Mindpeak
VP Product – AI for Precision Medicine
4mo ago
EuropeC-levelproduct_management
Senior product leadership role combining strategic direction and operational execution for AI software products in precision medicine.
Responsibilities
- We are looking for a senior, software-native execution leader with strong medical domain expertise to join our leadership team and report directly to the Founder & CEO.
- This role combines product leadership with strong operational execution and medical understanding. This role combines strategic product leadership with hands-on operational execution. You will take ownership of how software products and projects are built, delivered, and scaled at Mindpeak.
- Your mission is to ensure that strategy turns into reliable execution.
- You will build and scale the operating backbone of our software organization by introducing clear ownership, predictable delivery, and sustainable leadership structures.
- At the same time, you genuinely enjoy enabling others. You see developing junior leaders not as a side task, but as a central responsibility. You actively coach, mentor, and empower team leads to grow into confident, accountable, high-performing managers.
Requirements
- Strong medical background (e.g., MD, pathology experience, clinical experience, or deep experience in regulated medical software environments).
- Proven experience scaling teams and processes in a growing tech or software organization (e.g., from ~50 to 100+ employees).
- Strong background in software product development and delivery — ideally in regulated environments. Experience leading product and/or engineering teams in practice, not only managing operations conceptually.
- Track record of introducing processes that were not only designed but successfully embedded.
- Deep understanding of modern software development (agile/hybrid approaches), with a pragmatic, non-dogmatic mindset.
- Strong execution drive: you follow through until things work sustainably.
- Low ego, hands-on, analytical, and decisive.
- Comfortable navigating engineering, regulatory, medical, and commercial interfaces.
- Passion for building leadership capability within an organization.
- Fluent in English; German is a plus.
- Based in Hamburg with regular on-site presence.
Other
- Bringing clarity to priorities: grounded in medical relevance and real clinical impact
- Introducing pragmatic, software-native processes suited for regulated medical AI
- Ensuring commitments are met and accountability is lived across teams
- Embedding execution discipline into daily operations without creating bureaucracy
- Actively mentoring and enabling junior leaders, helping them grow into confident, capable decision-makers
- You are someone who does not just design systems, you make them stick. And you take pride in growing the people who run them.
- Lead and mentor 4 direct reports (team/project leads) and support a group of approximately 10–15 team members across multiple project teams.
- Actively coach junior leaders, helping them grow in ownership, decision-making, and communication.
- Establish a strong leadership culture focused on accountability, clarity, and mutual support. Create an environment where leaders are empowered, not dependent.
- You have a genuine passion for developing people and take pride in seeing others grow under your guidance.
- Professionalize our product and project delivery setup.
- Introduce clear prioritization frameworks and operating rhythms.
- Ensure alignment between medical, regulatory, engineering, and commercial perspectives.
- Balance agility with regulatory rigor (ISO 13485, IVDR, FDA environments).
- Ensure reliable execution, predictable delivery, and high product quality.
- Ensure that once processes are introduced, they are sustainably implemented and followed.
- This role is about making sure “the PS get on the road” and stay there.
- Bring strong medical understanding into product discussions and prioritization.
- Translate clinical requirements into structured product decisions.
- Ensure that our AI solutions reflect real-world clinical workflows and medical needs.
- Act as a credible sparring partner to medical stakeholders and clinical partners.
- You understand not only how software is built, but also how medicine works.
- Design and implement pragmatic, non-dogmatic agile or hybrid delivery models suited for regulated AI software. Ensure QMS and regulatory processes are actually followed in daily work.
- Improve transparency across projects, documentation systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Create clear feedback loops and KPIs for delivery performance.
- You understand how modern software products are built and you know why rigid waterfall approaches fail in dynamic environments.
- Act as sparring partner to the CEO on product direction, organizational structure, and scaling decisions.
- Contribute to long-term operating model design.
- Align product, engineering, regulatory, and commercial priorities.
- Pure strategy consultants looking for a planning role.
- Leaders who prefer designing frameworks over implementing them.
- Operations managers without deep understanding of software product development.
- The opportunity to build AI systems that power both clinical cancer diagnostics and data-driven drug development.
- An open, creative work environment with flat hierarchies and quick decision-making.
- Be part of an excellent leadership team that invests in continuous development through regular workshops, peer exchange, and coaching
- Diverse, engaging projects that help you deepen both your technical and domain expertise.
- A centrally located Hamburg office with a beautiful view over the harbor.
- We offer an equity component in the compensation, reflecting the strategic importance of this role.
- Your CV
- Job references
- Your salary expectations and the earliest possible starting date
- Note: Direct applicants only. We do not work with recruiting agencies for this position.