Joschka Finkbeiner

Strategy | Machinery | AI

Germany

About

Experience

  • thyssenkrupp Automotive Body Solutions (Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
    • Head of Strategy, Tech Innovation and R&D
      Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Leading following key departments and department heads - Strategy & Strategic Projects - AI Team - New robotics - R&D and Product Development

    • Head of Business Excellence
      Feb 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Co-Founder & MD at Veertly
    2021 - Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    - Built and managed high performing team of 20 remote-first FTEs across several departments with two co-founders - Bootstrapped company first and led to a successful Seed funding round (key responsible founder including DD and contract negotiations)

  • Co-Founder at gomada
    Apr 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

    - Built product from scratch and generated >1,500 sign-ups from team managers to the product within nine months after the prototype launch - Responsible for product management and product strategy working closely with our UI/UX team and developers

  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Project Leader
      Jul 2020 - Jan 2021 · 7 mos

      - Core industry project focus: automotive, engineered products - Core functional project focus: company strategy, transformation, digital transformation, advanced analytics

    • Consultant
      Oct 2019 - Jul 2020 · 10 mos

    • Consultant
      Oct 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Selected for a 12-months-long abroad program

  • Working Student at Horváth & Partners Management Consultants
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2016 · 6 mos