Director of Product - Platform (all genders)

We are looking for a Director of Product - Platform (full-time) to join our team in Berlin.

As Director of Product Platform, you will lead multiple product teams responsible for Babbel’s core platforms, including AI Content Creation, Content Management, Messaging Systems, Customer Support Tools, Identity, and Mobile Platform foundations.

Your role is to ensure Babbel’s platforms are scalable, reliable, and future-ready—empowering product teams to move faster while maintaining high quality and technical excellence.

You will:

• Own the product vision and strategy for Babbel’s platform ecosystem, including AI-driven content creation.
• Lead and develop a group of Product Managers working on complex, tech-heavy platform domains.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Data leadership to deliver scalable, production-ready systems.
• Balance long-term platform health with short-term product and business needs.
• Define success metrics and use data to guide prioritization and investment decisions.
• Improve collaboration and ways of working across Product, Engineering, Content, and Support teams.

You have:

• 10+ years experience in platform product management, ideally across multiple teams or domains.
• Strong background in building and scaling technical products and infrastructure-heavy systems.
• Prior experience with AI and/or machine learning products, and understanding how to bring them into production.
• Proven people leadership skills, including coaching and developing senior product leaders.
• Strategic mindset paired with strong execution and decision-making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills.

Please note that our company’s operating language is English, so you will need to be able to work in English.

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Set up the right schedule for you with flexible working hours and enjoy Jobbatical (up to 3 months working inside the EU and the UK), plus work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms.
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
• Be part of our DE&I Community Networks (such as FLINTA in Tech, and Queer Collective), attend cultural and regular social events.

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.