Manuel Gass-Interim Head of Product | Fractional CPO | Product Leader with AI Focus
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Experience
Interim/Fractional Product Leader
Self-employed
Advising tech companies and founders on product strategy, customer discovery, AI-driven product development, and product operating models.
Founder, Builder and Operator
revoBill
Solo founder of a bootstrapped SaaS platform for invoices, quotes, and automated payments for small businesses in Germany and Austria.
- End-to-end product build with AI-powered development workflows
- Responsible for product strategy, engineering, infrastructure, CX, and go-to-market
Head of Product, Platforms (Director-Level)
Jimdo GmbH
Led the platform product strategy for Jimdo's infrastructure and internal ecosystem to support product teams in building and operating scalable customer-facing products.
Scope included Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps/SRE, Design Systems, Developer Tooling, IAM, Payment & Billing Platforms, and Data Engineering.
- Owned product strategy and roadmap across 7 engineering teams (~50 R&D)
- Built and led a team of 3 Product Managers and 1 Operations specialist
- Achieved 7-figure cloud and infrastructure cost optimization
- Improved platform reliability to 99.999% uptime and removed customer-impacting downtime risks
- Increased internal Developer Experience score from 49 to 75
- Introduced API platform architecture enabling reusable services and faster product development
Senior Product Manager, Fulfillment Platform
GitLab GmbH
Responsible for GitLab's Fulfillment Platform for subscription management, billing, and order-to-cash systems in the global SaaS business.
- Owned core APIs for billing, subscription lifecycle, and licensing infrastructure
- Ensured consistency and auditability in revenue-critical fulfillment systems
Technical Product Manager, Acquiring
Revolut Ltd.
Worked on payment acquiring infrastructure within Revolut's payments organization.
Principal Product Manager, eCommerce and Billing & Payment Platform
Jimdo GmbH
Responsible for the product strategy of Jimdo's commerce, billing, and payment platform as the monetization base of the website builder ecosystem.
- Led eCommerce product strategy and major initiatives together with the CPO and product leadership
- Increased eCommerce retention by +7% through improvements in onboarding and activation
- Built modular commerce capabilities as reusable API services
- Reduced fraudulent transactions by 99.5% through authentication, payment optimization, and risk scoring
- Coached and developed product managers in the organization
Product Owner, Mobile Platform
Hermes Germany GmbH
Responsible for the Mobile Platform supporting 50,000+ last-mile delivery devices in logistics.
- Responsible for reliability, lifecycle management, and operational efficiency
- Led the rollout of smart locker solutions in the last-mile delivery environment
Product Manager, Digital Services
MossGlocal GmbH
Built digital products from concept to launch (0 → 1) in a startup environment.
- Responsible for product strategy, roadmap development, and execution
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Experienced in Information Technology and Transportation.
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Experienced in Product Development, Strategy, Information Technology, Operations, Project Management, and Customer Service.
Summary
Product leader with 10+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS products, platforms, monetization systems, and AI-powered product experiences in startups, scale-ups, fintech, and eCommerce environments.
Most recently responsible for product strategy across 7 engineering teams (~50 R&D), with a focus on cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, IAM (AuthN/AuthZ), payments & billing, design systems, and data platforms. Combines platform leadership with hands-on product discovery, stakeholder alignment, and execution in revenue-critical SaaS systems.
Proven impact in the millions through platform effects, infrastructure optimization, higher developer productivity, and highly available platform systems. Hands-on product leader with an AI focus, using AI-powered workflows for prototyping, validation, and faster execution.
Skills
- Fractional Product Leadership
- Product Strategy
- Customer Discovery
- Ai-Driven Product Development
- Product Operating Models
- Saas Growth
- Platform Strategy
- Developer Experience (Dx)
- Payments & Billing
- Api Ecosystems
Languages
Education
Management Center Innsbruck
Master · Management, Communication & IT · Innsbruck, Austria
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Frequently asked questions
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Manuel is based in Wallgau, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Manuel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Manuel has at least 12 years of experience. During this time, Manuel has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Manuel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Manuel would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim/Fractional Product Leader, Founder, Builder and Operator, Head of Product, Platforms (Director-Level).
Manuel's most recent position is Interim/Fractional Product Leader at Self-employed.
In recent years, Manuel has worked for Self-employed, revoBill, Jimdo GmbH, GitLab GmbH, and Revolut Ltd..
Manuel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Transportation, and Banking and Finance.
Manuel is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Strategy, and Information Technology. Manuel also has some experience in Operations, Project Management, and Customer Service.
Manuel has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Banking and Finance.
Manuel has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Strategy.
Manuel holds a Master in Management, Communication & IT from Management Center Innsbruck.
Manuel is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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