Results
From vision to launch. Concrete results in regulated environments.
Municipal Platform
0-to-1 | Launch planned 2026
Role: Product Owner
Digital platform for municipal administration. Regulatory-relevant product. Multi-stakeholder environment. Digitize legacy processes. Data protection and IT security.
- • Define product vision, strategy, and goals
- • Requirements engineering with departments
- • Specification document for external development team
- • Translation of legal requirements into product requirements
- • Guardrails: GDPR compliance, BSI conformity
In progress
Impact: Details to follow after launch.
Digital Risk Object Management
10 months | Enterprise Platform | 2025
Role: SAFe Product Owner (Platform Evolution)
Central risk data platform for an international industrial insurer. Global rollouts (APAC, EU, NCSA) in regulated environment. Consolidate legacy systems. Define target vision for digital underwriting processes. Note: This was platform evolution and process optimization, not a 0-to-1 build.
- • SAFe Product Owner for risk data platform
- • International rollout management in regulated environment
- • API integrations for underwriting processes
- • Qualitative research (bounce rates, pain points, UX interviews)
- • SAFe ART: PI planning, Big Room, feature scoping
- • Coordination with governance, architecture, and product committees
APAC, EU, NCSA in rollout
1,000-5,000 employees
Coordination with governance and architecture
Impact: Central platform for Risk Object Management in the group. Digital target vision for underwriting processes established.
Gematik-Compliant Health Apps
6 months | Concept to Launch | 2023-2024
Digital health application (DiGA) for mental health. Complex regulatory environment (Gematik, BfArM). Team without launch experience. Tight timeline for BfArM approval. Additionally: CardLink module for prescription scans from the eGK with only 12% activation rate.
- • OMTM: Compliance rate (regulatory requirements)
- • Guardrails: User safety, data quality
- • Weekly BfArM alignment sprints
- • Project-based product consulting (6 months)
- • Stage Readiness Check for CardLink rollout (OMTM: Scan Activation ≥ 40%)
App Store rating
Team scaled 1→10 people
Concept → BfArM approval
CardLink Scan Activation Rate
Support cases via webchat solution
Impact: Thousands of users in the first 3 months. BfArM approval on first attempt. CardLink rolled out nationwide. Team now production-ready and independent.
Connected Bike Platform
10 months | MVP to Launch | 2021-2022
Role: 1 of 2 Product Owners, Service focus
IoT platform for connected e-bikes. Integration with legacy systems (SAP BYD, CRM). Stakeholders from hardware, software, service teams. Missing service infrastructure for connected products. US launch pressure without feature parity.
- • OMTM: Service request reduction
- • Guardrails: Customer satisfaction, uptime
- • Self-service funnel design for connected bike support
- • Global CS training for DE, UK, US
- • Feature parity analysis before US launch (Go/No-Go decision)
Service cost reduction via self-service
Platform uptime
MVP → Production
Rolled out with global training
Impact: Successful launch in 3 markets. US launch deliberately postponed until feature parity achieved. Platform scaled to 50,000+ connected bikes. Service team production-ready and independent.
OZG Portal Integration (Citizen Services)
5 months | Portal Integration | 2021
Role: Product Owner
OZG-compliant integration of a statutory health insurer with the citizen portal. ~60 administrative services from the GKV catalog to digitize. Two-stage linking architecture (alias URLs → process URLs). Close coordination with portal network, IT service provider, and departments.
- • OMTM: Number of OZG-compliant services (go-live ready)
- • Guardrails: Accessibility, data protection, portal network conformity
- • Mapping GKV-60 catalog to existing online services
- • Iterative release batches instead of big bang
OZG-compliant connected to citizen portal
Alias URLs for immediate go-live, process URLs for long-term
Concept to go-live
Impact: Citizens can access GKV administrative services directly via the citizen portal. Two-stage architecture enabled fast go-live without backend migration.
Edge-to-Cloud Predictive Maintenance Platform
14 months | Edge-to-Cloud | 2018-2019
Role: Project Lead, 55-Person Cross-Functional Team
Predictive Maintenance Platform for automatic door systems. Digital Twin architecture decision (3 variants). Hardware platform was discontinued mid-project. Complex vendor landscape with SAP, IoT service providers, and internal IT. Deadline under pressure.
- • OMTM: Time-to-Market (trade show readiness)
- • Guardrails: Architecture sustainability, avoid vendor lock-in
- • Edge-to-cloud architecture with external vendors coordinated
- • Decision template: DIY vs. Reduced Scope vs. SAP AIN
- • Cross-functional alignment across hardware, firmware, cloud, IT
- • SAP license negotiation and vendor consolidation
SAP license costs reduced (190K → 56K/year)
Architecture variants evaluated
Cross-functionally coordinated
Impact: Hardware platform erosion handled. Strategically sustainable architecture chosen. Vendor costs optimized long-term. Platform foundation created for future connected products.
Matching Portal for Reducing Training Dropouts
18 months | MVP to Rollout | 2017-2019
Role: Product Owner + Manager with personnel responsibility (Accenture)
Digitization initiative at federal level. Develop psychologically-based matching portal for students. Goal: Sustainably reduce study and training dropouts. Fixed-price project with ministry coordination. >10,000 employee client organization.
- • Agile product roadmap in fixed-price project
- • MVP design and hypothesis validation in pilot schools & innovation labs
- • Customer journey optimization (Design Thinking, Lean UX)
- • Collaboration with POs, architects, UX, devs, and ministries
- • Continuous monitoring of product metrics
- • Personnel responsibility including recruiting & technical leadership
Booking requests to counselors (20x uplift)
With ministry coordination
Client organization
Scaling across multiple teams
Impact: Psychologically-based matching portal for students. Strategy concept for enterprise-wide process digitization (DDD, container platforms).