Ramón Isla

Econometrics nerd with product management expertise | XPLORE | START & Babson Alumni

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Junior PM and former founder with a business + data foundation background, proven experience in turning ambiguous problems into structured processes across technology, and SaaS products, as well as automotive and finance. I've gone from running customer discovery at a tech incubator to owning reporting and compliance frameworks at a multinational, driving business development for a startup, and leading a running community; always translating complexity into clarity, whether that's for stakeholders, users, or leadership.

Experience

  • Junior Product Manager at Kognexus at XPLORE
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Participated in a competitive 12-week accelerator by UnternehmerTUM, Europe's leading center for innovation and business creation. • Translated founder and customer interviews into scoped product hypotheses and GTM assumptions for an early-stage robotics startup. • Structured the sales and partnership pipeline, from ICP definition to first outbound sequences — with lightweight CRM and reporting. • Defined and tracked core KPIs for product-market validation, aligning experiments across product, sales, and marketing.

  • Econometrics Tutor at Part-time
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Translated technical statistical models into non-technical frameworks for 60+ students. • Taught hypothesis testing and regression analysis to several students, achieving a pass rate of more than 85%. • Designed tailored exercises and study materials to address specific knowledge gaps, enhancing student understanding and engagement.

  • Founders Associate at Malao
    Oct 2025 - Feb 2026 · 5 mos

    • Built the end-to-end recruitment process by conducting structured stakeholder interviews across departments to surface pain points and define requirements. • Implemented AI-powered tools and agents to enhance internal workflows. • Created agentic financial models in Excel, to support business planning for key projects.

  • Astemo (Munich · Hybrid)
    • Strategy Planning & Sustainability Associate
      Jan 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • Collaborated with senior management to define strategic direction and KPIs for procurement budget. • Launched two cost reduction initiatives, achieving a 30% decrease in unnecessary spending. • Developed an analytics dashboard that improved decision-making efficiency for cost reduction. • Controlled budgets across multiple regions, ensuring project goals were met within cost constraints.

    • Sustainable Procurement Working Student
      Jul 2023 - Jan 2024 · 7 mos

      • Organized cross-regional workshops to align stakeholders, ensuring consistent understanding of strategic initiatives. • Developed training materials to facilitate user adoption and implemented project management techniques for enhanced tracking. • Collaborated with the Head of Procurement to implement sustainable strategies, significantly reducing CO2 emissions in the supply chain.

  • Product Manager Intern at ZOLLHOF – Tech Incubator
    Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 · 3 mos

    • Conducted over 20 customer interviews to identify pain points and enhance the customer journey. • Developed and tested click-dummy prototypes to validate user feedback and improve product design. • Utilized A/B testing frameworks to validate MVPs.