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About the role
What they do
Product Owners turn business goals into a clear product backlog and a delivery plan the team can execute. They define priorities, write and refine user stories, accept completed work, and keep stakeholders aligned on scope and value.
- Own and order the product backlog
- Translate business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria
- Run refinement, planning, and review sessions with delivery teams
- Validate increments and sign off on what is ready
- Keep scope, priorities, and dependencies transparent
Where they add value
A strong Product Owner is useful when a company needs fast decisions and a single person who can balance business goals with delivery reality. Freelancers are often brought in for new digital products, platform changes, process digitization, or rescue work when priorities are unclear and teams need structure.
In Frankfurt, they are often a fit for finance, insurance, logistics, and enterprise software projects where many stakeholders need alignment. They can work with business teams on site and delivery teams remotely, depending on the setup and the product phase.
Core skills
- Prioritization based on value, risk, and dependency
- Strong stakeholder management and clear communication
- Experience with Scrum and agile delivery
- Ability to write precise user stories and acceptance criteria
- Comfort with roadmap thinking and release planning
- Practical understanding of UX, analytics, and technical constraints
Tools and methods
Product Owners commonly work in Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Trello, or similar tools. They should be comfortable with backlog grooming, sprint ceremonies, and release planning, but also with discovery work such as workshops, problem framing, and user feedback.
Good freelancers adapt to the product setup. In one project they may support a Scrum Product Owner inside an agile team. In another, they may act more like a product manager for a new feature set, while still keeping delivery details tight.
When to hire freelance
Companies hire a freelance PO when the permanent team is overloaded, a release is blocked, or a new initiative needs an experienced owner quickly. It also helps when the internal role is vacant, when a transformation project needs temporary leadership, or when a specific domain knowledge gap must be closed.
A freelancer is a strong choice if the company wants immediate focus on priorities, alignment, and delivery without long onboarding. The best candidates bring structure fast and keep the team moving.
What strong ones look like
Strong Product Owners do more than maintain a backlog. They challenge vague requests, protect the team from noise, and turn goals into work that can actually be delivered.
- They make decisions and explain trade-offs
- They keep business, tech, and design aligned
- They spot missing requirements early
- They know when to push back and when to simplify
- They leave the team with clear next steps, not open questions
Meet FRATCH Product Owners
Ornel Franck Wora Yeno
Purchasing Manager, Logistics, IT Manager & Software Architect
Last position:
Purchasing Manager, Logistics & IT Manager at Onlinehandler
Proactive support of management in business field development & innovation management
New development of a suite of business applications for analyzing valuation, P&L, and market price risk data
Automation of all internal and external business and work processes
Development of AI-based and AI-supported ETL processes as well as data analysis
Business use-case development
Business and work process optimization
Enterprise architecture management
Sales data analysis and forecasting as well as capture
Inventory management & reordering
Supplier management and communication
Customs processing & clearance
Shipping handling & warehouse coordination
Interface management
Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, JTL-Wawi, JTL-WMS, OTTO Partner Connect (OPC), Amazon Seller Central, DHL Global Forwarding, Jira, Draw.IO, Java (8,17,21,25), Jenkins, SonarQube, Git, Gitea, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL, Docker, Local LLMs, Postman, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
Vadim Romanenko
Senior Product Owner & IT Project Manager | Mobile Banking · PSD2 · AI Product Development | 19M+ Users | Frankfurt · Remote
Last position:
Product Owner – Mobile Banking App at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe
- End-to-end product responsibility for one of Germany's leading mobile banking apps with approx. 19 million customers — from backlog prioritization and roadmap planning to rollout and quality assurance.
- Functional leadership of a cross-functional squad (Android, iOS, QA, UX, Compliance, Architecture) including a nearshore development team in a scaled agile environment (tribe/squad model); responsible for time-to-market and quality.
- Design and implementation of an intent-based semantic search logic (“Intelligent Search”) — including user intent taxonomy, ranking logic, and iterative improvement based on usage data.
- Delivery of core features: savings pots, deep links, BFSG accessibility — translating regulatory requirements into structured epics and user stories.
- Primary interface between business, IT, and regulatory stakeholders — accelerating feature release processes through clear communication structures.
Malte Lohrberg
Product Owner, Product Developer, AI Manager & Organizational Consultant
Last position:
Product Owner, Change Management Coach and Organizational Consultant & Founder and Product Architect at Freelance + Resilience Bakery
The combined experience from recent project years shows that two hearts beat in my chest: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitization strategy or business development – and the closely related change and transformation process expertise as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this, I have established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings.
On the other hand, my heart and mind are fired up to find my own products, evaluate markets and potentials, and test ideas. Currently, I am proactively and part-time, in addition to ongoing projects, working on a product idea in the mental health area and have founded Therapymate.
Max Bucher
Senior UX Architect & Certified Product Owner
Last position:
Customer Portal (Telecommunications) at Freelance Senior UX Architect
- Drove key experience streams in the redesign of a large-scale telecommunications e-commerce platform focusing on mobile plan selection, product configuration, and digital contract completion.
- Delivered scalable Figma-based white-label solutions within a multinational Scrum setup to enable efficient multi-brand rollout.
Mobin Rupani
Senior Consultant and Chief Product Owner
Last position:
Senior Consultant and Chief Product Owner at Luxota Travel Tech
- Coached teams in Agile methodologies and Scrum framework implementation.
- Aligned the product roadmap with business goals such as increasing bookings, improving user experience, and expanding supplier integrations.
- Collaborated with developers and third-party providers to ensure smooth API integration and end-to-end functionality.
- Created and continuously refined the product backlog with user stories, bugs, and technical improvements.
- Prioritized backlog items based on business value, revenue impact, and regulatory deadlines.
- Worked closely with backend and frontend teams to clarify dependencies and prioritize technical debt.
Eyüp Zengin
Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Last position:
IT Project Manager for Real Estate IT at BNP Paribas Real Estate
- Responsibility for the specialist department
- Effective stakeholder management
- Management and prioritization of the backlog
- Resource and capacity planning
- Risk management
- Cost calculation and budget control
- Compliance with security guidelines and data protection regulations in a high-security environment (Bank regulations)
- Creation and monitoring of project timelines
- Planning and execution of workshops as well as the creation of user manuals
- Development and coordination of architecture maps with service providers and internal IT
- Creation and tracking of milestone plans
- Recording, analysis, and documentation of defects, including retesting until final approval for launch
- Coordination and execution of penetration tests
- Organization and management of User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
- Definition of Go / No-Go criteria for the launch
- Collaboration and organization of multinational teams
Samet Polat
Technical Product Owner & Rollout Manager
Last position:
Technical Product Owner & Rollout Manager at EY
- Provided leadership as Product Owner for the DMS module in an agile multi-team setup
- Coordinated the nationwide rollout including requirements management and roadmap development
- Built and maintained the product backlog focusing on scalability, usability and data protection
- Conducted sprint reviews, refinements and stakeholder demos with over 15 involved teams
- Developed a rollout and training concept for successful launch at over 200 government agencies
- Introduced a reporting and monitoring dashboard to measure usage success
- Worked closely with architects, QA and operations to ensure integration into the existing system landscape
Alessandro Dönicke
Product Owner, Scrum Master & UX Design
Last position:
Product Owner, Scrum Master & UX Design at YouniQode GmbH
- Responsible for the strategic and operational management of digital agency projects with a focus on user-centered product development, agile team leadership, and continuous value delivery
- Introduced and scaled agile processes (Scrum & Kanban) across multiple client projects
- Developed user-centered B2B and B2C applications in close collaboration with stakeholders
- Successfully delivered MVPs with iterative enhancements based on validated user insights
- Technologies and methods: Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, Figma, UX Research, User Testing, Design Thinking, Agile Coaching, Backlog Management, Epic Breakdown, User Story Mapping, Prototyping, Roadmap Planning, Stakeholder Workshops, HTML/CSS, WordPress, Accessibility (WCAG), GDPR, OKRs, Product Discovery, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, UX KPIs
Michael Simann
Business Analyst & Product Owner
Last position:
Business Analyst & Product Owner at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Product Owner for stakeholder management, backlog prioritization and sprint organization (refinements, planning, testing, release) in agile team (8 developers, 2 testers)
- Scaled according to SAFe by introducing sub-teams and leading retrospectives for team development
- Developed central DVAG commission system from batch to near-real-time processing (Kafka) including data migration and structure hierarchy
- Specified functional, technical and quality requirements in close coordination with lead developers
- Modeled complex business processes (BPMN) and interfaces (Kafka, REST, GraphQL)
- Supported authentication (Keycloak), frontend development (Angular) and test automation (CI/CD, CDCT)
- Accompanied cloud migration of microservices to Azure; created workbooks, dashboards and KQL queries for system monitoring
- Analyzed and optimized database systems (CosmosDB, MongoDB, SQL) and reported via Power BI to manage commission competitions
- Applied industry expertise in sales and structured sales model including overseeing financial products to market release
Gesa Gleue
Salesforce Consultant
Last position:
Salesforce Consultant at DEKRA Certification GmbH
- Supporting Salesforce applications and development within DEKRA Certification
- Optimizing lead and opportunity processes for sales
- Preparing and conducting Salesforce training
- Creating reports and dashboards for different user groups
- Advising on and implementing processes in Salesforce
Jens Daube
Product Owner & Senior Data Scientist
Last position:
Product Owner & Senior Data Scientist at Legal Tech
- Led an international team of six developers in a Scrum environment
- Defined strategic goals for the project in coordination with stakeholders and the development team
- Prompt engineering for language models to improve the accuracy and relevance of generated responses
- Implemented LangChain components for a RAG chatbot to answer legal questions
- Technologies: GPT-4, LangChain, Python (Pandas, sklearn, streamlit), Docker, GitLab, ChromaDB
Simone Kopp
Consultant
Last position:
Consultant at EPSM (European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants)
Stefania Laventure
Independent Product Owner and Consultant for Impact-Driven Companies
Last position:
Independent Product Owner and Consultant for Impact-Driven Companies at Pimp my product!
- I help founders and entrepreneurs who think ahead and want to improve people's everyday lives to develop online products and services that customers love.
Jefferson Gadiano
Product Owner (external)
Last position:
Product Owner (external) at Languages DB Vertrieb GmbH
- External Technical Product Owner (TPO) in the German Railways DB Vertrieb division working on the digitalization project Vendo
- Drive technical topics and optimize the existing infrastructure, pipelines, tools, software and processes
Thea Lochmann
Your digitalization expert
Last position:
Cluster Lead Integration at #Einfachbahn
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Product Owners statistics
Typical experience
16 years
Average project duration
1.9 years
Certifications per freelancer
4
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Curious about FRATCH? Find the answers you need
A Product Owner owns the backlog, refines priorities, and makes sure the team works on the right things. They turn business goals into clear stories, acceptance criteria, and release-ready work. They also keep stakeholders aligned when scope changes or multiple teams depend on the same product.
A Product Owner is usually closer to day-to-day delivery. The role focuses on backlog management, sprint decisions, and acceptance of completed work. A product manager often has a broader market and strategy scope, while the Product Owner keeps the team focused on what gets built next.
A freelance Product Owner makes sense when the need is urgent, temporary, or tied to a specific project. This is common during product launches, reorganizations, platform migrations, or when an internal PO is missing. It is also a good option when the company needs experienced leadership without a long hiring process.
Look for strong backlog management, stakeholder communication, and the ability to write clear user stories. A good Product Owner should understand agile delivery, prioritization, and acceptance criteria. Practical experience with Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps is usually a plus, but the real test is how well they create clarity.
Yes, many Product Owners can work remotely, especially when the team already uses agile tools and has clear rituals. On-site time can still help for workshops, stakeholder alignment, or early discovery work. In Frankfurt, hybrid setups are common when business teams prefer direct collaboration.
Frankfurt projects often come from finance, insurance, logistics, consulting, and enterprise software. A Product Owner in these environments usually works on internal platforms, customer portals, compliance-related products, or process digitization. The role matters most where many stakeholders and dependencies need careful coordination.
A strong Product Owner brings structure quickly and makes priorities visible. Look for clear backlog decisions, well-written stories, disciplined stakeholder handling, and signs that the team can deliver with less confusion. Good candidates ask sharp questions, challenge assumptions, and keep the scope realistic.
Scrum experience helps, because many teams expect the Product Owner to work inside sprint-based delivery. But the real requirement is the ability to own priorities and guide delivery in a clear way. If your setup is not pure Scrum, a good PO should still adapt to the process and keep decision-making tight.
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