Heads of Product in Hamburg
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Olcay Chasan
Last position:
OWI specialist process modernization at Junikom
Public sector, regulated environment with legal deadlines and interfaces to justice, finance offices, and authorities. Took over a software product, condition unknown. The handover reported 89 percent completion.
Description / Results:
Review of the current state showed only two months of remaining runtime until year-end. Stabilized the product base in four weeks, including setup. Process logic proven instead of estimated: 181 workflows with 28 steps each verified against the legacy system.
Fabian Oechsner
Last position:
Head of Product / Product Owner at XXXLdigital (XXXLutz KG)
Developing a product vision and strategy
Creating a roadmap
Improving stakeholder communication
Introducing an outcome-oriented roadmap
Aligning with stakeholders and creating transparency
Defining relevant product metrics as a KPI tree
Initiating measures to improve product quality and measurability
Supporting the introduction and migration of the new Identity Provider (IDP)
Thomas Wittlinger
Last position:
Chief Product Officer at OWNLY FinTech GmbH
Freelance work for a large German family office
Built and further developed a modular B2B SaaS platform for professional wealth management and family offices, alongside freelance delivery of production-ready AI, data management, and automation solutions for the wealth management sector.
- Developed an AI governance framework for regulated finance and asset management workflows, aligned with DORA, BaFin-related governance expectations, and data protection requirements, including role definitions, access levels, and decision rules.
- Designed an agentic system with a locally operated open-source language model, including Qwen2.5 via Ollama, for secure querying of an asset database through text-to-SQL-to-text workflows.
- Built AI-supported analysis and reporting capabilities that generate structured answers, tables, and charts from asset data, with domain validation through resolver logic and RAG elements.
- Developed production-grade data import workflows for financial service provider data from CSV, PDF, and API sources, including validation, plausibility checks, and reconciliation with existing asset data.
- Solved the asset matching problem without a cross-system primary key through multi-stage validation rules and human-in-the-loop approvals.
Results:
- Secured EUR 250,000 in SaaS revenue in 2024, exceeding the forecast by 20%.
- Acquired family office clients with EUR 1.6bn in assets under management.
- Reduced manual effort for the largest client by approx. 3 days per month through automated data import and reconciliation processes.
- Reduced operational error risk through structured data validation, multi-stage asset matching, and human-in-the-loop approvals.
Max Fabian Uth
Last position:
Co-Founder & Builder, medishift.de at Independent
AI-first workforce management platform for medical practices (scheduling, time tracking). Market insight: no modern SaaS solution for the sector. Product insight: only fully autonomous with AI agents.
- Vibe-coding with Claude Code — built the entire platform myself, including the AI agent "Kira" as autonomous scheduling support.
- Brand building (medishift) including SEO distribution; built onboarding and sales.
- Early-stage traction (May 2026): 7 paying practices plus 70+ practices and 500+ users on the free plan.
Jan Hoppe
Last position:
Founder & Chief Product Officer at ganzheit
- Founded a bootstrapped AI-native startup building digital tools for psychotherapists
- Empowered therapists to enhance therapeutic work without disrupting human connection
- Assembled founding team and reached product-market fit with LLM-powered supervision for psychotherapists
- Integrated generative AI stack, including agentic coding, evaluations, tracing, and prompt management
Jan Gleske
Last position:
Interim Senior Application Owner for Pricing, Forecasting and Prognosis Solutions at International energy trading company
- Collaborated closely with key users, business analysts and product owners to understand requirements, define priorities and derive solutions
- Managed external service providers
- Oversaw and executed updates, patches and release management
- Handled incident, problem and change management according to ITIL
- Analyzed and evaluated incidents and changes for operational impact and business processes
- Monitored systems and interfaces, ensuring IT security and compliance requirements
- Supported IT planning, cost monitoring and contract management
- Created and executed tests for maintenance and projects
- Assisted in designing technical solutions and contributed to projects such as IT landscape harmonization and modernization
- Independently led operations-related projects and continuously optimized processes
- Achieved significant cost savings through supplier negotiations, rightsizing and decommissioning of legacy systems
- Technologies: Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, icinga, metalogic mPE/mPX, FIS, inubit, Oracle, LeanIX, One Identity, Confluence, Copilot, XML, JSON, SQL, RabbitMQ, Python, BPMN, OKR, ITIL, Kanban
Domenico Pochiero
Last position:
Director of Product at QT Group
- Own product vision and roadmap for Axivion’s AI-enabled software quality and architecture platform (€35M+ ARR) with 12 direct reports (PMs, Marketers, etc.)
- Expanded TAM by 40% by repositioning the product as a compliance backbone for AI-driven, safety-critical software, generating €5M ARR growth
- Influenced €15M R&D investment through C-suite portfolio reviews, aligning innovation priorities with market and regulatory demand
- Enabled entry into regulated industries by accelerating certification readiness by 30%, improving retention and audit outcomes
Suba Kanchana
Last position:
Vice President, Product Management at TAXDOO GmbH
- Led the overall product portfolio of the company, developing product strategies to achieve the vision by enabling product led growth.
- Built the product organization with 11 product managers and acted as a coach by facilitating different initiatives to integrate deep product management knowledge and achieve professional excellence in the team.
- Incorporated different practices such as product design, user & market research, and discovery into the product development framework to create a customer-focused product.
- Prioritized the long term product roadmap and empowered the teams to attain seamless delivery on all major milestones, contributing directly to North Star KPIs and increasing annual growth by 80%.
- Sharpened the product KPIs in all product areas and incorporated a data-driven approach in building a robust and market appropriate product that met the needs of our target customers.
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Heads of Product statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years (Germany: 18 years)
Position duration
2 years (Germany: 2.3 years)
Positions per freelancer
13 (Germany: 10)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Product Development, Strategy
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 96%)
Master's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 69%)
Doctorate
13% (Germany: 8%)
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 96%)
Based on our profile pool as of 27 Aug 2026.
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Average rates for Heads of Product in Hamburg
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About the role
Product leadership A Head of Product sets the product direction and turns business goals into a clear roadmap. This role connects customer needs, market signals, and company priorities. In many teams, the person also acts as a Product Director or interim product lead when there is a gap in leadership.
What they deliver
- Product vision, strategy, and roadmap priorities
- Discovery plans, problem framing, and opportunity sizing
- Backlog focus and decision making with design and engineering
- KPI definitions, product reviews, and leadership updates
- Launch support for new features, services, or platform changes
Core skills A strong Head of Product combines product thinking with calm stakeholder management. They know how to question assumptions, simplify trade-offs, and keep teams focused on outcomes.
- Customer discovery and qualitative research
- Roadmap planning and portfolio focus
- OKRs, KPI tracking, and experiment design
- Working with UX, engineering, data, and commercial teams
- Clear communication with founders, C-level leaders, and delivery teams
Tools and methods The role often works with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Productboard, Figma, Miro, Amplitude, and GA4. The exact stack depends on the company, but the method stays the same: understand the user, define the problem, test the solution, and decide what to build next.
When companies bring one in Companies hire a freelance Head of Product when product work has grown faster than internal leadership. This is common during reorganizations, new product launches, growth phases, or after a founder-led setup needs structure. In Hamburg, this often fits digital commerce, logistics, media, and B2B software teams that need senior product support without a long hiring cycle.
What sets strong people apart Strong product leaders make hard choices early and explain them well. They do not only manage a backlog; they build alignment across design, engineering, sales, and leadership. In freelance work, that also means stepping in quickly, reading the situation fast, and making progress with limited context.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Heads of Product? Start with the answers below.
A Head of Product defines direction, shapes the roadmap, and helps teams decide what should be built next. They spend time with users, product managers, designers, engineers, and leadership to keep priorities clear. The work often includes discovery, roadmap reviews, launch planning, and KPI follow-up.
A freelance Head of Product makes sense when you need senior product leadership quickly or only for a defined phase. That is common during transitions, new product launches, restructuring, or when the internal team needs a strong product voice before a permanent hire is in place. It is also useful if you want outside perspective without changing the team structure right away.
A strong Head of Product should be able to connect business goals, customer needs, and delivery realities. Look for clear product strategy, strong stakeholder management, and hands-on experience with discovery, prioritization, and metrics. They should also be able to work well with engineering, design, and commercial teams.
A Head of Product usually works one level higher than a Product Manager and often owns the overall product direction for a team or product area. Compared with a Product Lead, the title can be broader and more leadership focused, especially when it includes people management or portfolio oversight. In practice, the exact scope depends on the company’s structure.
A Head of Product is often needed in Hamburg by companies in digital commerce, logistics, media, travel, and B2B software. These teams usually need someone who can bridge customer needs, technical delivery, and business growth. The role is also relevant for scale-ups that work with distributed teams and need senior product structure.
A Head of Product can often work remotely if the team already has clear ways of collaborating. On-site time in Hamburg helps when the role needs to align founders, sales, engineering, and design in the same room, especially at the start. Many projects work best with a hybrid setup and regular in-person workshops.
Assess a Head of Product by the clarity of their product thinking and the impact they have driven in similar situations. Good signals are strong case examples, clear trade-offs, and the ability to explain how they set priorities and handled disagreement. You should also check how they work with data, users, and cross-functional teams.
Freelance Head of Product work usually means fast onboarding, visible responsibility, and close contact with leadership. You will often join when priorities are unclear or when the company needs structure around roadmap, discovery, or product governance. Strong communication and the ability to create trust quickly are essential.
The average hourly rate for Heads of Product in Hamburg is 135 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,084 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Heads of Product in Hamburg, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Heads of Product in Hamburg have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Heads of Product in Hamburg are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (63%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Heads of Product in Hamburg are Information Technology (100%), Retail (88%), and Professional Services (75%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Heads of Product in Hamburg are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Business Intelligence (75%).
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