Alain Blankenburg-Schröder - Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert

Q: Where is Alain based?

Alain is based in Hamburg, Germany .

Q: What languages does Alain speak?

Alain speaks the following languages: German (Native) .

Q: How many years of experience does Alain have?

Alain has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Alain has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 6 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 1 month . Note that Alain may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Alain's latest experience?

Alain's most recent position is Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations at Freelancer .

Q: What companies has Alain worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alain has worked for Freelancer , New Work SE , and Smaato .

Q: Which industries is Alain most experienced in?

Alain is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Advertising , and Government and Administration . Alain also has some experience in Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas is Alain most experienced in?

Alain is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Business Intelligence , and Product Development . Alain also has some experience in Project Management .

Q: Which industries has Alain worked in recently?

Alain has recently worked in industries like Advertising and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Alain worked in recently?

Alain has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Business Intelligence .

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Hamburg, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2025 - Present

1 year 5 months

Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations

Freelancer

Hands-on product and portfolio analyses with actionable recommendations
Skilled in consulting, concept development, and agile project management
Technical leadership & team empowerment – for smooth agile delivery with foresight and guardrails

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025

4 years

Hamburg, Germany

Director Engineering

New Work SE

Disciplinary leadership of four product engineering teams in profiles, growth, onboarding, talent acquisition, advertising and upsell, with a total of 30–35 people in Hamburg, Porto and Barcelona, plus several freelancers; €3M budget for salaries and software licenses
Balancing availability, stability and features of the core platform with 20 million active users
Delivering, aligning and integrating features into the internal developer platform and providing templates and automations as golden paths in close collaboration with the DevOps team
Integrating AI into the advertising platform
Supporting the launch of a CDP to unify talent pools across multiple business units and plan the omnichannel customer journey with the Braze CRM
Software portfolio management to handle complexity
Designing and syncing prioritization, project planning and risk management with stakeholders and across the company, plus empowering the teams
Measuring and improving team performance with DORA metrics and working with various departments through governance boards for delivery, including asset tracking and activation

Jan 2015 - Dec 2022

8 years

Hamburg, Germany

VP Product Management Data

Smaato

Led the data infrastructure, analytics & data science teams and the Smarter Platform, with four direct product managers and three development teams
Developed the data and AI strategy for operational optimization, raising clients' price per sale and reducing costs
Built an agile nearshoring team in Wroclaw, Poland and integrated it with internal teams
Designed and migrated the exploratory analytics solution while expanding the data base and rolling out internationally; cut costs by €400,000 per year
Phased in CI/CD for the entire platform in coordination with engineering and business
Rebuilt and migrated the core platform to a cloud-first (IaaS) infrastructure following SRE principles to improve reliability, scalability and reduce operating costs by 65%
Established a data science team and delivered three analytics projects to cut costs by more than 25%, increase revenue by 10% and boost data availability
Co-designed a GDPR (TCF Mobile) and CCPA framework in the IAB to define adjustments and coordinate the overall product

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

3 years

Hamburg, Germany

Senior Product Owner

Bigpoint

Used technologies: JIRA, MapR Hadoop, Cloudera Impala, Hive, Drill, Tableau
Led the big data team with five developers
Cut the time from new event launch to first analysis from weeks to hours by introducing a flexible ad-hoc analytics system for game analytics using open-source components (Impala, Hive, Drill)
Developed technical concepts to redesign reporting and KPIs in business intelligence and CRM, including a 360° customer view to replace an outdated SAP BW/BO system

Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

4 years

Zürich, Switzerland

Senior Consultant BAO

IBM GBS Switzerland

Expert in fraud detection software and advisor on business intelligence and data warehousing solutions
Global tobacco company: gathered analysis requirements from country organizations for a new campaign management system and prepared a successful offshore implementation proposal
Austrian federal agency: led the takeover of the BI and data warehouse solution as part of a large outsourcing deal with incomplete documentation and software; managed and coordinated nearshore teams in Vienna, Bratislava, Poland and Bucharest (8–12 developers)
Austrian federal agency: negotiated and created a reporting cockpit based on the COBIT governance model as an exchange platform between client and service provider
Health insurance company: performed fraud detection analyses and established new indicators in daily operations
Bank: prepared data pseudonymization for offshoring to India

Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

3 years

Hamburg, Germany

Consultant BAO

IBM GBS Germany

Expert in fraud detection software and advisor for business intelligence and data warehousing solutions
Federal agency: implemented BI governance and created and maintained the conceptual data model to simplify communication between business and development and support long-term planning
Internal: technical lead of the team to build an MIS for portfolio management to ensure the sustainability of the consulting portfolio; supported the Europe-wide rollout and porting to the z10 mainframe

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Advertising, Government and Administration, and Banking and Finance.

Information Technology

Advertising

Government and Administration

Banking and Finance

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Project Management.

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Product Development

Project Management

Summary

17+ years of work experience. Hands-on experience in enterprise and startup environments, 6+ years of disciplinary leadership
Over 6 years of experience in product management, platform migrations, and portfolio expansion
Experience in designing and using AI in products.
Project: Created a GDPR bot with RAG integration and tenant separation.
Project: Set up a CI/CD pipeline with integrated AI agents

Languages

German

Native

Education

Oct 2000 - Jun 2007

University of Paderborn

Diploma in Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Paderborn, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 6

Experience in Information Technology 12.5 y

Avg length 3 y 10 m

Longest experience 7 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Switzerland)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations, Director Engineering, VP Product Management Data

Main industries Information Technology, Advertising, Government and Administration

Main business areas Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development

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May 2026

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Where is Alain based?

Alain is based in Hamburg, Germany.

What languages does Alain speak?

Alain speaks the following languages: German (Native).

How many years of experience does Alain have?

Alain has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Alain has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 1 month. Note that Alain may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Alain be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Alain would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations, Director Engineering, VP Product Management Data.

What is Alain's latest experience?

Alain's most recent position is Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations at Freelancer.

What companies has Alain worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alain has worked for Freelancer, New Work SE, and Smaato.

Which industries is Alain most experienced in?

Alain is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Advertising, and Government and Administration. Alain also has some experience in Banking and Finance.

Which business areas is Alain most experienced in?

Alain is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Product Development. Alain also has some experience in Project Management.

Which industries has Alain worked in recently?

Alain has recently worked in industries like Advertising and Information Technology.

Which business areas has Alain worked in recently?

Alain has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.

What is Alain's education?

Alain attended University of Paderborn for Business Informatics.

What is the availability of Alain?

Alain will be available full-time from May 2026.

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