Oliver Klingelhoefer
Management Consultant & Venture Builder
Experience
Management Consultant & Venture Builder
Self-employed
Leadership & global team orchestration: led 30+ designers, engineers, and operators across Europe and Asia through up to 5 parallel workstreams with clear priorities, roadmaps, and delivery cadences.
Leadership & global team orchestration: designed operating models, OKRs, KPI frameworks, and reporting rituals aligning product, engineering, design, and commercial teams in fully remote, cross-cultural environments.
Leadership & global team orchestration: built hiring profiles, evaluated talent, and developed leadership capability across product and operations.
Venture creation & 0→1 product development: built and scaled ventures in consumer products, digital platforms, and hospitality, owning strategy, product decisions, and business development end-to-end.
Venture creation & 0→1 product development: defined business models, financial plans, and capital requirements; prepared investor narratives, pitch materials, and data rooms for fundraising readiness.
Venture creation & 0→1 product development: delivered MVPs and early product iterations through structured discovery, roadmapping, and iterative testing focused on establishing PMF.
Go-to-market & business development: defined value propositions, positioning, and go-to-market strategies that established early revenue pathways.
Go-to-market & business development: structured commercial partnerships that accelerated access to distribution, credibility, and customer insight.
Go-to-market & business development: ran validation cycles, customer interviews, and controlled small-scale launches across startup, SME, and corporate contexts to refine offerings, pricing, and market strategy.
Advisory & venture building for clients and partners: acted as management consultant and venture builder for founders, SMEs, and corporate innovation units, contributing to 20+ ventures from opportunity framing to MVP to commercial traction.
Advisory & venture building for clients and partners: translated market problems into product strategies and executable roadmaps; aligned C-level stakeholders with engineering, design, and commercial teams.
Advisory & venture building for clients and partners: supported investor readiness and organizational scaling by coaching leaders on decision-making, hiring, and operating models that increased execution speed and resilience.
Senior Consultant & Project Manager
KPMG Auditing Company AG
- Worked on restructuring, operational optimization, and regulatory-readiness programs for major financial institutions, focusing on process clarity, risk reduction, and cross-functional efficiency improvements.
- Designed reporting structures and frameworks for regulatory preparation.
- Improved organizational clarity by mapping systems, workflows, and dependencies.
- Led junior teams in process analysis, compliance assessments, and operational diagnostics.
- Developed end-to-end process landscapes and identified optimization opportunities to reduce friction and increase throughput across core banking functions.
Junior Consultant
Freelance
- Advised SMEs on digital transformation and operations, supporting C-level leaders with strategic planning, business modelling, and early digitalisation.
Banking Apprenticeship
Volksbank Mönchengladbach Cooperative
- Gained foundational knowledge of financial services, operational processes, and customer advisory.
Summary
Venture builder and strategic generalist with 20+ ventures guided from concept to MVP and early commercial traction. Combine product strategy, systems thinking, and people leadership to bring structure to ambiguity and drive execution across distributed teams. Experienced in leading cross-continental teams of 30+ and aligning diverse stakeholders to turn ambiguous concepts into validated business models, scalable operational systems, and investable product lines.
Skills
Guided 20+ Early-stage Ventures From Idea Validation To Functional Mvp And Initial Customers Across Consumer, Enterprise, And Digital Platform Categories.
Delivered 10+ Mvps In Under Six Months, Consistently Reducing Cycle Time Through Focused Scope, Rapid Prototyping, And Execution Discipline.
Achieved First Paying Customers Within 90 Days For Multiple Products By Running Targeted Experiments, Refining Value Propositions, And Tightening Go-to-market Focus.
Led And Enabled High-output Collaboration Across Cross-continental Teams Of 30+ Designers, Engineers, And Operators Across Europe And Asia.
Designed Operational Workflows And Product Systems Later Adopted Across Startup Portfolios And Corporate Innovation Programs.
Served As Venture Partner For Corporate Innovation Initiatives, Including Engagements With Deutsche Börse, Shaping Venture Direction And Improving Execution Velocity.
Built High-trust, High-performance Teams By Coaching Leaders, Accelerating Decision-making, And Reducing Friction Across Product, Engineering, And Operations.
Strategic Systems Thinking
Zero-to-one Execution
Venture Architecture
Product Strategy
Cross-functional Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Talent Evaluation & Hiring
Market & Customer Insight
Gtm & Commercial Strategy
Problem Solving & Decision-making
Product Roadmapping & Prioritisation
Discovery & Validation Frameworks
Workflow & Automation Design
Operational Scaling & Process Design
Okr / Kpi Design & Implementation
Cross-continental Team Orchestration
High-output Communication
Stakeholder Alignment Rituals
Rapid Prototyping & Design
People Profiling, Hiring & Onboarding
Continuous Improvement Practices
Languages
Education
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
B.A. · International Business Economics · Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Banker
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