Philip Steen

External Product Manager

Norderstedt, Germany

Experience

May 2023 - Present
2 years 3 months

External Product Manager

LichtBlick

  • Interim product management of the LichtBlick app for contract management, energy management and CO2 footprint calculation
  • Took on the PO role in the agile team including feature and release planning
  • Developed a product strategy for the app
May 2021 - May 2022
1 year 1 month

External Product Manager

KNK Customer Engagement

  • Built an interface framework (iPaaS) for business data exchange in the Azure Cloud
  • Developed a business plan and pricing model to (re)position the product
  • Established new team structures and adjusted existing software development processes
Jul 2020 - Present
5 years 1 month

Managing Director

4 Gute Wände GmbH

  • Acquired, renovated, and sold real estate
  • Expanded and maintained the partner network for acquisition, financing, renovation, and sale of property projects
Dec 2018 - Present
6 years 8 months

Independent Consultant

Steen Digitalberatung

  • Digitalization consulting and implementation of digital projects for small and medium-sized businesses
Dec 2018 - May 2021
2 years 6 months

Managing Director

IDALABS GmbH & Co. KG

  • Planned, designed, and launched own cloud-based software products (inventory management system, PIM, SCM) to digitize craft businesses
  • Responsible for building and evolving the cloud infrastructure
  • Set up an agile team and continuously improved internal processes
  • Advised craft and industrial companies on digitalizing and automating business processes
  • Software development in backend and frontend
Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
7 months

External Product Owner

Fielmann AG

  • Concept work in an agile team to build an order management system
  • Developed the product vision and maintained the product backlog
  • Coordinated internal team processes and feature planning with other teams
  • Planned and conducted customer interviews to improve the application
Jun 2017 - Nov 2017
6 months
Shanghai, China

Interim Head of Product

Costa Digital Unit / Costa Asia

  • Built the digital product organization in Shanghai by selecting candidates and agencies for design and product management
  • Aligned KPIs and set up agile processes with management
  • Defined the roadmap for the Chinese market
  • Analyzed the customer journey to improve the onboarding experience
Oct 2016 - Nov 2018
2 years 2 months

Product Manager

Costa Digital Unit / AIDA Cruises

  • Owned the product in three teams (iOS, Android, backend) to create a service app for AIDA customers
  • Developed an API for digital products including automated deployment with Kubernetes across the entire AIDA fleet
  • Advised on building the product organization as part of AIDA's digital transformation
  • Created dashboards for KPI reporting with Tableau
  • Built and managed the Digital Unit as part of the leadership team
Apr 2014 - Sep 2016
2 years 6 months
United Kingdom

Solution Specialist

CoreMedia AG

  • Advised customers and partners on development and use of the CoreMedia CMS
  • Requirements analysis, concept, technical consulting and project planning for redeveloping e-commerce sites for large companies in England
  • Trained customers on using the CoreMedia CMS
  • Part-time master's thesis on developing and analyzing a content-as-a-service business model in e-commerce using system dynamics
Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
1 year 6 months

Software Engineer (Dual Study)

CoreMedia AG

  • Developed product features for the CoreMedia content management system
  • Part of a Scrum team to integrate the CoreMedia CMS into SAP's e-commerce solution
  • Part-time bachelor's thesis on strategic evaluation of software solutions based on the QSPM method
Jul 2010 - Sep 2012
2 years 3 months

SAP Consultant (Dual Study)

HO2 Systemberatung

  • Developed a content management system for the SAP portal including feature and release planning
  • Responsible for an outsourcing project to improve internal IT infrastructure
  • Custom Java development and SAP systems customizing for clients

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Apr 2014 - Jun 2016

Nordakademie Graduate School

Master of Science · Business Informatics/IT Management · Hamburg, Germany

Oct 2010 - Mar 2014

FH Nordakademie

Bachelor of Science · Business Informatics · Elmshorn, Germany