Senior Product Manager @ Pennylane

- Are you looking to have an impact on the daily life of millions of entrepreneurs in France (and tomorrow in Europe)?

- Are you looking for a work environment that values trust, proactivity, and autonomy?

- Are our Engineering principles aligned with your vision?

... Then Pennylane is the right place for you !

Our vision

- We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones);

- We help entrepreneurs rid themselves of time-consuming tasks related to accounting and finance while providing them with access to key financial information to assist in making the best decisions for their business.

About us

- Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!):

- In 5 years of existence, we’ve managed to :

💻 Make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants;

💰 Raise a total of €225 millions, including from Sequoia, the famous fund from the Silicon Valley who invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal and much more...;

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Grow from 7 cofounders to 650+ happy Pennylaners : we’re now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (and also remotely), with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor;

🌍 Build an international environment with more than 25 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture, where 30% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe;

🤝 Earn the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings;

🚀 Already more than 400,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 4,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France!

About the Role

- We’re hiring our first Product Manager for the newly formed Identity & Permissions team, part of the Platform track;

- This team owns foundational, user-facing features that serve both internal teams and external users:

- Authentication & login (UX, security, scalability);

- Role-based access control (RBAC) and permission management;

- User security features (2FA, session management, etc.).

- You will play a strategic role in structuring the team, shaping the roadmap, driving alignment across Pennylane, and making Identity & Permissions a scalable product foundation for years to come.

What You’ll Do

- Own the Identity & Permissions roadmap: define OKRs, set priorities, and ship impactful features;

- Conduct continuous discovery: run interviews, collaborate with stakeholders, and dig into data;

- Work with Engineering, Design, Security, and Compliance to build and iterate on secure, scalable systems;

- Structure and introduce product management best practices: discovery, delivery, roadmapping, comms;

- Align with internal stakeholders from product and tech mainly;

- Lead cross-team initiatives and strategic projects involving identity, access, or user infrastructure.

Who We’re Looking For

- Senior Product Manager with 5+ years experience in scale-ups or product-led orgs;

- Appetite for platform & technical topics: authentication, permissions, security, APIs, internal tools;

- Proven ability to simplify complex problems, structure work, and deliver incrementally;

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills: you’re clear, synthetic, and proactive;

- Experience in a user-facing product environment (this team is not just infra or backend-only);

- Comfortable navigating cross-functional environments with multiple demands and constraints.

What to Expect in Your First 6 Months

Month 1

- Full onboarding to Pennylane’s product and company culture;

- Deep dive into platform architecture and the permissions domain.

Month 3

- First features shipped with Engineers & Designers;

- Discovery routine and roadmap established;

- Positive impact on team OKRs.

Month 6

- Full autonomy on strategy, delivery, and team rituals;

- Influence product culture across Platform and beyond;

- Prepare to mentor future PMs as the team grows;

What do we do to make your work life easier

🏢 You'll be able to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to;

📈 You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us;

🏡 You’ll have a budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it;

⛹️Through our partner Gymlib, you’ll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness;

🇬🇧 You’ll have access to Busuu to perfect your english or your French;

💻 You’ll get the latest Apple equipment;

🎉 You’ll be part of a vibrant social community : we do lots of sports together (Foot, running, climbing...), we love to hang out and have a drink together (thursday afterwork drinks on our rooftop is a usual thing. Twice-a-year we do company seminars, last time we went on a trip to the French Alps and it was fabulous !).

And.. If you're based in France :

🏢 You’ll be able to work fully from your home or any co-working space in France, or from our wonderful office in the center of Paris;

🏝You’ll get 10 additional days off (to the 25 standard ones) to rest and do what you love each year;

🍜 You’ll have lunch credits (Swile card) to buy your favorite food every day;

🏥 You’ll have a great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) to take care of yourself and your family.

We're working on providing those last advantages to our people based outside of 🇫🇷 as well, but it can be quite more complex depending on different countries.

Our hiring process

- You will first have a general chat with a Talent Acquisition Manager (30 min);

- You’ll then have a discussion with 1 member of our Product team to assess the fit and the Product culture (45 min);

- You’ll then pass a live case study with 2 PMs from our team (1h15);

- You'll have a final round with Tancrède (our CPO) and a Group PM or a Head of Product (60 mn) .

Duration: ~15–25 days from first call to final offer

At Pennylane we understand that true diversity isn't just about ticking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of the boxes you tick! Who knows? You may have the missing piece of the puzzle we've been searching for all along.

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