Director Product, Head of Product, Product Owner, Product Manager, IT-Projektmanager, IT-Projektleiter
Aktualisiert am 27.03.2026
Profil
Freiberufler / Selbstständiger
Remote-Arbeit
Verfügbar ab: 27.03.2026
Verfügbar zu: 100%
davon vor Ort: 20%
Projektleitung
Projektmanagement
Produktmanagement
Stakeholdermanagement
Anforderungsmanagement
Roadmap
Agile Softwareentwicklung
Strategieberatung
Interim Manager
Agile Transformation
Changemanagement
English
German

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Köln (+50km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

2 Jahre 7 Monate
2023-08 - 2026-02

IT service

Executive Director
Executive Director
  • Functionally responsible for 150+ employees across three of Germany?s largest IT service providers.
  • Pioneered the successful 2025 launch of the Health Data Lab, a milestone not achieved by previous teams.
  • Established Germany?s first purpose-built, ultra-secure data center handling highly sensitive records of the entire statutory insured population under zerotrust and strict compliance standards.
  • Held accountability for a double-digit million euro budget, steered contract negotiations, built key teams, shaped the feature roadmap, and navigated a complex, heterogeneous stakeholder landscape.
on request
Walldorf
5 Monate
2025-07 - 2025-11

Product roadmap

Strategic Product Advisor
Strategic Product Advisor
  • Redefined clear ownership and decision-making across Product Owners, Business Analysts, and development teams.
  • Introduced a transparent product roadmap and lightweight standards to stabilize planning and delivery.
  • Strengthened collaboration with external service providers and embedded them effectively into the delivery model.
  • Implemented scalable operational processes, ensuring transparent communication, task prioritization, and team alignment.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
Düsseldorf
9 Monate
2024-04 - 2024-12

Thermomix 7 launch

Strategic Product Advisor
Strategic Product Advisor
  • Advised and enabled the product team accountable for My Recipes and My Week features.
  • Orchestrated preparation and intensive testing for the Thermomix 7 launch
  • Realized seamless recipe synchronization across all devices to ensure a consistent CX.
  • Drove the redesign of the Cookidoo platform to enhance usability and engagement.
Vorwerk
Wuppertal
4 Monate
2023-04 - 2023-07

Platform Engineering

Strategic Product Advisor
Strategic Product Advisor
  • Led the Platform Engineering aka DevOps team and clarified ownership across platform capabilities.
  • Defined the high-level platform architecture and back it with business case evaluation determining the path forward.
  • Designed and built self-service capabilities to minimize cognitive load for developers and enabled fast flow software delivery.
  • Delivered a shared infrastructure as code to internal software developers and engineers to create a continuous value stream.
Fielmann
Hamburg
10 Monate
2022-10 - 2023-07

B2B2C sales platform

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Led Heating Online Germany, the intelligent B2B2C sales platform spanning configurator, offer creation and marketing automation.
  • Contributed to the overall product strategy in collaboration with the digital sales team, breaking it down into delivery milestones, epics and user stories.
  • Engaged with installers/craftsmen and other stakeholders to align business context and negotiate scope, prioritization, and dependencies.
  • Served as the spokesperson and ambassador of the platform, and communicated achievements towards the rest of the organization.
  • Created a product process to achieve better product-market fit and accelerating time-to-market based on qualitative and quantitative data.
Vaillant
Remscheid
10 Monate
2021-11 - 2022-08

Product management for the shopping platform

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Drove day-to-day product management for the shopping platform, including detailed feature definition, team assignments, and coordination.
  • Increased customer satisfaction, reduced service costs, and lowered CO2 footprint by launching paperless online returns.
  • Developed new design principles, payment methods, cashback providers and more in a conversion-sensitive area of the customer journey.
  • Talked to customers through user interviews and on-demand user testing to identify spoken customer needs, but also hidden opportunities.
  • Advised on the migration from monolithic WebSphere Commerce to a verticalized, microservice-based RESTful architecture.
C&A
Düsseldorf
2 Jahre
2020-01 - 2021-12

Platform for decentralized PV systems

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Guided the product philosophy, vision, and strategy for products and features that made ennexOS the best platform for decentralized PV systems.
  • Balanced multiple products and priorities, scaled teams, and ensured the organization is effective, healthy and set up for success by establishing clear and measurable goals in a fast-paced environment.
  • Built and led the Core IoT framework, shipped in 20+ countries worldwide, used by 100k+ industrial and commercial customers every month.
  • Delivered key CX enhancements to the SMA Energy and SMA 360 mobile apps (iOS/Android) to meet customer needs and business goals.
  • Coached both the product teams and leadership on how to establish and sustain product thinking for high value delivery.
SMA Solar Technology
Kassel
7 Monate
2019-06 - 2019-12

Cross-platform product from UX through APIs

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Built and maintained a cross-platform product from UX through APIs to backend to enable sophisticated real-estate portfolio management.
  • Integrated external data sources via third-party interfaces for optimized pricing and negotiation support.
  • Facilitated and contributed to technical discussions ensuring clear decisions.
Westfall
Cologne
3 Monate
2019-03 - 2019-05

Tariff calculator framework

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Laid the foundation for a new tariff calculator framework, generating a sixfigure revenue pipeline within months.
  • Developed strategy, championed and launched two insurance products.
  • Introduced and measured success through OKRs and KPIs that highlight user adoption and engagement.
  • Consulted the company on how to shift from being process-led to product-led.
AXA
Cologne
2 Jahre 2 Monate
2017-01 - 2019-02

Shop platform

Head of Product
Head of Product
  • Took ownership of the shop platform in 11 European countries during a highgrowth phase with increasing complexity.
  • Led a multi-disciplinary team of 4 PMs developing and maintaining customer-facing products at scale in an agile environment, crafting an inclusive space where people can learn and work efficiently.
  • Managed end-to-end conception, launch, and hypercare of instore ordering in Germany, home delivery in Poland and multichannel in Austria.
  • Communicated clearly roadmaps, priorities, experiments and decisions across a wide spectrum of audiences from partner teams to executive levels.
  • Planned and directed verticalization of cross-functional teams.
OBI Digital, today: OBI next
Cologne

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Business Administration & Economics

Bachelor?s and Master?s Degree, Dr. rer. oec.

University of Wuppertal


Cerification

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Projektleitung Projektmanagement Produktmanagement Stakeholdermanagement Anforderungsmanagement Roadmap Agile Softwareentwicklung Strategieberatung Interim Manager Agile Transformation Changemanagement

Schwerpunkte

  • Digital Product Management
  • Product Vision & Roadmap
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Customer Empathy
  • Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Agile Methods ? Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup, Design Thinking
  • Scaling Frameworks ? SoS, LeSS, SAFe, Nexus

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Tech Stack

  • Management Tools
    • Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO), Confluence, Trello, Slack
  • AI 
    • Gen. AI (LLMs/RAG), Prompt Engineering, AI-Assisted Dev. (Copilot)
  • Enterprise
    • SAP Commerce Cloud, HCL Commerce, Salesforce
  • Design
    • Miro, Figma, Adobe XD
  • Data Analytics
    • Python/Pandas, Stata, Google Analytics
  • Development
    • JS Frameworks, HTML, CSS,
  • Cloud
    • ?AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Lambda

Datenbanken

SQL
NoSQL
SAP HANA

Branchen

Branchen

  • Software, Retail
  • E-Commerce
  • Energy, Insurance
  • Real Estate
  • Transportation
  • Public Sector

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Köln (+50km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

2 Jahre 7 Monate
2023-08 - 2026-02

IT service

Executive Director
Executive Director
  • Functionally responsible for 150+ employees across three of Germany?s largest IT service providers.
  • Pioneered the successful 2025 launch of the Health Data Lab, a milestone not achieved by previous teams.
  • Established Germany?s first purpose-built, ultra-secure data center handling highly sensitive records of the entire statutory insured population under zerotrust and strict compliance standards.
  • Held accountability for a double-digit million euro budget, steered contract negotiations, built key teams, shaped the feature roadmap, and navigated a complex, heterogeneous stakeholder landscape.
on request
Walldorf
5 Monate
2025-07 - 2025-11

Product roadmap

Strategic Product Advisor
Strategic Product Advisor
  • Redefined clear ownership and decision-making across Product Owners, Business Analysts, and development teams.
  • Introduced a transparent product roadmap and lightweight standards to stabilize planning and delivery.
  • Strengthened collaboration with external service providers and embedded them effectively into the delivery model.
  • Implemented scalable operational processes, ensuring transparent communication, task prioritization, and team alignment.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
Düsseldorf
9 Monate
2024-04 - 2024-12

Thermomix 7 launch

Strategic Product Advisor
Strategic Product Advisor
  • Advised and enabled the product team accountable for My Recipes and My Week features.
  • Orchestrated preparation and intensive testing for the Thermomix 7 launch
  • Realized seamless recipe synchronization across all devices to ensure a consistent CX.
  • Drove the redesign of the Cookidoo platform to enhance usability and engagement.
Vorwerk
Wuppertal
4 Monate
2023-04 - 2023-07

Platform Engineering

Strategic Product Advisor
Strategic Product Advisor
  • Led the Platform Engineering aka DevOps team and clarified ownership across platform capabilities.
  • Defined the high-level platform architecture and back it with business case evaluation determining the path forward.
  • Designed and built self-service capabilities to minimize cognitive load for developers and enabled fast flow software delivery.
  • Delivered a shared infrastructure as code to internal software developers and engineers to create a continuous value stream.
Fielmann
Hamburg
10 Monate
2022-10 - 2023-07

B2B2C sales platform

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Led Heating Online Germany, the intelligent B2B2C sales platform spanning configurator, offer creation and marketing automation.
  • Contributed to the overall product strategy in collaboration with the digital sales team, breaking it down into delivery milestones, epics and user stories.
  • Engaged with installers/craftsmen and other stakeholders to align business context and negotiate scope, prioritization, and dependencies.
  • Served as the spokesperson and ambassador of the platform, and communicated achievements towards the rest of the organization.
  • Created a product process to achieve better product-market fit and accelerating time-to-market based on qualitative and quantitative data.
Vaillant
Remscheid
10 Monate
2021-11 - 2022-08

Product management for the shopping platform

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Drove day-to-day product management for the shopping platform, including detailed feature definition, team assignments, and coordination.
  • Increased customer satisfaction, reduced service costs, and lowered CO2 footprint by launching paperless online returns.
  • Developed new design principles, payment methods, cashback providers and more in a conversion-sensitive area of the customer journey.
  • Talked to customers through user interviews and on-demand user testing to identify spoken customer needs, but also hidden opportunities.
  • Advised on the migration from monolithic WebSphere Commerce to a verticalized, microservice-based RESTful architecture.
C&A
Düsseldorf
2 Jahre
2020-01 - 2021-12

Platform for decentralized PV systems

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Guided the product philosophy, vision, and strategy for products and features that made ennexOS the best platform for decentralized PV systems.
  • Balanced multiple products and priorities, scaled teams, and ensured the organization is effective, healthy and set up for success by establishing clear and measurable goals in a fast-paced environment.
  • Built and led the Core IoT framework, shipped in 20+ countries worldwide, used by 100k+ industrial and commercial customers every month.
  • Delivered key CX enhancements to the SMA Energy and SMA 360 mobile apps (iOS/Android) to meet customer needs and business goals.
  • Coached both the product teams and leadership on how to establish and sustain product thinking for high value delivery.
SMA Solar Technology
Kassel
7 Monate
2019-06 - 2019-12

Cross-platform product from UX through APIs

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Built and maintained a cross-platform product from UX through APIs to backend to enable sophisticated real-estate portfolio management.
  • Integrated external data sources via third-party interfaces for optimized pricing and negotiation support.
  • Facilitated and contributed to technical discussions ensuring clear decisions.
Westfall
Cologne
3 Monate
2019-03 - 2019-05

Tariff calculator framework

Senior Product Owner
Senior Product Owner
  • Laid the foundation for a new tariff calculator framework, generating a sixfigure revenue pipeline within months.
  • Developed strategy, championed and launched two insurance products.
  • Introduced and measured success through OKRs and KPIs that highlight user adoption and engagement.
  • Consulted the company on how to shift from being process-led to product-led.
AXA
Cologne
2 Jahre 2 Monate
2017-01 - 2019-02

Shop platform

Head of Product
Head of Product
  • Took ownership of the shop platform in 11 European countries during a highgrowth phase with increasing complexity.
  • Led a multi-disciplinary team of 4 PMs developing and maintaining customer-facing products at scale in an agile environment, crafting an inclusive space where people can learn and work efficiently.
  • Managed end-to-end conception, launch, and hypercare of instore ordering in Germany, home delivery in Poland and multichannel in Austria.
  • Communicated clearly roadmaps, priorities, experiments and decisions across a wide spectrum of audiences from partner teams to executive levels.
  • Planned and directed verticalization of cross-functional teams.
OBI Digital, today: OBI next
Cologne

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Business Administration & Economics

Bachelor?s and Master?s Degree, Dr. rer. oec.

University of Wuppertal


Cerification

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Projektleitung Projektmanagement Produktmanagement Stakeholdermanagement Anforderungsmanagement Roadmap Agile Softwareentwicklung Strategieberatung Interim Manager Agile Transformation Changemanagement

Schwerpunkte

  • Digital Product Management
  • Product Vision & Roadmap
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Customer Empathy
  • Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Agile Methods ? Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup, Design Thinking
  • Scaling Frameworks ? SoS, LeSS, SAFe, Nexus

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Tech Stack

  • Management Tools
    • Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO), Confluence, Trello, Slack
  • AI 
    • Gen. AI (LLMs/RAG), Prompt Engineering, AI-Assisted Dev. (Copilot)
  • Enterprise
    • SAP Commerce Cloud, HCL Commerce, Salesforce
  • Design
    • Miro, Figma, Adobe XD
  • Data Analytics
    • Python/Pandas, Stata, Google Analytics
  • Development
    • JS Frameworks, HTML, CSS,
  • Cloud
    • ?AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Lambda

Datenbanken

SQL
NoSQL
SAP HANA

Branchen

Branchen

  • Software, Retail
  • E-Commerce
  • Energy, Insurance
  • Real Estate
  • Transportation
  • Public Sector

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