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About the role
Driving Product Strategy in Berlin
Berlin is a leading European hub for tech startups, scale-ups, and corporate innovation units. Freelance product specialists in this city must bridge the gap between business vision and technical execution. They align local and international development teams, structure product roadmaps, and ensure that software releases deliver measurable user value in highly competitive markets.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
A professional freelance product expert takes full ownership of the product lifecycle to accelerate time-to-market.
- Defining product vision and creating actionable roadmaps
- Managing, prioritizing, and grooming the product backlog
- Writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria for engineering teams
- Aligning stakeholders across marketing, sales, and executive leadership
- Monitoring key product metrics and user feedback to iterate features
Essential Tools and Methodologies
Successful freelancers in this domain are experts in agile frameworks, primarily Scrum and Kanban. They are highly proficient with project management software like Jira, Confluence, and Asana. For roadmapping and prototyping collaboration, they leverage tools such as Miro, Figma, and Productboard, ensuring seamless communication between design and engineering.
Navigating the Local Talent Landscape
The digital ecosystem in Berlin requires professionals who can navigate highly multicultural environments. Most freelance product roles in the city demand business-fluent English as the primary working language, while German language skills are a strong asset for managing local B2B stakeholders and regulatory requirements.
Why Hire a Freelancer for This Role
Companies bring in external agile leaders to bridge temporary management gaps, navigate complex digital transformations, or launch a new Minimum Viable Product. An external specialist brings unbiased industry best practices, immediate operational readiness, and a strong focus on delivery without the long-term overhead of a permanent hire.
Quality Traits of Top Freelancers
The best external product leaders stand out through their decisive prioritization and strong communication skills. They do not just manage tasks; they actively manage stakeholder expectations and back their roadmap decisions with solid user data, technical understanding, and clear business metrics.
Meet FRATCH Product Owners
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)
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.
Jevgeni Beliaikin
Senior Product Manager, Product Owner
Last position:
orderbird
- Supported orderbird in setup and driving an internal advanced analytics project for the internal dashboard of customers
- Structured the internal dashboard project for later development
Alexander Vitanyi
Product Owner
Last position:
Product Owner at FI-TS
- Rebuilding an existing cloud solution with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, GitLab, Argo CD and PostgreSQL
- Coordinating and managing external partners and service providers
- Ensuring service delivery on time and on budget with budget responsibility
- Integrating the cloud solution with external public clouds (AWS)
- Setting up and defining processes and workflows in Jira and Confluence
- Product management of software development for automation and self-service in CI/CD DevOps mode
- Agile software development with Kanban and Scrum in various development teams
- Single point of contact for key customers in respective projects
- Creating and aligning the product backlog with stakeholders from sales, architecture, development teams, marketing, management and customers
- Migrating existing customers to the AWS cloud as product owner
- Creating and aligning a product roadmap with internal and external stakeholders
Martin Puskajler
Product Owner
Last position:
Product Owner at Freelance
- Objective: Create a machine-readable dataset for aid applications that aligns with the new specialized procedure
- Rollout of the solution to first user groups
- Established a user feedback loop
- Released versions 1.0 and 1.1 based on first user feedback and improvements
Norbert Steinhauser
Customer Journey Lead and Product Owner
Last position:
Customer Journey Lead and Product Owner at Deutsche Glasfaser
Led the customer journey for all products to implement them in target systems (Salesforce, Mulesoft, and ServiceNow)
Served as Product Owner for integrations, process mapping, and data protection on TMF standard APIs
Built the end-to-end customer journey in close collaboration with the respective business units, adhering to the out-of-the-box philosophy
Mapped legacy and technical migration portfolios
Chiemela Ogu
Product Management Consultant
Last position:
AI Enthusiast – Independent Projects at Chiemela Ogu Consulting
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.
Christian Golecki
Enterprise Program Stabilization | IT Program Delivery | System Integration | Turnaround
Last position:
Product Owner – Redesign of an iOS and Android SaaS application platform at iApps Technologies GmbH
- Led the redesign of an iOS and Android B2B SaaS solution.
- Developed the product vision and strategy and designed the platform architecture.
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to create a user-centered, forward-looking product.
- Identified market trends and analyzed feedback from stakeholders and customers.
- Developed a well-thought-out feature set.
- Led the product design and development process.
- Created Balsamiq wireframes.
- Conducted comprehensive market and competitor analysis.
- Defined the product roadmap and feature scope, managed and prioritized the backlog.
- Crafted and wrote epics and user stories.
- Briefed UI designers and reviewed and approved Figma layouts.
Bertrand Rothen
Interim IAM Product Owner (Identity Management)
Last position:
Interim IAM Product Owner (Identity Management) at REWE digital GmbH
- Establishing Identity & Directory Management as a new (split-off) team & product within the IAM cluster.
- Leading the “Identity & Directory Management” product (8 people) as Product Owner.
- Concept for ‘Digital Identities’, i.e. IDs with n users/accounts and strategy for a modernized product offering.
- Upgrading APIs, migrating to a containerized infrastructure, rolling out international markets & standardized solutions across the REWE enterprise group.
- Tech: OpenText™ (NetIQ) eDirectory & Identity Manager, LDAP, SAP HR/HCM, Docker/Kubernetes/Podman, REST APIs, Microsoft Active Directory & Entra ID, postgresDB, Keycloak, Ansible, Cyberark (PAM), Apache Kafka, Jira, Confluence, Miro.
Bidya Bibhu
Global Lead – Payment Risk
Last position:
Global Lead (Product) – Payments Platform (Risk & Data Products) at Chargebee
- Own strategy and roadmap for the payment orchestration and risk intelligence products serving enterprise subscription customers.
- Conduct deep workflow discovery and user interviews to redesign onboarding experience, resulting in 5× funnel throughput and 70% reduction in manual steps.
- Define PRDs for scalable data pipelines, fraud signals, and automation logic, improving insight accuracy and speed of decision-making by 30%.
- Partner with engineering, data, design, and security to ship 15+ enterprise features with 100% successful release quality.
- Introduce risk analytics dashboards and performance KPIs, reducing investigation time by 40% and improving visibility across teams.
- Lead prioritization of new capabilities, tech debt, and security initiatives (PCI DSS, access controls, auditability).
- Lead development of ML-based fraud detection models (regression, decision trees) to identify high-risk transactions, reducing chargebacks by 20%.
- Design end-to-end analytics dashboards (Tableau, Redshift) to visualise global risk exposure, cutting onboarding SLA from 2.4 days to 3 minutes.
- Partner with engineering and data teams to deploy scalable payment risk frameworks, enhancing compliance visibility and decision speed.
- Mentor analysts and data scientists through agile sprint cycles, embedding a data-driven culture across risk operations.
Kateryna Myronenko
Global Product Owner - Digital Solutions
Last position:
Global Product Owner - Digital Solutions at DB Schenker AG
- Led the global ServiceNow HRSD implementation across APAC, Europe, and the Americas, achieving 1.8% agent users supporting 98.2% of employees globally at the intersection of business and IT.
- Owned the product health, backlog, and lifecycle of the HRSD solution, serving 41K+ active users across 30+ locations worldwide.
- Managed business and IT stakeholder alignment for regional rollouts, ensuring successful advancement of digital transformation initiatives.
- Defined and prioritized technical and business requirements to enable scalable and efficient HR processes.
- Co-led Scrum sprint planning and bi-weekly release management, ensuring continuous increment delivery and quality.
- Drove continuous improvement and digital transformation of global HR operations in line with local legal requirements and budgets, including works council approvals and tailored communication and engagement plans to secure global adoption.
- Tools: ServiceNow, SAP SF, JIRA, Tableau, Power BI, Miro, Figma, Confluence, Asana.
- Domains & Skills: Digital Transformation, Product Delivery, Project & Change Management, HR Tech, Product Ownership, Agile Delivery, Stakeholder Management, UX/Data Insights.
Alicja Ryczak
Senior Product Owner Mobile + Payment
Last position:
Senior Product Owner BFSG – Digital Accessibility & Conversion Optimization at AIDA Cruises
- Analyzed existing digital platforms for accessibility requirements under BFSG and WCAG 2.1 with a consulting firm
- Developed a product vision that unites digital accessibility and business goals like conversion optimization
- Defined relevant KPIs to measure success for both target areas
- Aligned strategy with cross-functional stakeholders, including Legal, BFSG consulting firm, Compliance, UX, Development, and Marketing
- Created and maintained a prioritized product backlog focusing on accessible features and conversion-related initiatives
- Derived detailed user stories and acceptance criteria based on legal standards (BFSG, WCAG) in close coordination with development teams
- Ensured BFSG compliance in digital product development with the help of a BFSG consulting firm
- Collaborated closely with UX/UI designers to develop accessible prototypes
- Conducted user research and usability tests focusing on users with disabilities
- Supported building an accessible design system
- Integrated A/B testing to evaluate conversion-related initiatives
- Managed the technical implementation of accessible features by the development team
- Conducted accessibility tests (e.g., screen reader, keyboard navigation)
- Monitored and optimized implemented features based on usage data and feedback
- Responsible for rollout/release and conducting user acceptance tests
- Designed and led interactive trainings on BFSG, WCAG, and UX accessibility for design teams, dev teams, and POs in collaboration with the consulting firm
- Built an internal knowledge platform to embed accessibility principles sustainably
- Raised company-wide awareness for inclusive digital products
Ha-Jo Konrad
Freelance Product Owner / Product Manager
Last position:
Freelance Product Owner / Product Manager at Alleherzen
- Oversee high-impact innovation and discovery projects for German energy providers, focusing on identifying and developing forward-thinking product concepts.
- Improved user experience, increased operational efficiency, and simplified sales processes in dynamic energy market by conceptualizing digital platform.
- Drove exploration of new product ideas whilst positioning company for growth and competitiveness in the rapidly evolving energy sector.
Felix Hofmann
Product Manager
Last position:
Product Manager at ON Running
- Managed D2C e-commerce iOS & Android App’s roadmap and vision
- Implemented an agile design process
- Managed transition of dedicated teams into squads
- Implemented usage tracking and A/B optimization scheme
- optimized cross-country ASO & integrated multi-million marketing campaigns
Axel Schnell
Product Owner and Scrum Master ServiceNow
Last position:
Product Owner and Scrum Master ServiceNow at BARMER
- Product Owner ServiceNow
- Scrum Master and agile project management for the further development of ServiceNow and its IT interfaces
- Coordination of requirements with all process/service owners and external providers (incident, problem, knowledge, change, service request, catalog, software asset/hardware asset/config management, financial management, SecOPS)
- Management of internal and external software developers
- Coordination of interfaces and catalogs of new IT providers
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Product Owners statistics
Typical experience
17 years
Average project duration
2.5 years
Certifications per freelancer
2
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive
Most common languages
English, German, French
Bachelor's degree or higher
96%
Master's degree or higher
65%
Doctorate
4%
Salary / Daily Rate Distribution
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Average rates for Product Owners & Seniority distribution
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
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The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
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While the terms are often used interchangeably, a Product Owner focuses on the tactical execution within an agile team, managing the backlog and collaborating closely with developers. In contrast, a Product Manager typically handles broader long-term strategy, market analysis, and product marketing.
Hiring a freelance Product Owner is ideal when launching a new product, scaling a digital platform, or covering a sudden vacancy. External experts bring immediate operational experience to keep development teams productive without onboarding delays.
Many digital projects in Berlin allow for hybrid or fully remote setups. However, a local agile Product Owner can attend key sprint planning sessions, workshops, and stakeholder meetings in person, which often improves collaboration in complex setups.
A capable Scrum Product Owner must understand software development lifecycles and technical architecture. While they do not need to write code, they must communicate effectively with software engineers, estimate technical debt, and evaluate feasibility.
Because Berlin is a major international tech hub, English is the primary language of collaboration for most engineering teams. However, a bilingual Product Owner who speaks both English and German is highly valuable for aligning with local corporate stakeholders and traditional business clients.
The performance of a freelance Product Owner is measured by sprint velocity, backlog health, and the on-time delivery of product milestones. Ultimately, their success is visible in the quality of the shipped software and the alignment of the development team.
Generally, a dedicated Product Owner should focus on a single scrum team to ensure high-quality backlog management and daily collaboration. In some scaled agile environments, experienced freelancers can coordinate across multiple related team backlogs using frameworks like SAFe.
Companies across fintech, e-commerce, mobility, and digital health in the capital region benefit significantly from hiring a freelance Product Owner. These dynamic sectors require fast iteration cycles, strict regulatory alignment, and agile product development practices.
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