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David Schmidt

Product Owner / Business Analyst

David Schmidt
Hanhofen, Germany

Experience

Jul 2023 - Present
2 years 7 months
Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Product Owner / Business Analyst

CODUCT Solutions GmbH

  • Interim Product Manager for ainavio GmbH: developing AI powered E-Commerce product data annotation software with an international/cross-functional SCRUM team (agile, product discovery, user centered).
  • Requirements Engineer at ZEISS: analysis and specification of requirements for process software within high-technology hardware production.
  • Product Manager for PlanYou Business Process and Task Planner: transforming the product from an outdated on-premise solution to a modern, scalable cloud native SaaS application.
  • Technologies: ChatGPT/OpenAI API, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Draw.io, Miro, Figma, Polarion, Scrum, JIRA
Aug 2022 - May 2023
10 months
Aachen, Germany

Product Manager

Taxy.io

  • Led the international product team in a functional manner and shipped a B2B whitelabel solution in close collaboration with the client BUHL.
  • Derived the functional strategy and roadmap for developing a new B2B platform for tax advisors from scratch.
  • User-centric feature development including product discovery, interviews, and surveys.
  • Acted as buddy/coach and sparring partner for new product managers.
  • Led recruiting interviews and onboarding of new employees.
  • Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Figma, Scrum, Kanban, JIRA Product Discovery
Mar 2022 - Jul 2022
5 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Product Owner - Smart Connected Services

Assecco Solutions AG

  • Led the international product team in a functional manner for the development of a field service app.
  • Held functional responsibility for the multi-platform service app built with Xamarin.
  • Communicated directly with real customers to gather feedback and requirements.
  • Technologies: Xamarin, Confluence
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
2 years 9 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Requirements Engineer / Product Owner

Unic GmbH

  • Managed multi-phase B2B CMS and e-commerce projects: requirements gathering, documentation and management (SAP Commerce Cloud, Adobe Experience Manager, Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).
  • Conceptualized and delivered a B2B customer portal/platform featuring e-commerce, self-service, re-order forecasts, and a customer dashboard.
  • Consulted clients on technical and functional possibilities of requirements.
  • Created full and comprehensive project and product backlogs from scratch.
  • Planned delivery milestones and product roadmaps.
  • Worked with an international development team in the agile SCRUM process as proxy product owner, responsible for backlogs, refinements, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
  • Conducted workshops to teach and onboard clients to the new CMS systems.
  • Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, Adobe Experience Manager, SAP Commerce Cloud, Figma, Azure DevOps, Miro
Jun 2018 - May 2019
1 year
Karlsruhe, Germany

Product Manager E-Commerce App & Mobile Shop

Heinrich Heine GmbH

  • Responsible for the technical development of the app and the mobile store.
  • Tracked and reported KPIs, driving user-centric actions.
  • Relaunched the app with a new brand identity.
  • Technologies: Redmine, Gherkin, Scrum, iOS, Android, Google Analytics
Jul 2017 - May 2018
11 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Product Manager Apps

Chrono24

  • Managed product and sprint backlogs for the native iOS and Android apps in the agile SCRUM process.
  • Identified potential to improve the app by enabling virtual try-on of watches via augmented reality; presented to C-level and led implementation.
  • Developed features such as the wish list and a new login & registration path from concept through requirements and testing.
  • Tracked KPIs and created reports using Google Analytics and App Annie.
  • Performed testing and QA of native iOS and Android apps using Testflight, Crashlytics, and Applause.
  • Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, Testflight, Crashlytics, Applause, Axure, Google Analytics, App Annie, iOS, Android
Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
1 year 1 month
Karlsruhe, Germany

Working Student - Product Management Apps

Chrono24 GmbH

  • Tested new release builds (iOS / Android) for bugs, functionality, and quality.
  • Conducted product and market research, benchmarking, and developed concepts.
  • Supported sprint planning, refinements, and reviews in SCRUM and KANBAN.
  • Recorded and evaluated KPIs and company-relevant statistics and figures.

Summary

David has strong expertise in building digital products in an agile manner (SCRUM, KANBAN) throughout various industries. His special trait is empathy - identifying users needs and problems, discovering scalable and lovable product solutions, coaching new product managers, leading international teams in a functional manner - he does so with courage, interest and empathy.

He aims to deliver and run high-quality digital products in quick iteration cycles that users love to use day in day out. He can break down complex product scenarios to various audiences and proactively derive as well as promote ideas and visions into the team.

In his free-time David loves to tinker with mobile app business models and work on own ideas.

Skills

  • Jobs To Be Done
  • Product Discovery
  • User Story Mapping
  • Workshops
  • Interviews
  • Design Thinking
  • Okrs
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Documentation
  • Specification
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Swift
  • Swiftui
  • Dart
  • Flutter
  • Mobile/apps (Ios, Android)
  • Aws (Ec2, S3, Iam, Vpc)
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Ai Solution Architecture
  • Cloud

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary

Education

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Business Engineering · Business Engineering · Karlsruhe, Germany

Certifications & licenses

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering - Foundational Level

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