Frederik Bader

Founder @ TastefulGift || Lead Experience Strategist @ Heidelberg Materials

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

Experience

  • Founder at TastefulGift
    Apr 2026 - Present · 8 mos

  • Heidelberg Materials (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Lead Experience Strategist
      Dec 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    • Hybrid
      Present

      Working on highly strategic topics/concepts in a human-centered way.

    • UX Research Manager
      Mar 2021 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Global UXR expert and people manager fostering a user-centered mindset to deliver impactful and data-driven insights

    • UX Operations Manager
      Jun 2020 - Mar 2021 · 10 mos

      Bridging UXD, UXR, product and country stakeholders. Drove operational excellence to professionalize workflows, ensuring global alignment and standardized best practices.

  • Board Member at ResearchOps Community
    Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

  • University Lecturer at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) Mosbach
    Oct 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 2 mos

  • Verivox GmbH (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Usability Engineer
      Apr 2019 - May 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

      (mostly qual) UX Research & working on Research Repository, UX KPI & UX Maturity

    • Usability Engineer
      Jan 2017 - Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      UXR in a B2C e-commerce company providing comparisons mainly for energy, insurance, financial products