About Benjamin
I am a Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Master (CSM) & Agile Coach with many years of experience reaching from small startups to multi-national enterprises.
Companies I have worked with include eBay, Scout24 Group, HRS, Axel Springer and many others. I have worked in an agile way from the very beginning of my career and have gained both theoretical and practical training in Scrum and Kanban.
I hold active certifications from Scrum Alliance as a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
In Product Management, I have held positions ranging from Junior- up to Director-level, meaning I have broad experience in both hands-on creation of products as well as leading teams in doing so.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)
Experience
- FreelanceFreelance Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile CoachDIGITAL AND ITNovember 2021 - Today (4 years and 8 months)Berlin, GermanyFreelance Product Owner, Scrum Master and Agile Coach in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in diverse industries.Responsibilities:
- Ensuring maximum return on invest for clients by driving forward new products from start to market maturity
- Analyzing user behavior and value through both quantitative (A/B testing, web analytics) and qualitative (lab-based user & usability testing, questionnaires) measures
- Help teams and team members to continuously improve quality and efficiency through small, incremental steps
- Visual Meta GmbH (an Axel Springer company)Director ProductE-COMMERCEMay 2021 - October 2021 (5 months)Berlin, GermanyDirector Product co-leading the Product & Engineering Department together with the Director EngineeringResponsibilities:
- Defining and delivering a 3-5 year horizon Product Strategy including a Product Vision & Mission connecting to existing Company Strategy and strategies from adjacent departments
- Refining an existing OKR process together with OKR Master and Directors of other departments with the goal of increasing focus and thereby outcome
- Supporting the Director Engineering in creating a Platform Transformation strategy with the goal of transforming a monolithic on-premise tech stack into a service-oriented, cloud-based architecture and establishing a domain-based organizational setup
- Accountability for a motivated and talented team of 5 Head-level colleagues as well as 17 operational team members from Product Management, Data and UX/UI design
Key achievements:- Defined and delivered a 3-5 year horizon Product Strategy including a Product Vision & Mission Increased focus within OKR process by moving from 10 company-level objectives to 2 and from several hundred team-level key results to a few dozen
- Creation of a career path framework for the Product Team defining roles and responsibilities from Junior to Head level positions
- HRS Innovation Hub | HRS GroupHead of Product Platform InnovationE-COMMERCEJanuary 2018 - April 2021 (3 years and 3 months)Berlin, GermanyResponsible for defining and delivering Search & Book platform innovations as a member of the HRS Innovation Hub Leadership Team and the Extended Leadership Team (ELT) for Product Development & IT of the HRS Group.
- Disrupting and redefining the global business travel industry by delivering a next generation Search & Book platform which simplifies business travel.
- Using data, machine-learning and recommendation technology to identify the lowest and best-matching rates to customers.
- People management responsibility for a team of up to 5 motivated and talented individuals from diverse crafts like Product Management, Software Engineering and UX/UI design.
- Interim lead Finance for the Product Development & IT part of the HRS Innovation Hub from 11/2018 to 06/2019 responsible for accurate people and cost planning including staff resource planning, financial forecasts and monthly accruals for cost centers ensuring projects are correctly staffed and within budget at all times.
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Education
- MPhil, Business (Innovation, Strategy and Organisation)UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE2008MPhil, Business (Innovation, Strategy and Organisation)
- M.A., Political Science and SociologyUniversity of Tübingen2007M.A., Political Science and Sociology
Certifications
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)Scrum Alliance