Team Lead Product Management (f/m/d)

ZEAL Network SE is a leading international provider of online lottery products, operating for over 20 years with brands like LOTTO24 and Tipp24. As Germany’s largest digital lottery operator and a trusted partner of Spain’s ONCE, we are passionate about shaping the future of lottery experiences.

LOTTO24 is Germany’s leading online provider of state-licensed lottery products, offering customers convenient and secure access to popular games like LOTTO 6aus49, Eurojackpot, and GlücksSpirale. As a trusted partner of the state lotteries, LOTTO24 ensures that every ticket sold helps support charitable, social, and community projects across Germany. By combining ease of play, trusted security, and meaningful social contributions, LOTTO24 exemplifies ZEAL’s vision of making lottery participation more accessible while giving back to society.

As Team Lead Product Management (f/m/d) – Core Platform, you lead a group of Product Managers responsible for domain-based platform services. Your mission is to ensure consistent, high-quality product management across teams and enable the Core Platform to deliver reliable, scalable, and valuable capabilities.

YOUR TASKS

• Lead and manage a team of Product Managers within Core Platform, including coaching, mentoring, and supporting their growth in product thinking, execution, and stakeholder management.
• Own hiring, onboarding, and career development while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure strong product management standards across teams, including effective use of roadmaps, prioritization, validation, and documentation.
• Drive consistent, outcome-driven product development with high transparency and clarity in decision-making across teams.
• Oversee delivery and operational alignment across platform teams to ensure predictable and high-quality execution.
• Align planning, prioritization, and execution processes across Product Managers and teams.
• Identify and resolve cross-team dependencies, risks, and delivery bottlenecks.
• Support teams in balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform investments.
• Partner closely with the Lead Product Manager Platform as well as engineering leadership and stakeholders to ensure strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Translate Core Platform strategy into clear, actionable direction for Product Managers.

WHAT YOU OFFER US

• Proven experience in leading and developing a team of Product Managers, including coaching on product thinking, execution, and stakeholder management.
• Strong experience translating strategy into clear product direction and execution across multiple teams.
• Experience driving product strategy in complex environments and ensuring clear execution across multiple teams.
• Deep product management expertise in prioritization, roadmapping, discovery, validation, and KPI-based decision-making.
• Ability to establish and scale consistent, high-quality product processes across teams.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to align Product, Engineering, Data, and Business stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of platform products (e.g. APIs, services, scalability, reuseability)
• Ability to work closely with engineering on technical constraints and architecture trade-offs.
• Continuous improvement and impact-oriented mindset, focused on improving processes and delivering meaningful business value.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• A modern, dynamic culture grounded in the success of a leading-edge e-commerce company.
• A talented team of ambitious, like-minded colleagues where your knowledge and ideas truly make an impact.
• Ongoing personal growth, supported by an annual development budget of €2,500 to invest in your professional development.
• Trust and autonomy, no micromanagement, just confidence in your ability to deliver and excel.
• Flexible work options with a hybrid setup focused on results.
• Unlimited vacation days in addition to your yearly 30-day vacation allowance.
• Opportunity for workations abroad using our WorkFlex tool.
• Monthly mobility allowance of €30 to use on the mobility option of your choice (e.g., the Deutschlandticket), plus access to a company bike leasing program.
• Company pension scheme, provided in partnership with Degura, to support your future financial security.
• Subsidized EGYM WELLPASS membership, with a contribution of only €25 per month, giving you access to a wide range of gyms and sports options across Germany.
• Monthly company events, team activities, and informal gatherings, including our popular company-wide lunches provided four days a week.

Not ticking every box or think you’ve got that unique set of skills we haven’t realized we need? Get in touch anyway, we’re always looking to add great people!