David Schmidt
Product Owner / Business Analyst
Experience
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- Product Manager for PlanYou Business Process and Task Planner: transforming the product from an outdated on-premise solution to a modern, scalable cloud native SaaS application.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Education
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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