Alexander S.-Product & Project Management
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Experience
Start-up & Venture Consulting / Interim Management
immersive-people.com
- Comprehensive organizational setup and growth management
- Interim management (Product, Project, Operations)
- C-Level as a Service (CTO, CPO)
- Tech recruiting
- Founding consultancy
- Fundraising support
Interim CPO/CTO Typ.1 Audio-Haptics (Founding Member)
icon/incar
- Product/project management and strategy
- Corporate and tech organizational development
- Development of an Off-the-Shelf (OTS) software solution for the automotive industry
- Sales and implementation of licensing models for Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers
- Cross-functional leadership of internal and external stakeholders
Senior Director Hardware Engineering
icongroup
- Prototyping consulting (HW/SW) for international customer requests
- Multi-project management on behalf of clients
- Establishment of agile hardware and software development processes
- Reporting and controlling at Director level
- Strategic consulting and Chief-of-Staff support for C-Level executives
Product Management Consulting Hardware/Software
2pm, Product & Project Management - Freelance and Consulting
- Product management consulting Hardware/Software
- Interim management in various roles under NDA (CTO, CPO, Strategy, Transformation)
- Training and consulting on internal team and company-wide communication structures
- Case consulting on strategic gaps for individual clients
- Introduction of Agile methods in hardware and product development, as well as project management
Senior Product Manager Vehicle & Hardware; Team Lead Smart Vehicle Engineering (interim)
unu motors
- Transition of e-scooters from the prototype phase to pilot and serial production
- Stabilization and synchronization of agile methods in development departments for Embedded Vehicle Systems
- Evaluation of functional scopes regarding similarities and differences between B2C end customers and B2B sharing scooters
- Establishment of hardware and vehicle product management in a software-focused company environment
- Management and quality assurance of Chinese manufacturing and production routines
- Preparation and support of global support during the pre-release phase
- Establishment of structured product communication flows between and toward Marketing and Sales
- Support during the change of production partners
- Implementation of physical product order fulfillment in the newly acquired warehouse
Team Lead Smart Vehicle Engineering (interim):
- Leadership of cross-functional engineering teams
- Establishment of cross-departmental sprint and quarterly planning between Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical Engineering (EE) & Software (SW)
- Technology and development roadmapping
- Introduction and establishment of agile methods in mechanical engineering
Hardware Product Manager
Native Instruments
- Evaluation of potential feature sets based on ROI analyses
- Alignment of HW and SW UX and support for HW/SW integration
- Creation of business cases for various hardware developments
- Analysis of customer segments and definition of target personas
- Creation of brand onboarding, upselling, and cross-selling strategies
- Analysis and creation of hardware subscription concepts and models
- Leadership of internal developer and designer teams
- Coordination and synchronization of the external development team of the ODM partner
- Controlling, management, and reporting of product development budgets
Products released to market:
- Traktor Kontrol S3
- Traktor Kontrol S2
- Maschine JAM
End-Of-Life:
- Native Instruments Maschine MK2 & MK2 mikro
- Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S5
- Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S4MK2 & S2MK2
Senior Hardware Project Manager & Product Lifecycle Manager
Native Instruments
Consumer Electronics Project Management:
- Management of hardware product developments with external partners in an ODM & CM context
- Creation and ownership of project plans, risk portfolios, milestones, and resource requirements
- Controlling and reporting of development progress, budgets, and maturity levels throughout the development lifecycle
- Planning and monitoring of pilot production in cooperation with contract manufacturers (Contract Manufacturing)
- Ramp-up management from pre-series production to stable mass production
- Product lifecycle management for products on the market in mass production
- Implementation and stabilization of mature development processes with external ODM partners in Taiwan / China
- Transition of classic waterfall project management methods and processes into a larger agile corporate context
Maintenance and Lifecycle Management:
- Maschine JAM
- Maschine MK2 & MK2 mikro
- Traktor Kontrol S5
- Traktor Kontrol S4MK2 & S2MK2
- Maschine Studio
- MCU platform investigation project
- Smart-Fusion platform development
- EOL product closing
Project Planner / Controller & Project Management Office - Electric Motors and Gearboxes
Bombardier Transportation
- Definition of the development process from the quotation phase through customer delivery
- Implementation of process-based stage-gate planning for series development
- Project planning and documentation
- Project controlling and reporting
- Development of a standard document list and phase allocation for development projects
- Integration of documentation standards into design quality assurance within the stage-gate process
Technical Project Manager / Project Planner & Controller - Power Electronics & Traction Converters
Bombardier Transportation
Technical Project Manager:
- Leadership of various development teams
- Process-based quality management of product development through mass production and delivery
- Project closure documentation
Project Planner & Controller:
- Project planning for quotation preparation during the tender phase
- Documentation of negotiation, planning, and budgeting progress
- Project controlling and reporting on internal development progress and cost development
- Reporting and coordination with the customer at the handover interface
Documentation & Process Engineer, Primove Wayside - Inductive Charging Systems
Bombardier Transportation
- Management of homologation and documentation processes
- Conducting stage-gate reviews
- Project documentation for time, cost, and resource planning
- Creation of project plans and resource forecasts
- Creation of requirements specifications and system specifications
- Software-supported requirements management in IBM DOORS
- V-model-based planning of requirements, development, and test documentation
- Monitoring of verification & validation across various specialist departments
Industry experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Information Technology, Professional Services, and Automotive.
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Experienced in Product Development, Project Management, Strategy, Production, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology.
Summary
I support startups and technology companies with product, project and operations management, from organizational setup and growth to interim CPO/CTO responsibilities, recruiting and fundraising support. I build structures that connect product strategy, engineering and business development, and help teams work effectively with agile methods.
My experience spans consumer electronics, e-mobility, audio-haptics, rail transportation and various start-up industries across the board. I have led hardware and software development, managed ODM and manufacturing partners, guided products from prototyping through serial production, and coordinated cross-functional teams across mechanical, electrical and embedded engineering. I have brought several products to market. And consultant in various phases of business growth across industries in freelance roles.
Skills
- Skilled In Using All Ms Office Products, Especially Google Office
- Atlassian, Confluence, Jira, Asana, Miro, Figma, Trello
- Scrum, Agile, Lean Projects
- International Project Management
Languages
Education
Hochschule Darmstadt
Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur - Maschinenbau · Industrial Engineering · Darmstadt, Germany
Elisabethen-Gymnasium
Abitur · General Higher Education Entrance Qualification · Mannheim, Germany
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Global experience
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Alexander is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary), French (Elementary).
Alexander has at least 14 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 5 months. Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Alexander would be well-suited for roles such as: Start-up & Venture Consulting / Interim Management, Interim CPO/CTO Typ.1 Audio-Haptics (Founding Member), Senior Director Hardware Engineering.
Alexander's most recent position is Start-up & Venture Consulting / Interim Management at immersive-people.com.
In recent years, Alexander has worked for immersive-people.com, icon/incar, icongroup, 2pm, and Product & Project Management - Freelance and Consulting.
Alexander is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Professional Services. Alexander also has some experience in Automotive.
Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Project Management, and Production. Alexander also has some experience in Strategy, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology.
Alexander has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Information Technology, and Automotive.
Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Project Management, and Strategy.
Alexander holds a Master in Industrial Engineering from Hochschule Darmstadt.
Alexander is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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