Patrick Kögel - Advisor, Product Leadership

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Berlin, Germany

Experience

Apr 2025 - May 2025

2 months

Advisor, Product Leadership

Circonomit

Supported product discovery and GTM repositioning post-€2.8M seed round; defined direction and roadmap for a modular intelligence platform.
Advised founders on execution to align product, engineering, and commercial priorities.

Jun 2021 - Jun 2024

3 years 1 month

Corporate Principal PM/Independent Contributor, Innovation & Early Venturing

MVP Factory (now part of Ness / KKR)

Partnered on multiple venture-building engagements as a Principal PM, leading product and venture initiatives alongside senior tech leads.
Supported opportunity shaping, MVP definition and delivery, and on-demand hiring of high-quality freelance builders.
Contributed to several client ventures during a high-growth phase prior to acquisition by Ness Digital Engineering (KKR).

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

1 year 2 months

Founding Product Lead

PlasticPlan (Henkel Corporate Venture)

Built an AI-enabled compliance platform reducing packaging-reporting work by 80 percent across PPT/EPR workflows.
Owned product vision, validation, and delivery from first prototype to funded MVP, aligning engineering, business, and corporate leadership.
Secured pilot customers and LOIs from enterprise clients, demonstrating clear regulatory value and early traction.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

3 years

Product & Founding Product Lead

Whatever.Works (JobRad Corporate Venture)

Built compliance and automation workflows reducing manual effort by 80 percent and scaled the global mobility SaaS to more than 30 enterprise and SME clients.
Owned product direction, team hiring, and delivery from first validation to PMF, establishing the product as an award-winning solution in a highly regulated HR/tax domain.
Led product, design, engineering, and external partners across complex mobility, compensation, and tax compliance requirements.

Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Interim & Interim Product Lead, Fractional Product Leadership

Mobimeo (Deutsche Bahn)

Led product strategy for a nationwide B2B MaaS platform integrating mobility providers across 40% of Germany; managed two product squads and a complex stakeholder ecosystem including municipalities, transit authorities, and Deutsche Bahn.
Delivered an integrated platform for 2,000+ beta users with real-time ticketing and multimodal routing, contributing to Deutsche Bahn’s digital mobility and sustainability goals.

Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

7 months

Co-Initiator & Founding Product Lead

ForTomorrow

Built a climate action platform combining EU ETS certificate cancellation with safeguarded reforestation, attracting 2,118 supporters and offsetting 41,367 tons of CO₂.
Owned product discovery, validation, and delivery from concept to MVP in close collaboration with climate scientists.
Demonstrated clear early traction and validated the transparency- and impact-driven model.

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

5 months

Founding Venture Lead

Onsite Immoagent (Berlin Hyp Corporate Venture)

Built a CRE data platform and delivered a mobile MVP enabling 1,000+ agents to complete 250+ property inspections, boosting valuation transparency and operational insight.
Secured a strategic partnership with Capital Bay as a majority stakeholder, accelerating the venture’s transition into its next growth phase.
Defined go-to-market strategy and acquired initial B2B clients, validating the venture’s market viability for Berlin Hyp’s first strategic spin-off.

Sep 2018 - Mar 2019

7 months

Berlin, Germany

Founding Venture Lead

ING Innovation Labs

Validated an AI-based demand-forecasting venture (SDG-12, EU circularity); led discovery with Sodexo, Compass & Accor and shaped the early product and business model.
Built the strategic case for ING: regulatory tailwinds, enterprise relationships, and potential for adjacent sustainability services for ING’s core clients.

Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

4 months

Interim Product Lead

PreZero (Greencycle Corporate Venture)

Stepped in to fix delivery quality issues and ensure the on-time launch of PreZero’s digital container-ordering and licensing platform.
Realigned team and stakeholders, led final MVP execution and QA, and handed over a stable, ready-to-scale product.

Jan 2018 - Present

8 years 1 month

Lisbon, Portugal

Interim & Founder, Fractional Product Leadership

SDGventure

Run SDGventure as a collective umbrella of senior solo entrepreneurs working across climate, sustainability, and compliance.
Lead product as a Principal/Staff PM or Interim Head of Product and assemble a small strike team (4–6 Product, Design and Engineering builders) depending on project scope and demands.
Operate as a mission-aligned group grounded in the UN SDGs, working lean, hands-on and intrinsically motivated to deliver meaningful, validated solutions in regulated and data-heavy domains.

Apr 2016 - Jan 2018

1 year 10 months

Founding Product & Venture Lead

Solidvest (DJE Kapital Corporate Venture)

Delivered a regulated digital-wealth platform for a €16bn+ AUM asset manager, enabling DJE to enter the €25k+ digital investing segment with a compliant, scalable offering.
Led validation, investment-journey design, and web/mobile MVP delivery, translating portfolio management and MiFID II/KYC requirements into a user-ready product.
Managed a seven-figure budget and cross-functional teams from concept to launch, establishing the digital-first wealth model and securing early client adoption.

Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

3 years 1 month

Senior Manager Venture Building

etventure (now EY Studio+)

Led cross-functional venture teams, set up innovation units and venture studios, and built corporate ventures from insight to MVP and early traction.
Helped large enterprises and mid-size companies make structured buy/build/partner decisions and accelerate digital transformation.
Supported scale-up of the company from under 20 to more than 250 people until exit to EY.

Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

2 years 5 months

Founder & CPO

Soulchef

Bootstrapped a healthy gourmet meal-delivery venture from university, co-creating menus with chefs and nutrition experts and building an office-focused food offering.
Built the full digital and operational stack (eCommerce, kitchen workflows, last-mile logistics) and partnered with a leading Munich caterer for scalable production.
Secured B2B clients and SCE Proto-Support funding before handing the concept over for continued growth.

Summary

I build platform-centric B2B products in regulated, data-heavy domains (ClimateTech, Sustainability, RegTech, Mobility, & PropTech). I operate as a Principal-level IC with founding-PM ownership, taking on high-risk product bets, validating early PMF, and translating regulatory, operational, and Integration constraints into scalable, automated systems.

I typically work as a project-based, interim product leader, embedding for 3–18 months around a clearly defined product mandate, with flexibility for longer-term ownership where it makes sense. Engagements are outcome-driven, focused on critical platform bets, and designed to leave teams with clear ownership, a strong operating cadence, and sustained momentum.

Skills

European Tech Sovereignty
Ai In Regulated, Mission-critical Systems
Ai For Clean Energy & Decarbonization
Accessible, Evidence-driven Public And Climate Action
High-performing Digital Government

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Munich University of Applied Sciences

B.Eng. Engineering & Management · Engineering & Management · Munich, Germany

Edinburgh Napier University

M.Sc. Business Management, Entrepreneurship · Business Management (Entrepreneurship) · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Munich University of Applied Sciences

M.A. Strategy & Innovation · Strategy & Innovation · Munich, Germany

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Education

Munich University of Applied Sciences

B.Eng. Engineering & Management · Engineering & Management · Munich, Germany

Edinburgh Napier University

M.Sc. Business Management, Entrepreneurship · Business Management (Entrepreneurship) · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Munich University of Applied Sciences

M.A. Strategy & Innovation · Strategy & Innovation · Munich, Germany

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