Maja V.
Product Lead
Experience
Aug 2022 - Present
3 years 3 monthsGermany
Product Lead
LX Futures
- Discovers, designs, and develops new products, services, marketing strategies, and business models for customers in health, education, and retail industries
- Manages suppliers for delivery, 0 delays
- 100% positive feedback from customers on product delivery, consulting, collaboration, and market, customer, user research
Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
1 year 5 monthsGermany
Product Manager
Plus-IT
- Improved product requirements by 45% through benchmarking customer ideas against 17 competitor products
- Secured 99% acceptance from company owners and customers for product roadmap
- Organized and moderated workshops with customers: product design and development, 100% clear OKR after each session
- Developed UX rules book for the supplier, 0 iterations on UX design
- Developed product backlog, 5 epics based on admin journey, and tasks for external software development firm, delivered software 1.0 version 45 days before the intended release date
- Collaborated with sales on B2B customer onboarding, 0 churn
Jan 2021 - Aug 2025
4 years 8 monthsGermany
Mentor
CareerFoundry
- Taught UX design, fundamentals of web development, and product management to young professionals on all 5 continents
- Achieved a 99.4% positive student appraisal
Jun 2018 - Dec 2020
2 years 7 monthsGermany
Project Manager
Ferchau
- Reported to QA Manager, designed campaigns and interventions to improve company wide understanding of product quality, information sharing, and collaboration between product teams, 99% of the initiatives adopted, visible improvements within 1-3 sprints
- Led realisation of machine learning (AI) utilisation projects in collaboration with strategic partners, all projects implemented into the core product with 100% success rate
- Sourced team members, formed and managed project teams (scrum, 4-7 FTE) and developed team canvas to form a performing team within 2 hours
- Organized feature development workshops, managed progress, features delivered with 0 iterations after pre- and post-release tests
- Collaborated with product owners on product backlog, sprint planning, and landing team members
- Co-developed annual innovation challenge for 12 000 employees, delivered an innovation roadmap manual to standardise idea pitching process
Jun 2015 - Mar 2018
2 years 10 monthsGermany
Marketing Manager
IOGS
- Digitalised customer journey for hearing aid purchases and co-developed a B2B model, both increased turnover by up to 95% per annum
- Developed marketing strategy and B2B and B2C digital platforms for product, corporate e-commerce, worked solo on UX and programming WordPress themes, researched marketing channels
- Increased net profit by at least 10% per annum through SEO and SEA
- Increased net profit by 25%-30% per annum with localisation marketing strategy, directly contributed to the opening of the second store in 2019
Mar 2007 - Feb 2011
4 yearsNetherlands
Product Manager
Maja Vojt
- Developed own retail product collection and sold 89% of the stock
- Invented new points of sale, increasing sales speed by 45%, and sold in bulk to healthcare providers
- Managed distributors and selected eco-labeled suppliers only
Jan 2004 - Apr 2015
11 years 4 monthsNetherlands
Platform Manager
Nieuwsbank BV
- Developed and managed subscription services development and pricing models, made the company profitable in 2005, increasing net profit annually by at least 9% and up to 65% per annum
- Added customer content distribution through social media as a service, adding 5% to revenue in 2009
- Implemented AdSense generating around EUR 4000 monthly until 2012
- Developed a learning platform for new customers, eased pressure on customer service by 75%, funneled at least 5% of new customers per annum
- Worked directly with customers on platform improvement in 2004, added a new digital service increasing annual net profit by 6%
- Developed new UX design, brand design, and frontend in 2014, resulting in 914 new subscribers within 3 weeks and a 400% increase in stay-on-page time
Jan 2004 - Apr 2009
5 years 4 monthsNetherlands
Content and Marketing Manager
Nieuwsbank BV
- Managed content and marketing team (2-8 FTE), developed team coaching and personal development program
- Developed an onboarding and learning program, made new hires fully operational within 5 days
- Collaborated with leadership on the development of marketing and public relations strategy
Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
2 yearsNetherlands
Web Designer
Nieuwsbank BV
- Designed UX for niche subscription platforms and supervised external web development agency execution, 0 issues, 0 delays
Summary
- Agile product developer with 20+ years of experience in managing product teams and suppliers to create and deliver value: from product idea to continuous revenue growth.
Career Summary: 2018 - now: develops web-based B2B software, SaaS, some mobile apps. 1999- 2018: develops internet commerce platforms, deploys online marketing instruments for growth.
Industry experience - 90% B2B: digital, education, health, retail, culture, media, data forensics.
Career related activities: Teaches digital product development to young professionals on 5 continents (CPA of polar bears and penguins not feasible, hence only 5 continents). Develops learning programs about management and innovation. [link] Occasionally develops paper products and artworks.
Languages
Serbian
NativeEnglish
AdvancedDutch
AdvancedGerman
IntermediateItalian
IntermediateEducation
LAB University of Applied Sciences
MBA, Organisational Innovation Management, Culture, and Creativity · Finland
Artez University
BA, Product Design · Netherlands
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