Oliver Stroh - Senior Product Manager, Digital Workflows

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Experience

Jun 2024 - Present

2 years 4 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Product Manager for Digital Application Processes

Deutsche Vermögensberatung

Conception, design, and development of new digital application processes for banking and insurance products
Stakeholder management
Definition of new agile software development processes within the organization, including the definition and introduction of a cross-functional Definition of Ready (DoR)
Management of internal and external software development teams
Annual budget and product roadmap planning

Aug 2023 - May 2024

10 months

Cologne, Germany

SAP IT Program Manager for an SAP Cutover Project

rhenag AG

API Cutover Manager for the technical migration of SAP IS-U and the process migration required to establish a new regional service management organization at an energy supply company
Establishment of a program management structure for reporting and tracking the individual migration subprojects and work packages
Establishment of a hybrid project organization involving the participating companies, stakeholders, and sponsors
Organization and moderation of program meetings

May 2023 - Nov 2024

1 year 7 months

Frechen, Germany

Project Manager for IT Service Management (JSM)

Lekkerland Information Systems

Responsible for introducing a new IT Service Management (ITSM) tool and replacing a legacy system (Cherwell)
Conception and implementation of several Atlassian PoCs to automate support for the new ITSM processes, e.g. for SAP transports and test management
Creation of a PoC requirements catalog and selection of PoC software providers
Support in designing and mapping the new change, incident, and service request processes for the new ITSM tool
Use of Jira & Confluence, test management, and chatbots

Aug 2022 - Mar 2023

8 months

Bornheim, Germany

Program Manager for a DIY Online Marketplace

Hornbach Baumarkt AG

Conception and MVP development of an online marketplace in the DIY sector
Coordination and management of five subprojects/project teams
Business Analyst for Mirakl: Creation and alignment of the MVP product roadmap in October 2022
Stakeholder management between internal and external development teams, the client-side program management, and specialist departments

Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Project Manager for a Banking Chatbot

Sparkassen Finanzportal

Conception and project initiation for the redevelopment of a customer service chatbot for savings banks
Technical and business requirements analysis
Definition of the operating model and stakeholder management between internal and external contacts and development teams
Creation of a business case and compensation model
Creation of product presentations for committee meetings

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Rastatt, Germany

Program Manager for a Digitalization Strategy

RUF Betten GmbH

Design and implementation of a company-wide digitalization strategy
Planning and responsibility for additional internal digitalization projects, including an online bed configurator, website relaunch, and master data management/consolidation
Interim Product Owner for an online bed configurator
Recruiting new employees to support the continued implementation of the digitalization strategy

Oct 2020 - Jan 2022

1 year 4 months

Change Manager & Scrum Master

Volkswagen CARIAD

Support in introducing SAFe governance across the company, including role definitions, responsibilities, and regular meetings
Establishment of a System Team according to SAFe
Support during PoC phases for software tools
Support in introducing and moderating the first PI Plannings
Establishment of and participation in a company-wide software architecture board and ADRs

Apr 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 5 months

Innsbruck, Austria

Business Owner/Program Manager for an Open Banking API Platform

HP IT Solution

Program Manager/Business Owner for several subprojects to build an Open Banking platform (WSO2 API platform)
Organizational interface between Austrian regional and private banks, cooperative banks, and the shared IT service provider for software development and operations
Implementation of new IT governance and establishment of centralized, cross-bank requirements management
Support during several PoC phases with third-party software providers
Participation in steering committees and program meetings

May 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year

Hamburg, Germany

Project Manager for Digital Transformation/Interim Product Owner and Scrum Master

Kalorimeta GmbH

Management of two Scrum pilot teams focused on app development and smart metering
Interim Product Owner and part-time Scrum Master for the pilot teams
Resource planning and roadmap development
Preparation of weekly status reports for management
Company-wide implementation and configuration of Jira & Confluence

Jan 2018 - May 2018

5 months

Berlin, Germany

Product Owner for a Banking Chatbot

Sparkassen Finanzportal

Responsible for the technical development and rollout of a customer service chatbot as the standard chatbot solution for German savings banks
Preparation of the business case
Roadmap planning for further product development
Stakeholder management between IT, Sales, Legal, and Marketing

May 2017 - Nov 2017

7 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Product Owner in the Securities Division

ING DiBa

Responsible for the technical implementation, UX concept and go-live of a robo-advisor for automated online wealth management
Product roadmap and resource planning
Stakeholder management between the external Scrum team and internal UX, Marketing and Legal departments
Organization and moderation of UX requirements workshops

Dec 2016 - Mar 2017

4 months

Berlin, Germany

Digital Transformation Project Manager

Kloeckner.i GmbH

Development of a prototype for an "Amazon B2B platform" for the steel trade
Business and sales requirements analysis for the platform
Creation of the MVP roadmap
Interface with the UX team for mockup creation and initial UX designs
Acquisition of the first B2B marketplace participants for the pilot phase

Jan 2015 - Nov 2016

1 year 11 months

Berlin, Germany

Partner Manager

Airfy GmbH

Sales manager responsible for building a B2B reseller network for Airfy products (public Wi-Fi hotspots with proprietary cloud software) in the DACH region
Acquisition of 500 sales and distribution partners as well as 8,000 new B2B customers
Building and managing a Sales and Customer Service team
Acquisition and support of key account customers, such as banks, gas stations and supermarket chains
Speaker and company representative at events

Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

9 months

Potsdam, Germany

Entrepreneur in Residence

flightright GmbH

Concept development, business plan creation and piloting of an online product for "No-Show Flights"
Creation of the pitch deck for a mid-six-figure financing round
Responsible for ISO 9001 certification as Quality Management Representative (QMR)

Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

1 year 7 months

Berlin, Germany

Working Student

Tirendo GmbH

Support with the introduction of the Zendesk ticketing system for 1st and 2nd level support in eight countries
B2B acquisition of installation partners and workshop chains, such as Pit Stop
Creation of competitor analyses

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Automotive, Insurance, Retail, and Telecommunication.

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Automotive

Insurance

Retail

Telecommunication

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management, Customer Service, Sales, and Strategy.

Information Technology

Product Development

Project Management

Customer Service

Sales

Strategy

Skills

Senior Product Manager
Product Owner
It Project Management
It Project Manager
Program Lead/Program Manager
Agile Product & Software Development
Business Owner
Stakeholder Management
Digital Transformation
Change Management
Scrum
Safe
Prototyping
Mvps

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Advanced

Education

Oct 2011 - Mar 2014

Freie Universität Berlin

Master's degree in "Chinese Studies" (Business and Law) · Chinese Studies · Berlin, Germany

Sep 2010 - Jul 2011

Beijing International Studies University

Beijing, China

Oct 2007 - Sep 2011

Ruhr University

Bachelor's degree in "Business and Politics of East Asia" · Business and Politics of East Asia · Bochum, Germany

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Certifications & licenses

MIRAKL Business Analyst

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 15

Experience in Banking and Finance 5 y

Avg length 1 y

Longest experience 2 y 3 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Austria)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Product Manager for Digital Application Processes, SAP IT Program Manager for an SAP Cutover Project, Project Manager for IT Service Management (JSM)

Main industries Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Automotive

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Member since

August 2023

Last update

September 2026

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Oliver is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Oliver speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced).

Oliver has at least 13 years of experience. During this time, Oliver has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Oliver may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Oliver would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Product Manager for Digital Application Processes, SAP IT Program Manager for an SAP Cutover Project, Project Manager for IT Service Management (JSM).

Oliver's most recent position is Senior Product Manager for Digital Application Processes at Deutsche Vermögensberatung.

In recent years, Oliver has worked for Deutsche Vermögensberatung, rhenag AG, Lekkerland Information Systems, Hornbach Baumarkt AG, and Sparkassen Finanzportal.

Oliver is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Automotive. Oliver also has some experience in Insurance, Retail, and Telecommunication.

Oliver is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management. Oliver also has some experience in Customer Service, Sales, and Strategy.

Oliver has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology.

Oliver has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Oliver holds a Master in Chinese Studies from Freie Universität Berlin and a Bachelor in Business and Politics of East Asia from Ruhr University.

Oliver has 2 certificates. These include: MIRAKL Business Analyst and ISO 9001 Certification.

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