David Schmidt
Product Owner / Business Analyst
Experience
Jul 2023 - Present
2 years Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
Product Owner / Business Analyst
CODUCT Solutions GmbH
- Working for several internal and external projects as Product Manager, Requirements Engineer, Business Analyst.
- 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).
- Requiremets Engineer at ZEISS: Analysis and specification of requirements for process softwares within high technology hardware production.
- Product Manager for PlanYou Business Process and Task Planner: Transforming the product from an out-dated 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
- David was responsible for developing a whitelabel tax solution for the client BUHL and consulting them. He furthermore was part of the platform team and coached new employees.
- Leading the international product team in a functional manner and shipping a B2B whitelabel solution in close collaboration with the clients.
- Derived the functional strategy and roadmap for developing a new B2B platform for tax advisors from scratch.
- User centric feature development (Product discovery, interviews, surveys).
- Buddy/Coach and sparrings partner for new Product Managers.
- Lead 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
- David was responsible for the development of a field service app with an international team.
- Leading the international product team in a functional manner.
- Functional responsibility for the multi-platform service app (Xamarin).
- Direct communication 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
- David lead projects in functional manner with cross-functional and international development teams.
- 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 (e-commerce, self-service, re-order forecasts, customer dashbboard)
- Consulting clients regarding technical and functional possibilities of requirements.
- Creating full/comprehensive project & product backlogs from scratch
- Planning of delivery milestones and product roadmap
- Working with an international development team in the agile SCRUM process as proxy Product Owner (responsible for backlogs, refinements, sprint plannings, retrospectives).
- Workshops to teach and onboard clients to the new CMS systems
- Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), 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.
- Tracking/reporting of KPIs and driving user centric actions.
- Relaunch of 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
- David co-lead the iOS and Android team to develop the native app. He also pitched an idea to C-level and was responsible for the concept and implementation into the app.
- Responsible for the product and sprint backlogs for the native iOS and Android apps in the agile SCRUM process as Product Manager.
- Identified potential to improve the app: Try on watches virtually via augmented reality; presented to C-Level; responsible for implementation in the app.
- Brought features to life such as the wish list and a new login & registration path from scratch (concept, requirements, testing).
- Tracking KPIs and creating reports (Google Analytics, App Annie).
- Testing and QA of native iOS and Android apps (Testflight, Crashlytics, 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
- Testing new release builds (iOS / Android) for bugs/functionality/quality
- Product and market research, benchmarking, concepts
- Support in sprint planning, refinements, reviews (SCRUM, KANBAN)
- Recording and evaluation of 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.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary
Education
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, eBusiness & Service Management, Informatics, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Seminar Entrepreneurship · Business Engineering · Karlsruhe, Germany
Certifications & licenses
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering - Foundational Level
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