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Lead Product Manager (m/f/d) – Home Connectivity
BN, NRW, DEPosted 3 days ago
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Job Description
About Deutsche Telekom AG
You are at home in the world. So are we — in more than 50 countries across the globe. We connect work and life, and our products enrich people's everyday experiences. Deutsche Telekom is one of the largest telecommunications providers in Europe and the first choice in the gigabit society. We have the best network and 230,000 innovative minds. Become one of them.
The opportunity
We are looking for a Lead Product Manager (m/f/) Home Connectivity to take ownership of the connectivity domain within our home product portfolio for whole Europe incl. Germany; covering routers, mesh extenders, and the networking functionality they rely on.
This role focuses on delivering best customer experience in our consumer products when it comes about connectivity: features and functionality, user experience as well as performance of WiFi, mesh, routing, forwarding, and fault handling.
You will lead the product direction across multiple teams working on these areas — ensuring that technical decisions, priorities, and execution consistently drive true differentiation, stability, performance, and a strong connectivity experience for customers.
A key part of the role is to bring a clear end-to-end product perspective into complex technical discussions, ensuring that system-level decisions translate into real improvements in how connectivity behaves and is perceived.
Why this role matters
- Connectivity is the foundation of the home experience — and highly visible when it fails
- Improvements in this domain directly impact customer satisfaction, support cost, and product competitiveness
- This role ensures that complex technical systems translate into a reliable and high-quality connectivity experience
What you will do
As a Lead Product Manager (m/f/d) Home Connectivity you own the product strategy and roadmap for the connectivity components of our home products, across routers, mesh extenders and the networking stack. Your further tasks:
- Shape how connectivity performance translates into user experience, especially for WiFi quality, coverage, and stability
- Lead and align multiple teams working on connectivity, mesh, routing/forwarding, and fault-to-repair capabilities
- Steer and challenge technical and architectural decisions to ensure strong end-to-end product outcomes
- Drive systematic improvements in stability, performance, and failure handling across the connectivity domain
- Identify and remove structural roadblocks that impact delivery, system quality, or scalability
- Manage complex dependencies across teams, components, and delivery cycles
- Translate technical complexity into clear priorities and measurable outcomes
- Create clarity and direction in a highly complex environment with multiple stakeholders
What you bring
You have a university degree with a focus on (Product Lifecycle-Management, Product-Roadmapping, Stakeholder-Management) or a comparable qualification and already have many years of professional experience in the field of product management. In addition you are characterized by the following knowledge and skills:
- Strong experience in product management or technical leadership within connectivity, gateways, broadband, or telecommunications environments
- Solid understanding of home networking technologies (e.g. WiFi, mesh systems, routing, network protocols)
- A background in software development, computer science, or a comparable technical field
- The ability to evaluate and guide technical and system-level decisions with a strong product perspective
- Experience working in environments with multiple teams and strong interdependencies
- Proven ability to identify and resolve roadblocks in complex delivery setups
- Strong ownership mindset and a track record of driving topics to real outcomes
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to break down complex systems into actionable decisions
- Confidence in navigating and aligning a diverse and demanding stakeholder landscape
- Fluent English language skills (Level C1)
Why join us?
You will be part of a highly ambitious Product & Technology organization, shaping the future of TV and connected home experiences across Europe. We focus on high-impact roles, true ownership, and meaningful innovation — giving you the opportunity to make a real difference.
Does this job sound like it was made for you? Then seize your opportunity and apply online. Applicants with severe disabilities who are equally qualified will be given preferential consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!