More than 13 years of experience as Product Owner, Team Lead and Project Manager in agile product development. Strong communication skills at team, peer and C-level. Structured, analytical and pragmatic. Team player who challenges his team and knows how to motivate. Lifelong learner who likes to leave his comfort zone.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Sabbatical
Travel through Central America | 01/24 – 02/24
Project Manager (freelance)
Rugvista AB (Sweden) | 05/23 – 12/23
- Project lead for Rugvista’s new checkout experience
- Responsible for product discovery, delivery and rollout phase
- Deriving the rollout strategy in a multi country & multi payment service provider setup (Klarna, Adyen)
- Introduction of SCRUM in development team
Product Owner (freelance)
brands4friends | 09/22 – 06/23
- Product Owner of the ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics NAV)
- Interim Product Owner of the mobile apps (iOS & Android)
- Project lead for migration of b4f shop system to Salesforce Commerce Cloud
- Upgrade of Google’s Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4
Founder
Bon Joule | 07/20 – 08/22
- Initial setup and operation of Berlin’s first delivery and catering service for sugarfree, vegetarian/vegan breakfast
- Development of new products
- Setup and administration of the Shopify based web shop
- Marketing and sales
Head of Product Management
brands4friends | 06/17 – 05/20
- Team lead of three product managers and three user experience designers
- Support of the C-level management as part of the extended leadership team
- Setup of a product council process
- Creation of a product vision for mobile apps and web shop
- Integration of new payment methods into checkout (Adyen, Sofortüberweisung)
- Enhancement of the custom-built voucher engine
- Introduction of the customer loyalty program “Best Friends”
- Product owner of the web shop SCRUM team
Senior Product Manager
brands4friends | 02/15 – 05/17
- Launch of vertical based browsing experience and free text search (SOLR) based on findings of the customer journey and diary study
- Integration of Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Integration of Freshdesk as ticket system for customer service
Product Manager
brands4friends | 01/13 – 01/15
- Product owner of brands4friends’ SCRUM web shop team
- Launch of the search engine optimized outlet
- Integration of Facebook Login and eBay Login
- Introduction of Google Analytics
Senior Product Manager
E-Post Development GmbH | 10/12 – 12/12
Product Manager
ImmobilienScout24 | 04/08 – 09/12
- Product Owner of the Austrian marketplace
- Strategic planning of the market entry into Austria within the Talent Tank Program 2010
- Development of the international product vision and product strategy
- Redesign and development of ImmobilienScout24’s reporting products ScoutReport, market report and client report
Online Marketing Manager
Metaversum GmbH | 01/07 – 03/08
LANGUAGES
German (native)
English (fluent)
CERTIFICATES
Certified Product Owner
Certified Scrum Master
EDUCATION
Economist (Diploma), Humboldt-
Universität zu Berlin and Université Libre de Bruxelles | 10/00 – 06/06
SOCIAL
Chairman
Spiel- und Sportvereinigung Friedrichshain 1949 e.V.
| 03/17 – today
METHODS
Business model canvas
Card sorting
Customer journey
Design thinking
Diary studies
Focus groups
Kanban
Leader as coach
Multivariate testing
OKR
Opportunity assessment
Rapid prototyping
SCRUM
Usability testing
TOOLS
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Axure RP
Balsamiq
Confluence
Crystal Reports
Figma
Freshdesk
Google Ads
Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Jira
MS-Office
Navision
Salesforce
Shopify
WordPress