Senior Product Manager - Core Platform

About n8n

n8n is a cutting-edge open workflow orchestration platform designed for the AI era, enabling technical teams to automate processes efficiently. The platform bridges the gap between code freedom and no-code speed, supported by a vibrant community and over 500 integrations. Founded in 2019, n8n has grown to a team of 260+ professionals across Europe and the US, boasting 650,000 active developers and high acclaim on GitHub. Valued at $5.2 billion with top-tier investors, n8n is on an ambitious growth trajectory.

Role Summary

The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for evolving the Core Platform to support n8n’s next growth phase. This involves enhancing scalability, reliability, security, and flexibility to handle increasing customer demands and technical complexity. This foundational platform underpins all features, including AI and agent capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and articulate the Core Platform product strategy and roadmap in coordination with Engineering and Product leadership.
• Prioritize investments considering customer impact, enterprise needs, risks, and engineering efforts; balance short-term requests with long-term architectural planning.
• Lead product discovery on complex technical challenges through engagement with enterprise customers and internal teams.
• Drive improvements in scalability and reliability of the execution engine, including worker pools and distributed execution systems.
• Enhance the stability of triggers and execution functionality across diverse deployment environments, including cloud and self-hosted enterprise setups.
• Develop secure, flexible methodologies for executing code on the platform.
• Plan and oversee major platform releases, managing migration strategies, stakeholder communication, and risk mitigation.
• Define clear success metrics and hold the team accountable for achieving outcomes beyond mere delivery.
• Serve as a liaison between the Core team and other departments like Product, Sales, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, and Support to convey platform trade-offs effectively.
• Actively identify cross-team platform needs and address them preemptively to avoid blockers.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of product management experience, including 2-3 years focused on platform, infrastructure, developer-facing, backend, or API products.
• Strong technical understanding of distributed systems, execution models, and trade-offs involving reliability and scalability.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects with significant delivery risks, such as platform migrations or disruptive changes.
• Comfortable making prioritization decisions amidst ambiguity, linking foundational tasks and technical debt to customer and commercial benefits.
• Self-driven with a strong sense of ownership and initiative.
• Excellent communication skills that translate technical concepts clearly to varied audiences.
• Familiarity with enterprise software environments, especially self-hosted, air-gapped, or restricted deployment models.
• Preferred but not required: Coding or prototyping capability, experience in B2B SaaS security and compliance, collaboration with security teams, knowledge of workflow automation or open-source communities, and strong writing skills for clarity and alignment.

Additional Information

n8n promotes equal opportunity employment without discrimination. The company can sponsor visas for Germany, but applicants for other locations must have the right to work there. English is the company language. Diversity and inclusion are core company values, supported by active initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity ownership opportunities.
• Emphasis on work-life balance: up to 30 vacation days plus public holidays in Europe; 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, and public holidays in the US.
• Health coverage reflective of local norms, including medical, dental, and vision plans in the US with low premiums and employer options.
• Retirement planning support through pension contributions (Europe) and 401(k) with employer match (US).
• Financial protection including short/long-term disability and life insurance (US).
• Annual budget for professional development (courses, books, coaching, events).
• Remote-first work environment with regular team gatherings.
• Open source support with allocated monthly budget for contributions.
• AI tools funding to enhance productivity and creativity.
• Transparent culture sharing company progress and individual contributions.