Manuel Sutter

Senior Product Manager | Building Multi-Channel Digital Products | Leading Product for National Media Platform · 2.2M DAU | PM Who Ships Code

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I'm a Senior Product Manager at TX Group/20 Minuten, where I lead product for a national, multi-channel platform serving 2.2M daily active users across web, mobile, push, newsletter, and DOOH. What makes me unusual: I've recently started contributing production TypeScript code alongside my PM work — merging fixes and features directly into our frontend and backend repos. It's made me a sharper collaborator with engineers and faster at turning ideas into shipped product Over the past 5 years, I've led a complete redesign of the 20 Minuten app & website, launched multiple personalization experiments and features, and am currently working to significantly improve our push notification product. I operate with high end-to-end ownership within my product trio—owning our roadmap, balancing priorities with stakeholders across editorial, engineering, and C-level, while maintaining strategic direction for our area. What I bring: Strategic product thinking, modern discovery practices, hands-on experience with AI-powered tools and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes while keeping the team focused on delivering impact. I contribute production TypeScript code alongside my PM work, using AI-assisted development (Claude Code). It's sharpened my technical instincts and changed how I collaborate with engineers. Open to connecting with fellow PMs and exploring opportunities in product leadership.

Experience

  • 20 Minuten ()
    • Senior Product Manager
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Lead product strategy for content distribution serving 2.2M daily active users across web, app, push, newsletter, and DOOH channels. - Own product trio (Tech Lead, Designer) and coordinate delivery across engineering teams - Define KPIs and align cross-functional stakeholders including C-level executives - Drive discovery through prototyping, UX workshops, and user research to validate opportunities Lead sprint planning and grooming while providing strategic updates to leadership Key achievements: - Launching next-generation personalized push notification ecosystem to increase engagement - Driving football ecosystem expansion with commercial teams for new monetization opportunities - Delivered Vector DB-powered related-content system, increasing content relevance and interaction - Shipped major personalization features including complex frontpage modules - Promoted to Senior PM for strategic impact and delivery of major initiatives - Shipping production TypeScript code to frontend and backend repos alongside core PM responsibilities

    • Product Owner / Product Manager
      Feb 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Owned product delivery across web and app platforms, collaborating with engineering, design, editorial, analytics, SEO, and external partners. - Led discovery, refinement, and planning for feature development while introducing modern product practices - Managed backlog ownership, requirement definition, and cross-department alignment - Drove initiatives across front page, CMS, personalization, community features, and distribution channels Key achievements: - Led complete redesign of 20 Minuten app & website, improving performance and user experience - Rolled out new editorial CMS for 150+ journalists, significantly improving workflow efficiency

  • Credit Suisse ()
    • Business Analyst - Digital Onboarding for Corporates
      Sep 2018 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Agile Implementation of a full fledged digital onboarding for Swiss Corporates clients

    • Business Analyst - Digitalization Project
      Nov 2016 - Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Business Analyst - High End Client Reporting
      Jan 2014 - Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Professional Volleyball Player at Swiss Nationalteam
    Dec 2014 - May 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Professional Volleyball Player at Biogas Volley Näfels
    Jan 2013 - May 2018 · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Accountant at Karl Vögele AG
    Mar 2011 - Aug 2011 · 6 mos