Christoph Schroth

VP Digital Product Strategy @ BMW | TUM, HSG, MIT, CDTM Alumnus |

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Experience

  • BMW Group (14 yrs 6 mos)
    • VP Digital Product Strategy
      Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • VP Product, Architecture, Processes Connected Car
      Nov 2021 - Jun 2022 · 8 mos

      Defining architecture, features, and economics of the Connected Car within BMW's Neue Klasse

    • Head Of Department Headunit & Instrument Cluster
      Jun 2019 - Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Onboard Platform Development (Head Unit & Instrument Cluster). Series development of the infotainment cluster (for the iX, i4, and subsequent launches within '21, '22 vehicle generation), including responsibility for features, cost, quality, and final release approval. Steering of partners, suppliers as well as internal HW & SW development

  • Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company
    Jun 2009 - Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    - Projects in High-Tech, Automotive, Banking, Healthcare - Cross-product line component deployment (“Baukastenstrategie”) to ensure an economically optimal product strategy in the automotive industry - Module contracts for company-internal agreements between product lines, development departments and further stakeholders on the specification of product modules for an automotive OEM - Target cost management system at an international passenger car OEM - Data Science-based profit optimization for a national health fund - Core Banking system transformation for a large German bank

  • Associate at SAP
    Jul 2006 - Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    - Research Associate and PhD candidate at the SAP Research Labs St. Gallen - Strategy design and prototype development for novel SAP products - Initiation and management of applications for international research projects on behalf of SAP - Selected as High Potential (<2% of SAP employees) in 2008

  • Graduate Student, Diploma Thesis Student at BMW Group
    Dec 2005 - May 2006 · 6 mos

  • Intern Fellow at McKinsey & Company
    Sep 2005 - Nov 2005 · 3 mos

    Restructuring of the securities services division of an international bank