Productboard Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Productboard
Benjamin F.
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.
Fabian O.
Last position:
Head of Product / Product Owner at XXXLdigital (XXXLutz KG)
Developing a product vision and strategy
Creating a roadmap
Improving stakeholder communication
Introducing an outcome-oriented roadmap
Aligning with stakeholders and creating transparency
Defining relevant product metrics as a KPI tree
Initiating measures to improve product quality and measurability
Supporting the introduction and migration of the new Identity Provider (IDP)
Esther H.
Last position:
Guest Lecturer (Freelance) at CODE University
- Held two on-site guest lecture sessions for Product Management students covering “Agile Values Principles” and “Implementing Agile Processes”
Paulo A.
Last position:
Founder and Product Lead at Muvuca Solutions
- Lead a climate tech consultancy end to end, coordinating cross-functional teams, owning client strategy and project management, and delivering ESG strategies and AI-first products.
- Stay hands-on across discovery, analytics, roadmapping, architecture, and QA to safeguard execution quality.
- Designed, developed, and launched Jody, an AI travel planner (demo credentials provided).
Kerstin P.
Last position:
Freelance / Contract at Strategic Product & New Business Development Consulting
- Design and implement a product life cycle framework and automation for an e-procurement platform
- Serve as Interim Product Owner for BMW’s B2B CRM portal, aligning stakeholders and steering delivery
- Develop go to market strategy for a furniture startup, covering positioning, pricing, and channels
- Coach emerging leaders on digital strategy, decision making, and execution
- Define market entry strategy for a sustainability startup, from customer insight to pilot plan
Diana M.
Last position:
Product Manager – Analytics, AI & LLM at TrustYou
- Led the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Analytics and Data Visualization module of a Reputation Management platform for hotels, restaurants, and points of interest, resulting in increased user engagement.
- Conducted 10-15 experiments and A/B tests per month to validate hypotheses through user feedback and data-driven insights to improve adoption, engagement and iteratively enhance product features.
- Defined product specifications with clear requirements (Jobs to Be Done, user stories), user flows, and AI-generated prototypes, while establishing accuracy, precision, and recall benchmarks for LLM models.
- Collaborated with the product trio to apply web scraping, embedded BI, and RAG techniques, enhancing sentiment analysis and expanding the product into new verticals (restaurants, points of interest).
- Developed go-to-market strategies and utilized Ring Deployment framework to launch product features.
- Applied the WSJF framework to manage the product backlog, ensuring development efforts aligned with business goals and stakeholder priorities.
- Effectively communicated product strategy and results to C-level executives, securing buy-in for critical initiatives.
- Employed Opportunity Solution Tree model to identify opportunities, refining product strategy accordingly.
Matthias L.
Last position:
Full Stack & AI Engineer at Elephant Technologies
Loom and Bloom
Python · TypeScript · n8n · Claude Code · Whisper · Gemini · Supabase · Notion · HubSpot · Digital Ocean
- Built an end-to-end content pipeline: one Loom video → marketing images, bilingual LinkedIn posts, newsletter and Help Center updates.
- n8n webhook → SSH → Claude Code session on a Digital Ocean VPS; three MCP servers (video, Notion, Supabase).
- Whisper word-level transcription, ffmpeg screenshots, Gemini UI annotation, PIL device mockups.
- Next.js upload UI plus a bilingual newsletter composer with HubSpot push.
Marcus D.
Last position:
Senior Product Manager / Product Owner at Wishlists GmbH
- Strategized and scaled the Wishlist app from 50,000 to over 1,000,000 active users in the B2C sector
- Owned the product vision, strategic goals, and creation plus ongoing evolution of the product roadmap
- Conducted qualitative and quantitative user research and derived data-driven actions for feature optimization (user interviews, feedback loops, KPI analysis)
- Developed and tested innovative UX and UI concepts to boost user engagement, conversion, and shareability
- Worked closely in a cross-functional setup with the founding team, design, development, and marketing to prioritize and implement new product ideas (Scrum / Kanban)
- Advised on business model development, monetization strategies, and platform positioning in the social commerce/app market
- Built and maintained feature sets for app stores, onboarding flows, and community functions to maximize retention and viral growth
- Defined and monitored key KPIs (retention, MAU, feature engagement) for measuring success and prioritizing iterations
- Coordinated releases, QA, and go-to-market strategies in close alignment with the founding team
Felix K.
Last position:
Freelance Product Consultant (Part-time) at Senvo GmbH
- Support to define & execute product strategy & scope out first features
- Mentoring CEO in order to guarantee better product alignment
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Statistics of experts using Productboard
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
14 years
Position duration
1.9 years
Positions per freelancer
9
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Project Management, Strategy
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Productboard
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
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.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Productboard experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (100%)
- Banking and Finance (78%)
- Professional Services (44%)
- Retail (44%)
- Education (33%)
- Fashion (33%)
- Healthcare (33%)
- Media and Entertainment (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Productboard in practice
Productboard is a product management platform for collecting customer feedback, identifying customer needs and connecting them to product decisions. Teams use it to create a shared view of opportunities, prioritize what matters and explain why work belongs on a roadmap.
Core capabilities
Productboard brings together feedback from conversations, support channels, research and internal requests. Specialists organize insights into notes, user needs, features and initiatives, then connect those items to outcomes, objectives and delivery plans. Its flexible views help different stakeholders work from the same product context.
Ecosystem and setup
- Configure product hierarchies, components, fields and prioritization criteria
- Import and classify feedback from connected systems and structured sources
- Build roadmap views for strategy, discovery and delivery communication
- Set permissions, workflows and reporting for different teams
Strong expertise also covers integrations, data quality and workspace governance. Depending on the setup, Productboard connects with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, Salesforce and customer support systems.
When companies need specialists
Companies often bring in freelance expertise when a Productboard workspace has become difficult to navigate, feedback is scattered or roadmaps no longer reflect strategic priorities. Specialists can support a new rollout, redesign an existing information model, prepare migrations or establish repeatable discovery and prioritization practices.
- A new product organization needs a clear operating model
- Stakeholders need reliable views of priorities and progress
- Existing integrations create duplicate or incomplete information
Delivery in Germany
In Germany, Productboard specialists support software, industrial, healthcare and business service teams that need traceable product decisions across departments. Remote collaboration works well when workshops, documentation and access rules are planned clearly; on-site sessions can help when teams are aligning on processes or restructuring a large workspace. German and English communication may both matter, depending on stakeholders.
What strong experts bring
The best professionals combine Productboard configuration with product discovery, information architecture and stakeholder facilitation. They ask how decisions are made before changing fields or views, distinguish customer evidence from assumptions and keep the workspace useful for both strategic planning and delivery conversations. They also document governance choices so the system remains manageable after handover.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Productboard.
Productboard is used to collect and structure customer feedback, identify user needs and connect them to product initiatives and roadmaps. Companies use it to make prioritization more transparent and keep product decisions linked to evidence.
Productboard focuses on discovery, customer insight and product prioritization, while Jira and Azure DevOps are primarily used to plan and track delivery work. They often complement one another through integrations rather than serving as direct substitutes.
Productboard work benefits from knowledge of product discovery, customer research, roadmap communication and data governance. Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Salesforce, support tools or workflow automation can also improve the quality of an implementation.
Productboard projects vary widely in complexity, so the right level of experience depends on the number of products, data sources, integrations and stakeholder groups involved. A smaller configuration may need focused setup skills, while a broader rollout calls for process design, migration planning and change support.
Productboard can be configured and managed remotely when the company provides clear access, decision owners and documentation. For teams in Germany, remote workshops are usually effective, while on-site sessions can help resolve process disagreements or align several departments.
Productboard quality is best assessed through relevant examples, a clear explanation of information models and evidence of successful integrations or workspace improvements. Ask how the professional handles conflicting feedback, permissions, prioritization rules and adoption after launch.
Productboard professionals can deliver a workspace audit, target information architecture, configured views, prioritization frameworks and integration specifications. They may also provide migration plans, governance documentation, training materials and handover support.
Productboard specialists working with German teams should communicate clearly with both business and technical stakeholders. German may be useful for local workshops and internal documentation, while English is often important when products, tools or distributed teams cross borders.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Productboard in their recent projects is 113 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 903 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Productboard in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 75% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Productboard in their recent projects have 14 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Productboard in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Productboard in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (78%), and Professional Services (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Productboard in their recent projects are Product Development (100%), Information Technology (89%), and Business Intelligence (78%).
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