Michael Hillebrecht

Senior Specialist Data Analysis | Product Owner and Unit Team Lead: GIZ Data Service Center

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

About

Senior Data Specialist and Product Owner at GIZ with experience in leading interdisciplinary teams, coordinating data services, and developing digital solutions to support monitoring and evaluation across international development projects. Currently responsible for a central DevOps framework that provides scalable, self-service data tools to GIZ projects worldwide. Academic background includes a Ph.D. in development economics with a focus on applied econometrics and social policy evaluation in low-income countries. Previous work for institutions such as the World Bank and KfW Development Bank included contributions to the design and analysis of impact evaluations in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside field experience and project support in Latin America.

Experience

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH ()
    • Senior Specialist Data Analysis
      Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Unit Team Lead of the GIZ Data Service Center, within the Sectoral Department’s Competence Center on Digital Transformation

    • Advisor Data Services
      Jan 2019 - Mar 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • International Consultant at KfW
    Sep 2018 - Feb 2019 · 6 mos

    Cost-benefit program evaluation commissioned by Nepal Ministry of Health and Population and KfW Entwicklungsbank

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
    Sep 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Impact evaluation of a large-scale health provision intervention in Burkina Faso

  • Research Associate at South Asia Institute - University of Heidelberg
    Sep 2012 - Sep 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Teaching: Tutorials for undergraduate and graduate students in microeconomics and development economics. Facilitation of seminars in development economics. Co-supervision of final theses in applied microeconometrics. Project management within a research collaboration among three institutes.

  • Student Assistant at GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
    Apr 2012 - Oct 2012 · 7 mos

    Contribution to the research project: Climate Protection, Development and Equity