Expert in Innovation Strategy, Business Transformation, Digital Products & Business Models
Aktualisiert am 15.01.2025
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Remote-Arbeit
Verfügbar ab: 14.01.2025
Verfügbar zu: 100%
davon vor Ort: 100%
agiles Projektmanagement
Innovationsmanagement
Digitalisierung
Product Management
Strategie
MVP
Design Thinking
Validierung
Validierungstests
strategische Umorientierung (Neuorganisation
Business Development
Wettbewerbsanalyse
Changemanagement
Agile Transformation
Risikokapital
Software as a Service
Marktanalyse
Marktstudie
Skalierbarkeit
Geschäftsprozessanalyse
Produktentwicklung
Produktdesign
Business Case
German
Muttersprache
English
Verhandlungssicher
French
Verhandlungssicher
Portuguese
Fortgeschritten
Arabic

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year
2023-11 - 2024-10

Innovation process design, idea validation and workshop facilitation

Innovation Manager
Innovation Manager
The client is a corporate venture builder incubating impact-driven startups in the circular economy. Within the scope of various engagements, I have:
  • Validated a B2B business idea in the textiles industry, with focus on a customer desirability study and expert research
  • Designed an internal process for systematic and continuous ideation of new circular business ideas
  • Validated a B2C business idea in the field of climate action, with focus on a customer desirability study, willingness to pay and pricing analysis, and business case calculation
  • Designed and facilitated a design thinking & rapid prototyping workshop for a B2C business idea in the field of second hand commerce
Berlin
5 months
2024-05 - 2024-09

Ideation and validation of digital business ideas

Innovation Manager
Innovation Manager
The client provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for airlines worldwide. As part of an extensive innovation project led by an Innovation & Ventures boutique consultancy, and with the goal of incubating new business ideas that digitally extend the existing service portfolio, I took over the following responsibilities:
  • Designed and facilitated multiple ideation workshops to generate, prioritize, and detail customer-centric business ideas across business units
  • Led 2 customer teams validating a B2B idea each within a 100-day sprint, with focus on a customer desirability study, a technical and operational feasibility analysis, and a financial business case
  • Managed various project stakeholders and provided regular reporting to senior management and the Board
  • Conducted various trainings to foster the overall innovation culture and mindset within the organisation
  • Prepared MVP-ready investor pitch decks and conducted pitch trainings
Berlin & Hamburg
4 months
2024-03 - 2024-06

Enablement of internal idea incubation

Intrapreneur Mentor
Intrapreneur Mentor
The #Innovationsfond II (IF2) is an intrapreneurship program enabling VW employees to incubate innovative business ideas to expand the existing corporate product and service portfolio. As part of the 2024 batch, I have coached one of the intrapreneur teams to validate, test, iterate, prototype, and pitch their business idea.
Volkswagen
Wolfsburg
6 months
2023-05 - 2023-10

Pricing strategy and go-to-market management

Go-to-Market Strategy Manager
Go-to-Market Strategy Manager
  • Lead the global and cross-functional taskforce on annual subscription commitment to improve customer engagement and ROI
  • Monitored the implementation of a new pricing policy for new customers incl. performance analytics, strategic iterations and Sales re-trainings
  • Lead the discovery for the implementation of a customer onboarding fee as a decision-making basis for sr. management
  • Accompanied the roll-out of a new pricing for existing customers
Doctolib
Berlin
1 year 4 months
2021-07 - 2022-10

Growth strategy and operational leadership

Strategy & Operations Lead
Strategy & Operations Lead
  • Lead a team of 11 full-time and 120+ part-time & freelance employees (incl. POA)
  • Took full local PnL ownership, accounting for ~60K of total company revenue
  • Managed financial planning, goal-setting (OKRs), strategic growth initiatives,
  • and day-to-day operations
  • Grew supply capacity by 80% YoY through real estate development, utilization
  • Optimization and improvement of recruiting efficiency
  • Grew monthly revenue by 180% YoY and contribution margin by 7% YoY
  • focusing on improving product availability, customer experience and demand
BEAT81
Berlin
3 years 4 months
2018-04 - 2021-07

Innovation and digital product consulting

Management Consultant
Management Consultant
  • Rollout of a digital CX measurement tool in the telco industry
  • Concept for the user-centric relaunch of a statistical data portal in banking
  • Implementation of a digital knowledge management solution in banking
  • Ideation & validation of a digital business idea in the carbon offsetting market
  • Validation of a marketplace idea in the music industry
  • Ramp-up of a corporate cloud services startup in the retail industry
  • Validation & business design of a an AI-based venture in fixed income investing
Deloitte Digital
Berlin

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

2 years 1 month
2017-03 - 2019-03

International Business Development

Master of Science (M.Sc.), ESB Business School, Reutlingen/ Germany
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
ESB Business School, Reutlingen/ Germany
3 years 7 months
2012-10 - 2016-04

International Relations and Management

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH), Regensburg/ Germany
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH), Regensburg/ Germany
5 months
2014-02 - 2014-06

Semester abroad

E?cole de Gouvernance et d'E?conomie (EGE), Rabat/ Morocco
E?cole de Gouvernance et d'E?conomie (EGE), Rabat/ Morocco

Position

Position

Hands-on and results-oriented Digital Strategy & Operations professional with a passion for innovative and impactful products and 7+ years of experience building and growing business ventures in a management consulting context as well as in early-stage and high-growth startups. Eager to leverage business acumen as well as project and stakeholder management skills to help the management focus on key business priorities, make informed strategic decisions, allocate budgets and execute on sustainable venture optimization, growth and expansion ambitions.


Supporting innovative businesses in four key areas:

? Digital strategy: Designing and implementing sustainable structures, vehicles, processes and KPIs for topline growth

? Digital opportunities: Ideating, validating, developing and launching digital products and business ventures

? Venture scaling: Defining and tracking metrics for growth and efficiency

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

agiles Projektmanagement Innovationsmanagement Digitalisierung Product Management Strategie MVP Design Thinking Validierung Validierungstests strategische Umorientierung (Neuorganisation Business Development Wettbewerbsanalyse Changemanagement Agile Transformation Risikokapital Software as a Service Marktanalyse Marktstudie Skalierbarkeit Geschäftsprozessanalyse Produktentwicklung Produktdesign Business Case

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Strategic and analytical thinking and decision-making
Cross-functional leadership and teamwork
Effective project and stakeholder management
Market analysis and customer-centric business design
Effective communication, presentation and negotiation
Critical, but solution-oriented, can-do attitude

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year
2023-11 - 2024-10

Innovation process design, idea validation and workshop facilitation

Innovation Manager
Innovation Manager
The client is a corporate venture builder incubating impact-driven startups in the circular economy. Within the scope of various engagements, I have:
  • Validated a B2B business idea in the textiles industry, with focus on a customer desirability study and expert research
  • Designed an internal process for systematic and continuous ideation of new circular business ideas
  • Validated a B2C business idea in the field of climate action, with focus on a customer desirability study, willingness to pay and pricing analysis, and business case calculation
  • Designed and facilitated a design thinking & rapid prototyping workshop for a B2C business idea in the field of second hand commerce
Berlin
5 months
2024-05 - 2024-09

Ideation and validation of digital business ideas

Innovation Manager
Innovation Manager
The client provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for airlines worldwide. As part of an extensive innovation project led by an Innovation & Ventures boutique consultancy, and with the goal of incubating new business ideas that digitally extend the existing service portfolio, I took over the following responsibilities:
  • Designed and facilitated multiple ideation workshops to generate, prioritize, and detail customer-centric business ideas across business units
  • Led 2 customer teams validating a B2B idea each within a 100-day sprint, with focus on a customer desirability study, a technical and operational feasibility analysis, and a financial business case
  • Managed various project stakeholders and provided regular reporting to senior management and the Board
  • Conducted various trainings to foster the overall innovation culture and mindset within the organisation
  • Prepared MVP-ready investor pitch decks and conducted pitch trainings
Berlin & Hamburg
4 months
2024-03 - 2024-06

Enablement of internal idea incubation

Intrapreneur Mentor
Intrapreneur Mentor
The #Innovationsfond II (IF2) is an intrapreneurship program enabling VW employees to incubate innovative business ideas to expand the existing corporate product and service portfolio. As part of the 2024 batch, I have coached one of the intrapreneur teams to validate, test, iterate, prototype, and pitch their business idea.
Volkswagen
Wolfsburg
6 months
2023-05 - 2023-10

Pricing strategy and go-to-market management

Go-to-Market Strategy Manager
Go-to-Market Strategy Manager
  • Lead the global and cross-functional taskforce on annual subscription commitment to improve customer engagement and ROI
  • Monitored the implementation of a new pricing policy for new customers incl. performance analytics, strategic iterations and Sales re-trainings
  • Lead the discovery for the implementation of a customer onboarding fee as a decision-making basis for sr. management
  • Accompanied the roll-out of a new pricing for existing customers
Doctolib
Berlin
1 year 4 months
2021-07 - 2022-10

Growth strategy and operational leadership

Strategy & Operations Lead
Strategy & Operations Lead
  • Lead a team of 11 full-time and 120+ part-time & freelance employees (incl. POA)
  • Took full local PnL ownership, accounting for ~60K of total company revenue
  • Managed financial planning, goal-setting (OKRs), strategic growth initiatives,
  • and day-to-day operations
  • Grew supply capacity by 80% YoY through real estate development, utilization
  • Optimization and improvement of recruiting efficiency
  • Grew monthly revenue by 180% YoY and contribution margin by 7% YoY
  • focusing on improving product availability, customer experience and demand
BEAT81
Berlin
3 years 4 months
2018-04 - 2021-07

Innovation and digital product consulting

Management Consultant
Management Consultant
  • Rollout of a digital CX measurement tool in the telco industry
  • Concept for the user-centric relaunch of a statistical data portal in banking
  • Implementation of a digital knowledge management solution in banking
  • Ideation & validation of a digital business idea in the carbon offsetting market
  • Validation of a marketplace idea in the music industry
  • Ramp-up of a corporate cloud services startup in the retail industry
  • Validation & business design of a an AI-based venture in fixed income investing
Deloitte Digital
Berlin

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

2 years 1 month
2017-03 - 2019-03

International Business Development

Master of Science (M.Sc.), ESB Business School, Reutlingen/ Germany
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
ESB Business School, Reutlingen/ Germany
3 years 7 months
2012-10 - 2016-04

International Relations and Management

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH), Regensburg/ Germany
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH), Regensburg/ Germany
5 months
2014-02 - 2014-06

Semester abroad

E?cole de Gouvernance et d'E?conomie (EGE), Rabat/ Morocco
E?cole de Gouvernance et d'E?conomie (EGE), Rabat/ Morocco

Position

Position

Hands-on and results-oriented Digital Strategy & Operations professional with a passion for innovative and impactful products and 7+ years of experience building and growing business ventures in a management consulting context as well as in early-stage and high-growth startups. Eager to leverage business acumen as well as project and stakeholder management skills to help the management focus on key business priorities, make informed strategic decisions, allocate budgets and execute on sustainable venture optimization, growth and expansion ambitions.


Supporting innovative businesses in four key areas:

? Digital strategy: Designing and implementing sustainable structures, vehicles, processes and KPIs for topline growth

? Digital opportunities: Ideating, validating, developing and launching digital products and business ventures

? Venture scaling: Defining and tracking metrics for growth and efficiency

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

agiles Projektmanagement Innovationsmanagement Digitalisierung Product Management Strategie MVP Design Thinking Validierung Validierungstests strategische Umorientierung (Neuorganisation Business Development Wettbewerbsanalyse Changemanagement Agile Transformation Risikokapital Software as a Service Marktanalyse Marktstudie Skalierbarkeit Geschäftsprozessanalyse Produktentwicklung Produktdesign Business Case

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Strategic and analytical thinking and decision-making
Cross-functional leadership and teamwork
Effective project and stakeholder management
Market analysis and customer-centric business design
Effective communication, presentation and negotiation
Critical, but solution-oriented, can-do attitude

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