Dimitri P. - Lead Product Manager

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Berlin, Germany

Experience

Apr 2021 - May 2022

1 year 2 months

Lead Product Manager

Wonder Technologies GmbH

Led the entire product organisation through complete rebuild of the product resulting in a 25% increase in engagement, considerably greater technical stability and a reduction in server costs.
Product Manager for 3 teams: Media (webrtc), Cockpit (static functionality) and World (rendering engine).
Coached and mentored the product organisation to become outcome-oriented and active in shaping their way of working.
Led the transformation of the product organisation to start scaling. Implemented a culture of empowerment and discovery.

May 2020 - Mar 2021

11 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Lead Product Management Consultant

Product People GmbH (Agency), Switzerland Global Enterprise (Client)

Analysed each department’s services and led user interviews. Synthesised findings and recommendations to the board.
Product managed the integration of external solutions into a single unified platform to create a seamless user experience.

Nov 2018 - Dec 2019

1 year 2 months

Berlin, Germany

Enterprise Agile & Product Coach

Heycar (Mobility Trader GmbH)

Agile Coach (6 months)**:
Led the agile transformation and set-up the structure to scale from 2 to 7 teams.
Set-up custom organisational structure and release train for Product and Engineering departments to align and scale.
Trained on agile tools, frameworks, and mindset for a coherent deployment of empowerment and continuous improvement.
Hands-on coaching and mentoring of Product and Engineering teams in their daily agile activities.
Product Coach (8 months)**:
Revamped processes and working agreements. Set-up prioritisation framework, user feedback, and Community of Practice.
Mentored and created custom trainings for PMs (vision and mission, OKRs, outcome-based roadmaps, sprint dynamics and execution, backlog management, stakeholder management, lean development, user-centricity, product leadership).
Created custom product development frameworks to empower PMs to focus on outcomes and balancing discovery and delivery.

Apr 2016 - Jun 2018

2 years 3 months

Berlin, Germany

Senior Agile & Design Thinking Coach

Native Instruments GmbH

Agile Coach**:
Coached Product and Engineering teams with agile best practices. Mentored POs with product best practices.
Led workshops for departments and cross-departmental initiatives (vision and mission, agile strategy deployment, retrospectives).
Created "Introduction to Agile" workshop for employee onboarding. Conducted it in all departments for existing employees.
Led the training program for 18 Agile Coaches. Created an Agile Coach career path based on a competency framework.
Product Leadership Coach**:
Created customised workshops with the COO for a 3-day off-site to set up Leadership Groups (VP and Directors).
Coached the Product Leadership group with vision and mission, strategy deployment, roadmaps, and working agreements.
Coordinated cross-program and product and tech roadmap alignment for prioritisation and identifying synergies.
Led cross-program implementation and deployment of OKRs.
Design Thinking Coach**:
Selected as part of the team to determine the company 2-year strategy to access new markets using Design Thinking.
Created the User-Centric Network for a coherent deployment of user-centric practices throughout the company.
Led Design Thinking workshops for product teams and internal departments.

Feb 2014 - Present

11 years 11 months

Paris, France

Co-Founder & Advisor

Locksens Technologies SAS

Locksens is a patented human activity recognition alarm system that detects intrusion attempts before any damage is done.

Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

4 months

New York, United States

Consultant

Spark Labs Inc.

Coordinated the launch of one of the incubator’s projects in the U.S.A (fazup.com).

Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

2 years

Bandung, Indonesia

Remote

Freelance Consultant

41studio

Remote Freelance Project Manager for clients worldwide with a development team based in Indonesia.

Oct 2009 - Jun 2012

2 years 9 months

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Founder & CEO

Hishop Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

Successfully launched Malaysia’s first fashion flash-sales e-commerce.
Business plan, financial forecast, administrative set-up, secured seed-round from investor in Singapore.
Recruitment, training, process implementation, website project management.
Marketing strategy, business development, contract negotiations, strategic partnerships.

Aug 2008 - Feb 2010

1 year 7 months

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Head Regional Financial Controller

Degrémont (Suez-Environnement Group)

Reported directly to group CFO. Responsible for Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, South-Korea, and Sri-Lanka.
Audited the legal entities and projects to make strategic recommendations to the board.
Set-up centralised financial reporting for contract, budget, and cash-flow follow-up. Cost optimisation.
Complex financial modelling for Design and Build as well as Operate and Maintain contracts.

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

1 year

Paris, France

Master in International Business

Université Panthéon-Sorbonne

Graduated with honors.

Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

1 year

Paris, France

Bachelor in Finance

Université Dauphine

Graduated with honors.

Summary

With 10 years of experience working with startups and SMEs across various roles including agility, product and strategy; I lead companies to become strong product organisations.

I co-organise Product Tank Berlin and was handpicked by SVPG as part of a select group of Product Coaches in Europe.