Sebastian Büttner

Senior Product Owner | AI & Digitization

Cologne, Germany

Experience

Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
1 year 5 months
Hybrid

Product Development Consultant

Hensoldt Optronics

  • Development of new, scalable civil use cases for the company's own sensor and visual AI solutions based on global market research
  • Leading a design thinking-based, customer-centered prototyping process for new potential civilian product solutions in the visual AI segment
  • Prioritizing one solution and transitioning it into a collaborative funding project with Project Management Jülich for the development of the demonstrator
May 2022 - Apr 2024
2 years
Karlsruhe, Germany
Hybrid

Product Owner

dm Tech

  • International competitive analysis of retail security solutions for stores with self-checkout systems
  • Adapting the retail security strategy for the self-checkout era in collaboration with store managers, loss prevention officers, the criminal police, and management
  • Market research on innovative technical loss prevention solutions for self-checkout stores (visual AI, advanced sensor technology)
  • Testing innovative loss prevention solutions from various manufacturers in the in-house "Future" store based on defined use cases
  • Piloting visual AI solutions in selected stores
Feb 2020 - Jan 2022
3 years
Hybrid

Initial Product Owner & Agile Coach

Rewe Digital

  • Development of digital automation solutions for Rewe logistics based on design thinking methods
  • Introducing agile product development methods and leading the software development team
  • User Story Mapping & Backlog Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Role coaching and onboarding of the internal product owner

Summary

As a Senior Product Owner specializing in AI and digitization, I excel in developing scalable solutions and driving innovation. My expertise lies in creating and implementing AI-driven products, leveraging extensive market research and design thinking methodologies.

With a background in media informatics, I bring a strong technical foundation to my product ownership roles, consistently delivering value through innovative solutions.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Apr 1997 - Apr 2001

University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen

Diploma · Media Informatics · Gelsenkirchen, Germany