Product Managers in Germany

• 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)

• 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.

Goal:

• Stabilize and realign a central software platform for digital office processes and restore solid product and delivery management.

Tasks & responsibility:

• Took over product and project management during a critical development phase
• Sharpened product vision, target picture, roadmap, and prioritized product capabilities
• Analyzed user needs, processes, system dependencies, and operational pain points
• Reorganized and prioritized backlog, releases, and work packages based on customer value and delivery risk
• Cross-functional leadership of engineering, product owners, scrum masters, architecture, business units, and operations
• Introduced reliable planning, decision-making, reporting, and escalation structures
• Moderated discovery, refinement, planning, and decision workshops
• Managed scope, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations in a complex product environment

Result:

• Sharpened product vision and roadmap, stabilized delivery structures, and sustainably improved management and decision-making capabilities.

• Orchestrate cross-functional delivery across organisational units in the Connectivity domain, aligning teams around integrated end-to-end, customer-testable value rather than isolated component delivery.
• Drive a shift from local component optimisation towards shared outcomes and a common delivery goal, increasing focus and enabling significantly faster integrated delivery.
• Coordinate across 15 cross-functional organisations in a highly complex OEM environment; bring Product, Engineering, Programme Management and specialist functions together to resolve dependencies and improve decision-making.
• Coach Product Managers, Product Owners and stakeholders on product responsibility, prioritisation, outcome orientation and aligned backlogs.
• Use Claude through an AWS Bedrock integration to analyse Jira and Confluence content, identify patterns, dependencies and quality gaps, and support structured product and delivery decisions.
• Establish AI-native requirements excellence with LLM-supported quality gates for epics, features, stories, acceptance criteria, roadmaps and task breakdowns; scale adoption through templates and prompt playbooks.

• Built and validated SupportPiloten, an AI-powered content operations service; won first paying pilot customers
• Tested agentic workflows with Claude Code and Codex for analysis, research, documentation, and prototyping
• Further developed own AI product; training: AI governance, AI compliance, and the EU AI Act (ongoing)

• Responsibility for the further development of digital service products with a focus on customer value, profitability, and scalable growth
• Development and prioritization of the service product roadmap based on customer feedback, market analysis, financial evaluation, and technical feasibility
• Identification of new digital service opportunities as well as derivation of product requirements, feature priorities, and value propositions
• Alignment of product vision, roadmap, and user experience with product owners, center of competence, sales, service, and market organizations
• Support of go-to-market activities, market validations, and internal training for the successful launch of digital service offerings
• Use of data-based decision-making to assess customer needs, business model assumptions, and product progress

• 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.

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.

• Defined and established a clear product strategy and roadmap to align product development with business goals and market trends
• Led and prioritized product requirements for cross-functional, international stakeholder groups (TA, brand family, content managers, legal)
• Efficiently managed the development process in international agile teams for on-time and on-budget delivery of critical product releases
• Led product launch and marketing activities in coordination with channel orchestration experts
• Monitored and analyzed product performance metrics (KPIs) to optimize and maximize business value with data-driven insights

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Definition of features
• Authorization Mastercard and Visa
• Usage of ISO protocols and norms
• Mastercard Fast Funds
• Feature analysis Girocard 4.0
• Scoping EPI