Senior/Staff Product Manager - Internal AI

About Personio and Role Overview

Personio offers an intelligent HR platform that streamlines complex, time-intensive tasks for small and medium enterprises. With a team of 1,500 employees serving over 15,000 customers and 1.5 million users, the company is pioneering an AI-first transformation to enhance operational efficiency. This role is based in Dublin and requires a hybrid work model, with two days weekly in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with departmental and executive leaders to analyze workflows, identifying inefficiencies and evaluating which processes require acceleration versus fundamental redesign.
• Drive process improvements that go beyond automation, focusing on transformative workflow innovations to maximize value.
• Maintain and prioritize a well-justified backlog of projects, developing a quarterly roadmap communicated to domain heads and senior stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary Internal AI team representative within your domain, identifying blockers and opportunities while maintaining alignment with senior leadership and the AI director.
• Contribute best practices in prioritization, governance, and stakeholder engagement to enhance the broader Internal AI PM function.
• Lead the design, build, testing, and deployment of automation and AI agents using Personio's internal AI technologies, managing projects from concept through to live systems in production.
• Assume full ownership of the build lifecycle, ensuring delivered solutions are maintained, adopted, and deliver measurable impact.
• Engage AI Engineers for complex challenges where deeper technical expertise is required, understanding when to escalate.
• Adhere to Personio's AI governance by registering tools developed and ensuring compliance with organizational standards.
• Champion adoption of AI solutions by monitoring usage post-deployment, iterating based on actual product engagement rather than assumptions.
• Empower colleagues to utilize AI tools independently by conducting workshops, office hours, and coaching sessions, fostering a proactive AI culture within the domain.

Candidate Profile and Required Skills

• Minimum 5 to 7 years in product management, automation, or AI engineering within fast-moving tech environments or consultancies, delivering production-grade solutions.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end deployment of AI and automation initiatives, from requirements gathering to live, supported systems with verified user adoption.
• Practical familiarity with current AI development stacks, including large language model APIs (such as Claude, OpenAI), agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph), memory-centric programming, retrieval augmented generation, and no-code automation platforms like n8n, Make, Zapier, and Cowork.
• Competent in Python programming and SQL querying for technical implementation and data analysis.
• Strong strategic product judgment with the ability to influence senior executives, clarify ambiguous requirements, maintain prioritized roadmaps, and facilitate organizational change without direct reporting lines.
• Insightful understanding of AI and automation capabilities and limitations along with knowledge about emerging industry trends.

Company Commitment and Benefits

Personio champions an inclusive and diverse work environment, welcoming candidates regardless of gender identity, civil or family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education, or ethnicity. Benefits include an annually reviewed competitive compensation package including salary, benefits, and equity, 28 paid vacation days plus additional entitlement after tenure milestones, a fully paid Impact Day for charitable engagement, generous family and mental health benefits, sabbatical options, and a hybrid working model emphasizing community through regular office gatherings. Employees also enjoy company meals, cultural events, and provided snacks and drinks.