Product Managers in Berlin

• PROBLEM: GTM effort is guesswork across fragmented identities and channels, with no closed feedback loop.
• BUILT: Cost-pyramid engine (L0–L3): identity resolution across ~25k entities, explainable intent scoring, and a closed decision loop (propose → execute → evaluate → learn) with calibration.
• IMPACT: Shipped v1.3.1 with a live demo; 99% of operations resolve at the free L0 tier (CI-enforced); $0 to run without any API key.

Driving AI model quality at scale — evaluating prompt-response accuracy, flagging edge cases, and maintaining SLA-compliant workflows across distributed global teams.

• Analyse AI prompts and side-by-side model outputs to assess response quality, factual accuracy, relevance, consistency, and compliance with project evaluation guidelines.
• Perform fact-checking, data validation, troubleshooting, issue identification, and edge-case review to improve quality standards across AI training support workflows.
• Use Google Sheets, Google Docs, and browser-based tools to document findings, maintain evaluation logs, track issue patterns, and support workflow optimisation in a remote environment.
• Create clear written justifications, review summaries, and KPI-oriented reporting focused on accuracy, turnaround time, documentation completeness, defect identification rate, and SLA adherence.

• Supported product discovery and GTM repositioning post-€2.8M seed round; defined direction and roadmap for a modular intelligence platform.
• Advised founders on execution to align product, engineering, and commercial priorities.

• Freelance product owner, scrum master and agile coach in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in diverse industries.

• Last projects:

• Adevinta: Technical Project Manager responsible for coordination of several sub-workstreams building the world’s largest classifieds multi-tenant platform.

• Aroundhome (a ProSiebenSat.1 company): Product Manager implementing and verifying on the business side a concept for digital qualification of user requests for matching service providers.

• Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf: Product Manager Mobile advising on and guiding the rebuild of Android and iOS apps.

• Visual Meta GmbH (an Axel Springer company), Berlin: Director Product co-leading the Product & Engineering department together with the Director Engineering.

• Responsibilities at Visual Meta GmbH:

• Define and deliver a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission connecting to existing company strategy and strategies from adjacent departments.

• Refine an existing OKR process together with OKR master and directors of other departments to increase focus and outcome.

• Support the Director Engineering in creating a platform transformation strategy to transform a monolithic on-premise tech stack into a service-oriented, cloud-based architecture and establish a domain-based organizational setup.

• Accountability for a motivated and talented team of 5 head-level colleagues and 17 operational team members from product management, data and UX/UI design.

• Key achievements at Visual Meta GmbH:

• Defined and delivered a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission.

• Increased focus within OKR process by moving from 10 company-level objectives to 2 and from several hundred team-level key results to a few dozen.

• Created a career path framework for the product team defining roles and responsibilities from junior to head level positions.

• Cut first-30-day post-subscription churn 45% to 20% by revamping onboarding and optimizing time-to-value.
• Drove 3x LTV in 6 months through retention and monetization experiments across the customer lifecycle.
• Owned app redesign and feature delivery leading to lifting active-user NPS from 6.3 to 8.5.

• Supported orderbird in setting up and driving an internal advanced analytics project for the internal customer dashboard
• Structured the internal dashboard project for later development

Discovery, Delivery, Research, in-depth interviews, user testing, requirements definition, stakeholder management, product strategy, mission & vision, prototyping, sprint planning, prioritization, workshop facilitation, etc.

• Oversee development and optimization of key products, including DP contactors, EMI filters, and circuit breakers.
• Lead certification processes ensuring compliance with UL, TÜV, and VDE standards.
• Act as technical liaison between customers, sales teams, and manufacturing to deliver customized solutions.

• Developed and implemented organization-wide discovery framework based on Ulwick’s Outcome-Driven Innovation; enabled 7 Product Owners to systematically identify and quantify unrealized value through shared outcome language and opportunity scoring methodology
• Transformed Product Owner role from backlog clerks to strategic experimenters; established dedicated time budget for autonomous hypothesis testing and discovery activities
• Rebuilt customer journey maps to start at actual user need (tool selection phase) instead of platform entry point; eliminated manual data aggregation work previously done by project teams
• Implemented OKR framework across 4 product teams; defined quarterly objectives with measurable key results (e.g., 40% reduction in manual integration effort, self-service adoption increase)
• Unified 3 separate platform roadmaps through cross-team dependency mapping and shared service agreements
• Supported enterprise sales cycle with ROI modeling and technical due diligence for automotive and defense customers

• Too Good To Throw (AI powered social impact webapp focused on reducing food waste in Nigeria):

• Integrated Paystack Split Payments to automatically route payments between the platform and partner vendors.

• Configured automated subaccount creation workflows so new businesses get a settlement account instantly.

• Setup a scalable cloud backend using Supabase.

• Implemented role-based access control (RBAC) for Users, Partners, and Admin.

• FaithFlow (AI powered webapp supporting Christian teens on their spiritual journey):

• Designed and implemented an AI-driven scripture search engine that interprets natural language questions and maps them to relevant Bible texts, commentary, devotionals, and cross-references.

• Designed a spiritual growth dashboard enabling users to track reading progress, prayer streaks, and devotional completion milestones.

• Led end-to-end product discovery and strategy engagements for early-stage founders (pre-seed) clients, defining product vision, OKRs, and go-to-market strategies and roadmaps for their cloud-based and AI-enabled solutions.
• Designed scalable product operating models (Agile/Scrum, backlog governance, KPI frameworks) as part of the partnership, to improve delivery predictability and reduce feature cycle time by up to 30%.
• Built scalable product roadmaps aligned to fundraising milestones, helping founders articulate product vision, product<>market fit, and traction clearly to investors.

• Led 5 cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and Design) across the transportation domain, covering carrier integration, shipment tracking, PUDO, reconciliation, and automation.
• Defined and executed the end-to-end product and integration strategy for 15+ global carriers across Europe and the U.S., ensuring unified APIs.
• Owned the carrier onboarding framework, reducing integration time by 40% through standardization, automation, and improved developer tooling.
• Partnered with major platform customers like Shopify and Wix to analyze EU merchant needs and enhance the shipping and fulfillment experience.
• Led the reconciliation automation initiative, reducing billing discrepancies by 30% and improving invoice validation speed for finance and operations teams.
• Collaborated with data analytics and operations teams to build carrier performance dashboards that improved on-time delivery rates and merchant satisfaction.
• Fostered a strong culture of cross-functional ownership, ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering, product, and external carrier partners.

• Held two on-site guest lecture sessions for Product Management students covering “Agile Values Principles” and “Implementing Agile Processes”