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About the role
Product focus
A Product Manager turns business goals, user needs, and technical constraints into a clear product direction. They define the problem, shape the roadmap, and keep delivery tied to value. Companies bring in a PM when they need a strong product lead for a new idea, a complex release, or a product that has lost focus.
What they deliver
- Product vision and roadmap
- Discovery plans, user stories, and prioritised backlogs
- Go-to-market input for launches and feature rollouts
- Stakeholder alignment across engineering, design, sales, and support
- Success metrics and learning loops for ongoing improvement
Core skills
A strong Product Manager combines structured thinking with sharp communication. They can ask the right questions, make trade-offs, and keep teams moving. Common adjacent titles are Product Owner or PM, but the scope here is broader when strategy, discovery, and delivery all sit together.
- Clear product thinking and prioritisation
- Strong workshop and stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable with analytics, user feedback, and experimentation
- Solid understanding of software delivery and agile ways of working
- Able to translate between business, design, and engineering
Tools and methods
The tool stack depends on the product, but good PMs usually work with analytics platforms, roadmapping tools, ticket systems, and collaboration software. They may use Jira, Confluence, Figma, Mixpanel, Amplitude, or similar tools to keep decisions visible and work organised. For discovery, they rely on interviews, journey mapping, and structured experiments rather than assumptions.
When freelance makes sense
Freelance Product Managers are useful when a team needs extra product leadership for a launch, a transition, or a temporary gap. This is common in Germany for scale-ups, digital units in larger companies, and B2B software teams that need fast support without a long hiring cycle. Remote work is often practical, but on-site sessions can help when product, engineering, and leadership need tight alignment.
What strong PMs stand out on
The best Product Managers do more than keep a backlog tidy. They challenge weak ideas, connect strategy to delivery, and protect focus when priorities compete. They are comfortable with ambiguity, but they do not stay vague. They make decisions understandable, document them well, and keep the team moving toward outcomes.
Meet FRATCH Product Managers
Chintan Padaliya
Product Owner and Technical Product Lead
Last position:
Product Owner and Technical Product Lead at Sustamize GmbH
LLM-based features for automated CO₂e data extraction from unstructured documents (70% reduction)
Agentic AI pipeline for automated Scope 3 emissions calculation with 150,000+ validated data records
Smart API workflows for real-time carbon footprint calculations in ERP and ESG systems
ML algorithms to predict emission hotspots and optimize product design
Automated data validation pipelines with NLP for quality assurance of CO₂e datasets
Led a 15-person cross-functional team to develop 10+ AI features
Strategic product planning and AI roadmap with 35% shorter time to market
Stakeholder management with DAX companies (40% higher satisfaction, 95% retention)
On-time project delivery with 95% budget adherence through data-driven backlog management
Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban) with continuous AI/ML integration (25% team velocity increase)
Product-market fit for AI features through A/B testing and analytics (60% higher adoption rate)
Jens G.
Technology & Product Lead
Last position:
CTO & Member Executive Management
- Executive management (C-level)
- End-to-end ownership: IT, Engineering (SDD & Agentic AI), architecture; teams across DE/ES/RO
- Operational responsibility for scalable platforms (nine-digit annual revenue; global marketplace)
- Launched and scaled an AI-powered AdTech service to >€1M daily revenue
- Integration and alignment with group-level processes (Security, BI, Business IT)
- Corporate strategy development and business planning at executive board level
Patrick Kögel
Advisor, Product Leadership
Last position:
Advisor, Product Leadership at Circonomit
- 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.
Benjamin Faas
Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Last position:
Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach at Freelance
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.
Ebru Ataman
Business Analyst | Project & Product Manager | PMO | CRM & Salesforce | MarTech | SaaS & Rollout Management | Digital
Last position:
Product Operations Manager, Media Operations & Growth, Global Marketing at Zalando SE
- End-to-end responsibility for the successful implementation and continuous optimization of Mediatool for strategic media planning (offline & online).
- Development and management of efficient onboarding, configuration, and support processes for international stakeholder teams.
- Leadership of API integrations to connect external systems (e.g., for result tracking and performance measurement).
- Advising departments on tool usage and development, including workshop design, training, and knowledge transfer.
- Establishment and maintenance of comprehensive PMO tracking for all tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
- Prioritization and documentation of requirements, change requests, and bugs in Jira, with transparent communication via Confluence.
- Systematic evaluation of user feedback to derive data-driven optimization measures.
- Responsibility for the monthly Mediatool communication newsletter, including content creation for users and leadership.
Maxime Djongoue
Lead Product Manager E-invoicing & AI
Last position:
Lead Product Manager E-invoicing & AI at fino data services GmbH
- Responsible for the concept, planning, and implementation of the product development of GetMyInvoices 2.0 and the subcomponent InvoiceRails
- Independent work on all aspects of the project, including concept, specification in tickets, and coordination of developers
- Creation, management, and prioritization of tickets to ensure all tasks are completed on time and with high quality
- Carrying out and/or coordinating tests and ensuring the proper implementation of the developed features and functionalities
- Close collaboration with developers to clarify technical requirements and ensure the implementations match the specifications
- Regular reporting on project progress and documentation of key decisions, changes, and risks
- Taking on the subject matter lead for all topics around e-invoicing and Peppol, especially in relation to the InvoiceRails component
- Internal consulting and knowledge sharing on e-invoicing and Peppol for other teams and departments
- Tracking market trends and new developments in e-invoicing and Peppol to continuously adapt the product strategy
- Ensuring the long-term scalability and flexibility of the products for future technical and regulatory changes in the e-invoicing area
Holger Maier
Senior Product Manager / Go-to-Market / Transformation
Last position:
Transformation Manager Broadband & FMS at Telefónica Deutschland (o2)
- Analyze existing features and system landscapes in a transformation project for broadband and FMS
- Derive and structure functional requirements and plan relevant features
- Manage requirements with Jira and Confluence and define acceptance criteria
- Coordinate between business units, IT and external partners, including an international IT system integrator in India
Ingo Wachter
Senior Consultant & Sr. Product Manager
Last position:
Business Analyst at Leading German Core Banking Provider and Processor
- Definition of features
- Authorization Mastercard and Visa
- Usage of ISO protocols and norms
- Mastercard Fast Funds
- Feature analysis Girocard 4.0
- Scoping EPI
Manuel Gass
Interim Head of Product | Fractional CPO | Product Leader with AI Focus
Last position:
Interim/Fractional Product Leader at Self-employed
Advising tech companies and founders on product strategy, customer discovery, AI-driven product development, and product operating models.
Jens Rusitschka
Founder & Product Lead
Last position:
Founder & Product Lead at Kick & Boost
Established a new venture focusing on AI-powered UX and rapid prototyping
Leading the development of an AI-based prototyping framework and prompt optimization for product design
Managing stakeholder relationships and strategizing go-to-market approaches
Planning and creating coaching programs (to be launched in 2025) on AI-driven product discovery
Developed internal processes enabling prototype creation in minutes
Published best practices and insights on LinkedIn, driving industry interest and awareness
Salvation Omorodion
Product Management Consultant
Last position:
Product Management Consultant at Self-Employed (Freelancer)
- 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.
Abed Davarpanah
Product Manager-Freelance
Last position:
Co-Founder, Product Manager at HODL It!
- 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.
Houssam Moallem
Product Manager
Last position:
Product Manager at STeP
Delivered ERP, fintech(cards, payments and money transfer), organization management portals, and automated financial reporting solutions integrated with Oracle and SAP for clients in the EU and UAE, such as Lundano, SevenSeas, and MCN IPG
Leveraged Hermes agent, ChatGPT, and Claude to accelerate requirements documentation, reducing drafting time by ~40% and improving clarity of user stories for cross-border teams
Built and committed production-ready front-end prototypes using Claude to validate requirements with stakeholders faster, reducing design and front-end effort and freeing the dev team to focus on backend delivery
Achieved 90 percent on-time delivery by coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking progress, and proactively removing blockers
Reported directly to the CEO, ensuring strategic alignment and timely project delivery
Ensured that clients' needs were consistently met throughout the project lifecycle, continuously adjusting deliverables to evolving business and technical requirements
Served as the bridge between clients and internal teams, ensuring clear communication and strong expectation management
Regularly traveled to meet clients to align on requirements, scope, and objectives, improving project alignment and client satisfaction
Monitored and controlled project progress, ensuring alignment with delivery plans and providing consistent stakeholder updates
Delivered regular stakeholder updates while managing risks and cross team dependencies
Conducted project reporting sessions with clients, presenting milestones, risks, and outcomes clearly
Suggested business growth initiatives and contributed to process improvements to enhance team efficiency and workflow
Successfully coordinated the delivery of fintech and enterprise software projects while maintaining high standards of quality and operational efficiency
Prepared client invoices and coordinated with finance to ensure accurate and timely billing
Chris Z
Senior Consultant for Structure & Decision-Making – Facilitating and Steering Complex Business & IT Transformations
Last position:
IT Product Manager at Leading German banking service provider
- Technical design and further development of product-related requirements, product logic, and decision-making frameworks
- Structuring, prioritizing, and maintaining requirements, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Aligning scope, implementation options, and functional dependencies with business, IT, and other stakeholders
- Managing product-related enhancements from requirement clarification to implementation and acceptance
- Ensuring transparent decision-making bases for prioritization, roadmaps, and product lifecycle management
I structured the product development technically, translated requirements into actionable product logic, and led the coordination between business, IT, and stakeholders. This created greater clarity around scope, priorities, and next development steps.
Philipp Dölker
SAP Architect & Developer (S/4 & BTP)
Last position:
IT Architect & IT Product Manager at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
- Optimization of software lifecycle processes for SAP platform apps (BTP CAP)
- Development of template MCP servers for S/4 CALM systems of Porsche AI (BTP)
- Design, development, and IT product management for two MS CoPilot custom agents supporting SAP systems (incl. MCP integration)
- Lead Center of Practice: AI-assisted ABAP development
- Initiation and coordination of the proof of concept implementation of conduct.ai
- Advising application teams on software and integration architecture, clean core principles and implementation, as well as AI use on the SAP platform
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Product Managers statistics
Typical experience
15 years
Average project duration
2.7 years
Certifications per freelancer
2
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance
Most common languages
English, German, French
Bachelor's degree or higher
98%
Master's degree or higher
68%
Doctorate
6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions in mind? Get key insights about FRATCH
A Product Manager defines the product direction, shapes priorities, and helps the team turn goals into workable deliveries. In a freelance setup, the focus is often on a specific product area, launch, or change program. The work can include discovery, roadmap planning, stakeholder alignment, and guiding execution.
A freelance Product Manager makes sense when you need product leadership quickly, for a limited period, or for a specific challenge. That can be a new product initiative, a recovery effort, or extra capacity during a busy delivery phase. It is also useful when the team needs specialist input before deciding on a long-term hire.
Look for someone who can prioritise well, communicate clearly, and make decisions based on evidence. A strong PM understands product discovery, backlog management, stakeholder work, and the basics of software delivery. They should be able to bridge business, design, and engineering without losing the product goal.
A Product Manager usually owns the broader product direction, market fit, and outcome focus. A Product Owner is often more tied to the delivery team, backlog detail, and sprint-level execution. In smaller companies the roles may overlap, but the difference matters when you want both strategy and delivery covered well.
Most Product Managers work with Jira, Confluence, Figma, analytics tools, and collaboration software. The exact setup depends on the product and the team, but the goal is always the same: keep decisions, priorities, and feedback visible. Good tool use matters less than clear thinking and disciplined follow-through.
Yes, many Product Managers work effectively with remote or hybrid teams in Germany. What matters is clear communication, access to the right stakeholders, and a good cadence for reviews and decisions. On-site workshops can still be valuable when the product is sensitive, complex, or politically important.
Judge the PM by the clarity of their thinking and the quality of the decisions they drive. Strong candidates can explain what they prioritised, why they did it, and what changed as a result. Look for concrete examples of product outcomes, not just long lists of meetings or tools.
A freelance Product Manager should be clear on scope, decision rights, and who owns delivery. They also need access to user insight, product data, and the key stakeholders early on. The best assignments have a defined problem, not just a vague request to “improve the product.”
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