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Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Master (CSM) & Agile Coach

Berlin, Deutschland
Berlin +25 km
MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation, University of Cambridge / M.A. in Political Science and Sociology, Tübingen University
Berlin, Deutschland
Berlin +25 km
MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation, University of Cambridge / M.A. in Political Science and Sociology, Tübingen University

Profilanlagen

Project-descriptions_Benjamin-Faas.pdf
CV_Benjamin-Faas.docx
CV_Benjamin-Faas_de.docx
Benjamin Faas-ScrumAlliance_CSM_Certificate.pdf
Benjamin Faas-ScrumAlliance_CSPO_Certificate.pdf

Skills

BalsamiqHTMLJavaJavaScript.Net FrameworkAPIsAgile MethodologieAjaxAmazon Web ServicesKundenbeziehungsmanagementUnternehmensethikBusiness ModelCSSCloud ComputingDatenbankenContinuous DeliveryContinuous IntegrationCertified Scrum Product OwnerRelationale DatenbankenDesign ThinkingDokumentenorientierte DatenbankenGitHubGoogle AnalyticsHypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP)HibernateSpring FrameworkJSONLean ProzesseMarktforschungNode.jsNoSQLObjective-CPrtgProduktdesignProdukt ManagementScrumSoftware ArchitectureSMART-KriterienScalaServiceorientierte ArchitekturSOAPSQLStakeholder ManagementExtensible Markup LanguageDatadogTestenGoogle CloudCertified Scrum MasterIdeenfindungData ScienceReact.jsGrafanaSwift (Programmiersprache)AWS ECSGitLabKanbanGitlab-CiKubernetesGoogle BigqueryGraphQLReact NativeElastic KibanaRestful ApisSoftware Version ControlJenkinsKpi-BerichterstattungProgramming LanguagesMicroservices
Specialist knowledge:

Agile frameworks and techniques
Scrum, Kanban (Training in theory and practice under Stefan Roock, Andrea Tomasini and Markus Andrezak), Story Mapping

Agile software development processes
Behavior Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment

Lean approaches
Hypothesis-driven product development, Minimum Viable Product, Split Testing, Build-Measure-Learn cycle, Business Model Canvas, Lean Canvas, Project Canvas

Techniques for problem solving and idea generation
Design Thinking, Product Discovery

Objective and outcome management
Objectives and key results (OKRs), SMART goals, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Progress/Plans/Problems (PPPs)
 

Technologies:

Cloud computing platforms
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform
Programming languages, frameworks and techniques
Java, Spring, Hibernate, Scala, .NET, Objective-C, Swift, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, node.js, Ajax, HTTP(S), React Native
Application programming interfaces
RESTful APIs using JSON and XML, GraphQL, SOAP APIs
Software architecture
Monolithic architectures, Service-oriented architectures, Micro-services
Databases
Relational databases (SQL), Document-oriented databases (NoSQL)
Container management
AWS ECS, Kubernetes
IT infrastructure monitoring
Grafana, Kibana, Pingdom, PRTG, DataDog
Version control systems and Continuous Integration
Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Hudson, Gitlab CI
 

Programming languages:

SQL
 

Tools:
Google Analytics, Google BigQuery, Google Data Studio, Balsamiq
 

Personal competencies:

Leadership skills
Building performant and happy teams
Managing and improving team performance
Functional and disciplinary leadership of internal and external workforce
Goal setting and monitoring via clear objectives and measurable key results

Teamwork & Communication skills
Communication with internal and external C-level stakeholders
Management of and collaboration with internal and external partners
Building relationships based on mutual trust and respect

Business skills
Definition of vision and mission
Deriving strategies and roadmaps from vision, customer and market insights
Transfering qualitative and quantitative data into actionable topics
Decision-making under ambiguous conditions 

Personal skills
Professional workplace and business ethics
Flexibility towards changing environments
Resilience against stressful situations
Perseverance and determination to reach set goals

Erfahrung

Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2021

Sprachen

DeutschMutterspracheEnglischverhandlungssicher

Projekthistorie

Freelance Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Self-employed Freelance Consultant

Internet und Informationstechnologie

Freelance Product Owner, Scrum Master and Agile Coach in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in diverse industries.

Last projects:
  • Adevinta, Technical Project Manager: 
    • Responsible for the coordination of several sub-workstreams building the world’s largest classifieds multi-tenant platform
  • Aroundhome (a ProSiebenSat.1 company), Product Manager: 
    • Implementation and business-side verification of a concept for digital qualification of user requests for matching service providers 
  • Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf, Product Manager Mobile: 
    • Responsible for advising on and guiding the rebuild of Android and iOS Apps  

Director Product

Visual Meta GmbH (an Axel Springer company), Berlin

Internet und Informationstechnologie

50-250 Mitarbeiter

Director Product co-leading the Product & Engineering Department together with the Director Engineering

Responsibilities:
  • Defining and delivering a 3-5 year horizon Product Strategy including a Product Vision & Mission connecting to existing Company Strategy and strategies from adjacent departments
 
  • Refining an existing OKR process together with OKR Master and Directors of other departments with the goal of increasing focus and thereby outcome
  • Supporting the Director Engineering in creating a Platform Transformation strategy with the goal of transforming a monolithic on-premise tech stack into a service-oriented, cloud-based architecture and establishing a domain-based organizational setup
  • Accountability for a motivated and talented team of 5 Head-level colleagues as well as 17 operational team members from Product Management, Data and UX/UI design

Key achievements:
  • Defined and delivered a 3-5 year horizon Product Strategy including a Product Vision & Mission
  • Increased focus within OKR process by moving from 10 company-level objectives to 2 and from several hundred team-level key results to a few dozen
  • Creation of a career path framework for the Product Team defining roles and responsibilities from Junior to Head level positions 

Head of Product Platform Innovation

HRS Innovation Hub GmbH (a company of the HRS Group), Berlin

Internet und Informationstechnologie

10-50 Mitarbeiter

HRS Innovation Hub Leadership Team
Extended HRS Leadership Team for Product Development & IT

Responsibilities:
  • Defining and delivering a next generation Search & Book platform
  • Using data, machine-learning and recommendation technology to identify the lowest and best-matching rates for customers
  • People management responsibility for a team of up to 5 motivated and talented individuals from Product Management, Software Engineering and UX/UI design
  • Interim lead Finance for the Product Development & IT part of the HRS Innovation Hub from 11/2018 to 06/2019

Key achievements:
  • 48% conversion rate uplift on the new Search & Book platform
  • Up to 450,000 USD additional monthly savings for company’s largest account

Freelance Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Self-employed Freelance Consultant

Internet und Informationstechnologie

Freelance Product Owner, Agile Coach & Project Manager in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in industries like finance and travel.

Projects:
  • Consorsbank (a BNP Paribas company), Product Manager Mobile: 
    • Creation of a financial assistant chatbot for Android and iOS
  • HRS Innovation Hub (a HRS Group company), Product Manager:
    • Returned a large rewrite project for a multi-tenant hotel booking platform intofeasible timelines and a manageable scope

Product Lead Mobile, Search and Engagement

AutoScout24 GmbH (a Scout24 AG company), Munich

Internet und Informationstechnologie

250-500 Mitarbeiter

Responsibilities:
  • Driving forward the development of a platform rewrite for the web-based applications ensuring a cutting-edge search experience
  • Refinement of existing agile and lean working approaches to foster the collaboration between the Product and Engineering departments
 
  • Strengthening the market position and economical value of the native mobile applications through conversion rate improvements and close collaboration with external partners like Google.
  • People management responsibility for a team of up to 10 motivated and talented Product Managers from junior to senior level

Key achievements:
  • Android App team received the Google Play Top Developer award
  • Invitation by Google to the Chrome Dev Summit 2015 in Mountain View to pioneer new functionality in the automotive industry
  • Invitation by Google to collaborate on attribution and customer lifetime value models.

Sabbatical

Rest from work to focus on personal goals and definition of next career steps

Product Manager Mobile

mobile.international GmbH (an eBay Inc. company), Dreilinden

Internet und Informationstechnologie

50-250 Mitarbeiter

First full-time Product Manager for mobile applications at mobile.de
Representative for eBay Advertising in the Association of Online Research (AGOF) 2012-2013

Responsibilities:
  • Ownership of web-based and native mobile applications across various form factors and platform ecosystems
  • Ensuring maximum user and business value through regular user testing, usability testing, A/B testing and analysis of tracking data
  • Identification and delivery of measures to increase the Net Promoter Score of products
  • Conception and implementation of measures in collaboration with Mobile Advertising, Mobile Performance Marketing and Product Marketing

Key achievements:
  • Rewrite of an existing iPhone app with limited functionality into a feature-complete app resulting in 57% more monthly unique users than direct competitor (AGOF mobile facts 2013-I)
  • Envisioned and delivered a native Android application for both phone and tablet resulting in 107% more monthly unique users than direct competitor (AGOF mobile facts 2013-I)
  • Envisioned and delivered a state-of-the-art web-based mobile website resulting in 56% and 173% more monthly unique users than the company’s own iPhone and Android apps (AGOF mobile facts 2013-I)

Junior Product Manager

Youtailor - BFB Handels GmbH, Berlin

Internet und Informationstechnologie

10-50 Mitarbeiter

First Product Manager for a start-up in the online retail business for made-to-measure clothing

Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for continued development and optimization of the tailored garments configurator
  • Managing product inventory via the underlying e-commerce system
  • Supporting the Marketing and Customer Support Departments through the creation of audiovisual and written content

Key achievements:
  • Scaling of the existing business to further countries
Diversification of existing product lines

Zertifikate

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

2016

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Scrum Alliance

2012

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