Schlagwörter
Skills
Scrum Certified Product Owner with 8+ years in software related Product Management
Experience in working with onsite and remote teams
Background in Software Engineering with 7 years of professional software development experience
Experienced in Leading, Coaching and Mentoring of Product and UX as well as Engineering teams
Experience in working with onsite and remote teams
Background in Software Engineering with 7 years of professional software development experience
Experienced in Leading, Coaching and Mentoring of Product and UX as well as Engineering teams
Projekthistorie
2019-04- 2018-05 Head of Product - Continental Europe
Funding Circle CE GmbH
Responsible for the Continental Europe Product Organisation & Roadmap balancing local and global business interests for the Dutch and German market in an organization with >1000 employees across 4 countries (Germany, Netherlands, UK & USA) Reorganized the product organization and established a quarterly roadmap planning process allowing more than 15 country-specific and global stakeholders to align on clear outcomes and priorities Safely navigated the German and Dutch business through a significant tech team restructuring program Accountable for the planning and delivery of the Dutch & German Product Roadmap managing 4 Product Managers based in Berlin as well as the agile delivery with Tech and UX teams based in London and Sofia Turned around the Continental Europe business's perception of Product & Tech from a "nothing is ever happening" towards a "yes we can" attitude Influenced the global US-led product & engineering organization to increase Continental Europe related engineering capacity by 30% and to prioritize the Continental Europe business for a global platform migration Improved the Loan Operations Team efficiency by more than 30% through data automation & product initiatives
2018-03 2016-07 Head of Product
smava GmbH
Carried the responsibility of multiple heads as smava underwent a rapid growth phase from 120 to 250+ people while reporting to the CTO and CPO of the organization. KPI, roadmap and hiring responsibility for the WEB Experience Product and Engineering Team as well as the centralized Customer Experience Team Grew the customer experience team which serves 6 product lanes from 2 to 8 people (1 Team Lead UXD / 2 UX Designer / 2 Product Designer / 1 User Researcher / 1 Team Lead Conversion Optimization / 1 Freelance Copywriter) Hired and mentored 3 Product Owners to grow into senior roles taking over their own product lane (Marketing, Advisory, Mobile.de) Engineering Manager for an onsite engineering team of 5 People (3 Frontend - / 1 Backend - / 1 QA Engineer) and a nearshore Frontend engineering team of 4 people in Poland Defined, architected and executed the go-to frontend software architecture (Still in progress step by step migration from a backbone.js / JSP / Java monolith to a modern high-performant and scalable React/Redux/Node.js universal rendered frontend which allows for custom-tailored user journeys, rigorous a-b testing, and rapid prototyping) Successfully launched the user experience of the first fully digital loan with instant payout "Kredit2Go" ahead of our competition Worked with and coordinated external UX-Agencies to compensate for resource bottlenecks to deliver a mobile-first checkout process for digital loan products Improved the conversion rate of smava's loan application form which asks for more than 60 data points by more than 15% through the significant reduction of load times, reduced visual clutter, improved usability especially on mobile, and revision of the micro-copy Directly accountable for a sustainable revenue growth of more than 20 % through own product initiatives and conversion optimization efforts
2016-06 2015-08 Freelance Product & Engineering Manager - Marketing
smava GmbH
Joined as a freelancer to recover from the financial burden of an MBA. Was asked to join as a Head of Product after continuously delivering for all Marketing Departments (eCRM, Partner / Affiliate, Performance Marketing, SEO) over a period of 8 months while reporting to the CPO and CEO Grew and led a cross-functional marketing product development team of 7 people (1 Product Manager / 2 Product Designer / 4 Engineers) Established a data driven and user-centric A-B testing culture which not only but also led to a mobile Visit to Lead conversion increase of 20% Launched an in-house e-mail automation product which is today accountable for more than 5 % of smava's revenue Turned fuzzy online tracking and data reporting into a reliable, resilient and actionable source of information
2009 - 2016-06 Serial Entrepreneur and Startup Co-Founder in CTO / CPO roles
ShopProps UG, App Stream GmbH, Voiparo - smarter communication, PV Control - Solar Monitoring
Funding Circle CE GmbH
Responsible for the Continental Europe Product Organisation & Roadmap balancing local and global business interests for the Dutch and German market in an organization with >1000 employees across 4 countries (Germany, Netherlands, UK & USA) Reorganized the product organization and established a quarterly roadmap planning process allowing more than 15 country-specific and global stakeholders to align on clear outcomes and priorities Safely navigated the German and Dutch business through a significant tech team restructuring program Accountable for the planning and delivery of the Dutch & German Product Roadmap managing 4 Product Managers based in Berlin as well as the agile delivery with Tech and UX teams based in London and Sofia Turned around the Continental Europe business's perception of Product & Tech from a "nothing is ever happening" towards a "yes we can" attitude Influenced the global US-led product & engineering organization to increase Continental Europe related engineering capacity by 30% and to prioritize the Continental Europe business for a global platform migration Improved the Loan Operations Team efficiency by more than 30% through data automation & product initiatives
2018-03 2016-07 Head of Product
smava GmbH
Carried the responsibility of multiple heads as smava underwent a rapid growth phase from 120 to 250+ people while reporting to the CTO and CPO of the organization. KPI, roadmap and hiring responsibility for the WEB Experience Product and Engineering Team as well as the centralized Customer Experience Team Grew the customer experience team which serves 6 product lanes from 2 to 8 people (1 Team Lead UXD / 2 UX Designer / 2 Product Designer / 1 User Researcher / 1 Team Lead Conversion Optimization / 1 Freelance Copywriter) Hired and mentored 3 Product Owners to grow into senior roles taking over their own product lane (Marketing, Advisory, Mobile.de) Engineering Manager for an onsite engineering team of 5 People (3 Frontend - / 1 Backend - / 1 QA Engineer) and a nearshore Frontend engineering team of 4 people in Poland Defined, architected and executed the go-to frontend software architecture (Still in progress step by step migration from a backbone.js / JSP / Java monolith to a modern high-performant and scalable React/Redux/Node.js universal rendered frontend which allows for custom-tailored user journeys, rigorous a-b testing, and rapid prototyping) Successfully launched the user experience of the first fully digital loan with instant payout "Kredit2Go" ahead of our competition Worked with and coordinated external UX-Agencies to compensate for resource bottlenecks to deliver a mobile-first checkout process for digital loan products Improved the conversion rate of smava's loan application form which asks for more than 60 data points by more than 15% through the significant reduction of load times, reduced visual clutter, improved usability especially on mobile, and revision of the micro-copy Directly accountable for a sustainable revenue growth of more than 20 % through own product initiatives and conversion optimization efforts
2016-06 2015-08 Freelance Product & Engineering Manager - Marketing
smava GmbH
Joined as a freelancer to recover from the financial burden of an MBA. Was asked to join as a Head of Product after continuously delivering for all Marketing Departments (eCRM, Partner / Affiliate, Performance Marketing, SEO) over a period of 8 months while reporting to the CPO and CEO Grew and led a cross-functional marketing product development team of 7 people (1 Product Manager / 2 Product Designer / 4 Engineers) Established a data driven and user-centric A-B testing culture which not only but also led to a mobile Visit to Lead conversion increase of 20% Launched an in-house e-mail automation product which is today accountable for more than 5 % of smava's revenue Turned fuzzy online tracking and data reporting into a reliable, resilient and actionable source of information
2009 - 2016-06 Serial Entrepreneur and Startup Co-Founder in CTO / CPO roles
ShopProps UG, App Stream GmbH, Voiparo - smarter communication, PV Control - Solar Monitoring
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