Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
I am a product manager with 8 years experience putting customers first to steer digital services towards success. Leveraging a deep tech engineering background and a strategic MBA, I unite tech and business people to create exciting products. For more than 4 years I have worked as a product leader managing and developing 10+ team members. Coming from the shared mobility industry, I am excited about my next challenge.
As a product management coach I get to teach and share some of my experience with curious PMs and POs in the individual classes. I focus on the intersection of hardware and software and how product management works in between those two worlds. Drawing from my previous products I enjoy the collaborative and applied work with the teams a lot!
My current product, the Intelligent Personal Assistant is the voice interface of all BMWs, MINIs and Rolls Royce Cars worldwide and thus has a multi-million customer base. I lead a team of 20+ super talented and motivated in-house Software Engineers, Product Managers & Functional Owners. We collaborate in 10+ crossfunctional Product Teams located in Munich, Portugal and India. Whilst we continue to drive the current voice interface to success, our mission is to improve the understanding and raise the ability to have a normal conversation by applying large language AI models. This is a major technology shift for the product teams but also for the company as the first customer-facing product for large language models inside the cars. I love the challenge of transforming how we build products - we have to revisit so many concepts: how we test, how we gather requirements and also how we manage our stakeholders in this non-deterministic technology.
Shortterm engagement at Enpal as Director for IOT and Virtual Power Plant. * Set up release planning and product development cycle * Role entailed responsibility for all connected devices, the home energy management system and the virtual power plant integration of enpal customers
Taking care & enjoying the time with the small family. Feel free to contact me for advice or consultation. Looking for new opportunities starting mid 2024 - please get in contact, always happy to talk.
In the fast-growing organization, I was asked to head the digital product team to provide guidance and structure. • Enabling & managing the amazing team of 14 product managers, UX, UX-R, Analysts, UI and Testing to excel in their role by providing sparring, structure, processes, and mitigating high-level risks • People Management: Headed series development for all digital products: energy services (bidirectional charging), car sharing, in car infotainment and car companion app • Strategy: Strategic alignment of vision and mission with the founders and Sono Motors C-Level to ensure the teams deliver the needed impact for the company • Product: Aligned the individual product experiences and roadmaps • Recruiting: Hired ten people in less than two years • I still did a little product management work by myself to contribute to our product, working hands-on with engineering and UX / UI to solve customer pain points The managed products within my teams were • A mobility service for car sharing • An energy service for bidirectional charging and a wallbox • The in car infotainment and car owner mobile app We were responsible for the mobile app, the in-car infotainment, all backend services and infrastructure plus all customer-facing web frontend for our services like vehicle sales, CRM etc.
Lead product manager for car sharing and mobility services in early stage startup, leveraging my PO skills and leadership experience Main achievements & contributions: • Launched a peer-2-peer car sharing service with more than 20k users • Discovery work by operating 6 small scale pilots to test business- and customer-hypotheses • Set up product development team including product management, data analyst, frontend & backend development, UX/UI and SRE • Worked closely with suppliers from RFQ to nomination