the maritime industry.
Over 90% of global trade depends on ships, and the 2 million mission-critical seafarers who operate them to keep our economy running. At Tilla, we’re dedicated to improving their lives, as well as the processes and colleagues on shore that support them. Our platform eliminates inefficiencies in crew logistics, streamlining collaboration between operators and seafarers. By doing so, we make crew operations more humane, efficient, and cost-effective.
Your Mission
As Head of Product, you’ll define and execute Tilla’s product strategy while building and leading a small but high-performing product function. You’ll bring clarity and focus to an evolving environment — balancing structure with agility, and driving measurable impact across customer satisfaction, product velocity, and business outcomes.
This is a role for a hands-on, strategic builder who can zoom between product vision and operational detail, develop talent, and shape Tilla’s next stage of growth.
Strategy & Leadership
- Define a clear product strategy aligned with Tilla’s mission and commercial goals.
- Translate vision into a focused roadmap and communicate it across teams and functions.
Team & Process
- Hire, coach, and develop PM talent.
- Establish lightweight, effective product processes that boost velocity without bureaucracy, and metrics that drive decisions.
Execution & Collaboration
- Act as player-coach: lead discovery, guide delivery.
- Build strong partnerships with Engineering, Design, and GTM functions.
- Bring structure and product discipline while keeping the team agile and motivated.
Change & Growth
- Assess current state, design future state, and bring people along the journey.
- Balance quick wins with long-term bets across our growing portfolio.
You Bring
- 6 + years in Product Management in complex B2B SaaS.
- Team leadership experience
- Proven record building/scaling product functions from early stage.
- Strength in process design, prioritisation, and data-driven decision-making.
- Hands-on ability and product craft
- Strong commercial sense — can link product outcomes to revenue and retention.
- Empathetic communicator comfortable with ambiguity and change.
- Fluent English
- Maritime domain experience a plus
Why us?
- A competitive compensation package + equity.
- Opportunity to revolutionize mission-critical processes in a global key industry.
- A fast-growing startup environment with ample room to grow personally and professionally.
- Open to hybrid and remote work – you decide where you want to work.
- A diverse and fun team with frequent opportunities to meet in person.
- Preferred hardware of your choice at your disposal.
- If based in Germany, access to an urban mobility package for professional and personal use.
We believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success at Tilla. We make hiring decisions based on your experience and skills. Therefore, we welcome applications from all members of society, regardless of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.