Max U. - Chief Operating Officer

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Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

1 year 11 months

Hamburg, Germany

Chief Operating Officer

Staffomatic

Led various cross-functional initiatives, including organizational restructuring, introduction of annual performance reviews in HR, financial planning & analysis, and business strategy development
Redesigned and implemented new pricing models, resulting in 20% revenue growth and a doubling of annual contract share within six months

Jul 2022 - Jan 2024

1 year 7 months

Hamburg, Germany

Growth Product Lead, Management Team

Staffomatic

Revised the strategic product positioning and introduced a two-year growth roadmap, driving 20% YoY profitable growth
Developed and executed a marketing strategy focused on SEO and SEA, increasing organic traffic by over 15,000% and tripling the LTV/CAC ratio to 4
Built a high-performing team by hiring key talent in product and marketing, growing the department to 8 FTE

Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

1 year 4 months

Hamburg, Germany

Director Product Development, Management Team

Sapiens Germany GmbH

Founded the product team and grew it to an interdisciplinary tribe of 23 FTE
Defined product vision, business case, pricing, and product branding
Led a team of 3 product managers and built a career development plan
Negotiated budget planning with Sapiens HQ
Grew product portfolio from €8 million to €20 million in revenue over three years
Introduced a recurring revenue model, achieving €0.5 million ARR within 18 months
Won three B2B clients 18 months after launch of the new sales platform

Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

11 months

Hamburg, Germany

Product Manager - New Product Launch, Insurance

Sapiens Germany GmbH

Led the ideation and creation of a new B2B-Enterprise Digital Sales Platform and delivered it on time for the first client

Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 2 months

Hamburg, Germany

Product Manager - Core Insurance Platform

Sapiens Germany GmbH

Transitioned an open source framework to a clear product proposition and reorganized over 100 FTE into a product- and service-oriented organization

Mar 2018 - Jul 2019

1 year 5 months

Hamburg, Germany

Senior Digital Consultant

sum.cumo

Project lead for the incorporation of a corporate startup for a large German insurer, leading a cross-department project team of 25 FTE

Mar 2017 - Jan 2019

1 year 11 months

Founder

EC-Anbieter Vergleich

Built the first price comparison platform for POS card terminals, generating over 100 leads per month and selling the business in 2019

Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

1 year 6 months

Associate II

Arkwright Strategy Consulting

Realized over 15 projects as project member or leader in financial services, including:
Defined the mobile payment strategy of a large German bank
Implemented a profit enhancement program
Conducted customer data analysis on the debit card portfolio of a German bank

Mar 2015 - Aug 2016

1 year 6 months