Philipp T. - Project Lead

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Ismaning, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

1 year 2 months

Ismaning, Germany

Project Lead

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: ProSiebenSat1 Media SE.
Project: Product & Domain Lead For Several Streaming Products.
Leading the product domain “Platform” and thereby acting as the enabler for all streaming products of the ProSiebenSat1 Media SE.
Creating process and tools to smoothen the alignment between stakeholders and product, and development teams.
Rollout of the core platform services across 7 tenants and 3 three distribution channels (Mobile, Web, Smart TV).
Increasing the avg. viewtime per user per session from 7.30 minutes to 13.22 minutes by implementing new features and services on the platform.

Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

6 months

Ismaning, Germany

Project Lead

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: ProSiebenSat1 Media SE.
Project: Setup TV / Mobile Interaction App.
Leading the development of a mobile interaction app, which enabled user to influence a TV show through interactions on their smartphone.
Setting up “fanworlds” and interaction cases (e.g. voting, quizzes, asking questions) for 5 TV Formats (among others Germany´s Next Topmodel).
Building the app for up to 1 million interactions within 1.5 hours.

Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

1 year 1 month

Ismaning, Germany

Project Lead

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: ProSiebenSat1 Media SE.
Project: Integration Of A Consent Management / Advertising Platform (CMP).
Leading the integration of a consent management / advertising platform across 3 platforms (Web / App / Smart TV) and 20 brands.
Responsible for a project team of 25 people.
Organizing the rollout across all brands and platforms.
Developing the solution architecture and design together with the core team (Development and UX / UI team).
Creating weekly management updates and reports to inform stakeholders and the management board.

Mar 2020 - May 2020

3 months

Ismaning, Germany

Project Lead

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: ProSiebenSat1 Media SE.
Project: Building Of Vertical Media Brands.
Building vertical online media brands (media brands for specific target groups) based on existing content assets of the ProSiebenSat1 Media Group e.g. Galileo.tv.
Setting up the project team consisting out of content creation, content distribution, ad-sales, corporate strategy (team of 10 people).
Assessing content and suitable vertical formats (based on existing assets and potential advertising customers).
Developing channel proposition and assessing suitable online distribution channels (Mainly YouTube & TikTok).
Responsible for business case calculation and ad-product development.

Dec 2019 - May 2020

6 months

Ismaning, Germany

Interim Chief Product Officer

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte.
Project: Creating Appliance Business Models For Home Appliances.
Developing the Go-To-Market strategy for downloadable (digital) programs for home appliance hardware (dishwasher, washing machine, cooking instruments).
Planning of MVPs (Minimum Viable Product) and testing concepts to validate product offerings and go-to-market approaches.
Operative steering of a MVP - test for dishwasher programs (leading a project team of 10 people).

Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

9 months

Ismaning, Germany

Interim Managing Director DACH

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: Bolt Mobility Corporation.
Project: Setting-Up A Micromobility Company.
Developed the Go-To-Market strategy for Bolt Mobility in the DACH region (incl. Business Planning, Operational Setup, Marketing Planning).
Hiring of staff (Logistics, City Managers, Ad Agencies).
Stake- and shareholder management.
Lead regulatory process with cities and ministries.
Business development (setting up a B2B business model in cooperation with hotels and delivery services).

Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

1 year

Ismaning, Germany

Project Manager

Iskander Business Partner GmbH

Client: Joyn GmbH (a ProSiebenSat.1 / Discovery Joint Venture).
Project: Building A Video Streaming Service For The DACH Region.
Operative Integration of the Maxdome GmbH (300 employees) into the 7TV Joint Venture GmbH.
Established operative processes e.g. procurement processes.
Assessed market potentials and product requirements through user research and a conjoint analysis.
Executed an App-Store sentiment analysis to identify unique product features.
Developed a new marketing and content concept based on the usage of Influencer Marketing.
Lead the IT Admin and the Strategy & Operations team.

Jan 2018 - Present

8 years

Founder & CEO

Gett.Digital

Project: Digital Product Building & Testing With Own Company.
Worked full-time on traveljeff.de as CEO (team of 3). An online travel concierge for business travelers (mainly focused on consultants).
Shut-down after 8 months due to limited monetization potential.
After shutdown opened a consulting business for Digitization, Sales & Marketing. 150k revenue within the first 5 months of operations.
Continuous testing of new business models.

Oct 2013 - Dec 2017

4 years 3 months

Ismaning, Germany

Management Consultant / Project Lead

Iskander Business Partner

Digitization / Business Development / Sales:
Responsible for the project management during sales roll-out for digital solutions/products for restaurants delivered by METRO Group.
12.000 products sold across 12 countries in less than 6 months.
Digitization / Business Development / Sales:
Built a startup research lab across 6 cities in Europe. More than 300 restaurants acquired within 7 months to test startup solutions within the gastronomy industry.
Media / Business Development:
Setup of a content marketing agency (SevenOne AdFactory) for Pro7Sat1 clients and development of corresponding strategy for the Pro7Sat1 Media Group .
Startup / Business Development:
Elaborated an investment proposal for Debao.de – a German/Chinese e-commerce startup aiming to approach venture capitalists globally.
Telco MNO / Business Development:
Leading a customer migration project for Vodafone GER . Migrating 100.000 B2C customers out of their old tariffs into a new portfolio.
Telco MNO / Business Development:
Development and execution of a go-to-market strategy for the B2B cloud portfolio of the Deutsche Telekom AG focusing on smalland medium enterprise customers in Germany in collaboration with partners such as T-Systems, SAP, and ScanPlus.
Internal Tasks:
Team & Project-lead (leading a team of 5 consultants).
IBP Country Lead Swiss.
IBP Marketing Cluster Lead / Head of Marketing, therewith in charge of partner management, the ongoing website redesign, social media activities, client & internal events.
Published Whitepapers: „Roam Like Home“ & „New Value Added Services within the telecommunication industry“.
Public speaking at conferences (e.g. LTE World Summit 2014 in Amsterdam).

Oct 2012 - Jul 2013

10 months

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Venture Associate

Startupbootcamp Amsterdam

Project: Building A Startup Investment Fund.
Evaluation of 300+ startups and selecting the Top 15 for the final selection days of the SBC Amsterdam program.
Organization of the Open Pitch Days in Amsterdam & London.
Organization of „Startupbootcamp’s how to: Negotiate a term sheet“ (incl. fundraising & partner management).
Advised startups concerning their business models.

Aug 2011 - Sep 2012

1 year 2 months

Germany

Strategy Analyst – Corporate Strategy

Telefónica Germany

Responsible for the German telecommunication market model/market forecasts.
Lead of the German investor relations process.
Development of the Telefónica Germany 3-year business plan.
Preparation of the strategy presentation for the European Telefónica Board (for & with C-level management).

Feb 2010 - May 2010

4 months

London, United Kingdom

Exchange as Marketing Manager

Telefonica Multinational Solutions

Project: Setting Up B2B Online Marketing Strategy.
Redesigned the online portal for B2B clients.
Developed a social media strategy for Telefónica Multinational Solutions.
Briefed ad agencies on designing offline marketing material.

Summary

Philipp Thomaschewski is an experienced project lead within the telco and media industry. His core competency is to manage cross-functional teams to secure digital product implementation in time, quality, and budget.