Sebastian Striebig
Group Product Manager – Digital Platform Discovery
Experience
Nov 2024 - Jun 2025
8 monthsBerlin, Germany
Group Product Manager – Digital Platform Discovery
SPREAD.AI
- Developed and implemented organization-wide discovery framework based on Ulwick’s Outcome-Driven Innovation; enabled 7 Product Owners to systematically identify and quantify unrealized value through shared outcome language and opportunity scoring methodology
- Transformed Product Owner role from backlog clerks to strategic experimenters; established dedicated time budget for autonomous hypothesis testing and discovery activities
- Rebuilt customer journey maps to start at actual user need (tool selection phase) instead of platform entry point; eliminated manual data aggregation work previously done by project teams
- Implemented OKR framework across 4 product teams; defined quarterly objectives with measurable key results (e.g., 40% reduction in manual integration effort, self-service adoption increase)
- Unified 3 separate platform roadmaps through cross-team dependency mapping and shared service agreements
- Supported enterprise sales cycle with ROI modeling and technical due diligence for automotive and defense customers
Apr 2024 - Nov 2024
8 monthsBerlin, Germany
Product Manager – Senior Product Owner Data & AI
SPREAD.AI
- Eliminated support ticket bottleneck by migrating local data mapping tool chain to cloud-based solution; removed scope waste through rigorous unrealized-value analysis before scaling
- Engineered 80% faster data mapping through ETL optimization (Rust, WebAssembly, JavaScript); integrated heterogeneous sources (ERP, CRM, Siemens proprietary systems) via unified data model
- Executed complete database migration from ArangoDB to Neo4j mid-quarter; conducted technical spike evaluating 8 graph databases to resolve query performance degradation caused by document-DB architecture overfetching on deeply nested relationships
- Rejected CEO pressure to defer migration; defended decision by quantifying tech debt cost; ruthlessly descoped all other initiatives to accommodate migration, discovery, stakeholder alignment in single quarter
- Crisis-managed AI product launch announced at customer event without Sales knowledge or product validation; wrote technical documentation and Sales enablement materials for agentic AI capabilities (LLM, RAG, Mistral Nemo for defense private cloud, DINO vision, multi-agent orchestration)
- Conducted “eat your own dog food” experiment using sensitive Sales data to demonstrate internal platform adoption feasibility
Nov 2020 - Mar 2024
3 years 5 monthsBamberg, Germany
Product Manager – Maintenance Manager Team
Docufy
- Executed POC-to-Pilot strategy with 100% conversion (locomotive manufacturer, special machinery OEM); positioned platform as branch-agnostic solution to expand from printing machinery into rail and industrial sectors
- Delivered multi-language SaaS B2B2B rollout across 5 continents (+5k users); reached break-even within 2 years despite pricing model lacking growth incentives and customer over-commitment on machine volume
- Achieved 2×/week deployment frequency, reduced MTTR from 3 days to 2 hours, zero-downtime releases via blue-green deployment and feature flags
- Engineered multi-tenant architecture with per-customer database and pod isolation; implemented GitOps and DevSecOps to prevent offshore contractor access to production data while enabling rapid experimentation via test tenants in prod
- Built GDPR-compliant RBAC system with customer Active Directory integration; implemented right-to-be-forgotten workflows for enterprise compliance
- Introduced Selenium-based E2E test automation and comprehensive DORA metrics tracking; implemented HA architecture, reducing incidents to service degradation instead of outages
- Designed edge data storage enabling offline workforce capability with zero data loss during maintenance windows; provided contextual technical documentation per user role across 5 languages
- Integrated DINO ML model for visual damage detection (MVP stage); architected state-based task triggering for predictive maintenance workflows
- Led team evolution from 8 to 4 while maintaining service quality; coached sales on complex multi-stakeholder value proposition
- Established observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor) for platform health monitoring; defined SLIs/SLOs for data-driven incident response and capacity planning
Jan 2019 - Nov 2020
1 year 11 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
Senior Client Solution Lead – Solutions Team
Embold
- Led pre-sales technical consulting and implementation delivery for SAST platform with ML-based PR risk analysis and branch-agnostic code quality scoring (1–5 scale)
- Managed 4-person solution team (Germany and India) serving 20+ EMEA enterprise customers generating 50% of company revenue
- Delivered value consulting engagements across Banking, Automotive (Tier 2), Pharma, Tech; equipped internal champions with executive presentations to secure budget and drive tool adoption
- Doubled project capacity through process systematization: built Jira-based funnel with phase tracking, VSM board for cycle time analysis, eliminated email-based communication; enabled autonomous parallel project execution
- Built PowerBI executive dashboards combining Embold telemetry with temporal analytics; dashboard success led to 1:1 product integration and delegated ownership of API domain
- Embedded as Consulting PO 2 days/week at customer site; led 2 external Indian supplier teams; resolved 8-month timeline gap through story breakdown and requirements translation; improved time-to-market
- Scaled offshore program from 2 to 8 developers; managed stakeholder expectations to enable team expansion
Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 10 monthsBerlin, Germany
Project Executive & Customer Value Consultant
Seerene
- Executed 53 pilot projects (35 EMEA, 15 Asia, 3 US) with 2–4 week delivery cycles; achieved first successful international pilot conversion (Hargreaves Lansdown, UK)
- Analyzed development workflows to identify agile delivery deviations: oversized files, undocumented critical code, ticket misuse, batch tickets bypassing process, integration failures causing timeline delays
- Quantified tech debt impact on estimation accuracy through temporal analysis of bug density, nesting levels, and complexity trends; provided targeted refactoring recommendations for high-risk areas
- Identified knowledge monopolies via commit analysis; flagged single-developer dependencies for risk mitigation
- Engineered custom scan integrations for incompatible version control systems; implemented CI/CD hooks for continuous analysis at enterprise scale
- Trained Hong Kong consulting team on findings presentation and technical integration; enabled local team autonomous delivery with central support
Aug 2015 - Sep 2016
1 year 2 monthsNuremberg, Germany
ERP Project Executive
Konica Minolta IT Solutions
- Managed NAV projects with budgets up to €400,000 and teams of 2–12 people
- Developed C/AL as required
Dec 2013 - Aug 2015
1 year 9 monthsMarburg, Germany
IT Consultant
Freelancer
- Analyzed and optimized processes, reducing offer creation time from 4 hours to under 3 minutes by introducing and adapting PHP-based open source ERP system
Summary
Product Manager with 8+ years driving operational excellence through DevOps culture, platform economics, and evidence-based delivery optimization. Specialized in transforming organizations from project-driven execution to product-led thinking with measurable impact on DORA metrics and SCRUM EBM framework (ability to innovate, time-to-market, current value, unrealized value).
Proven track record scaling SaaS platforms globally (+5k users, 5 continents), managing offshore teams (India), and navigating regulated industries (Automotive ISO 26262, Rail, Pharma GxP, Defense). Expert in platform products, DevSecOps toolchains, and multi-tenant B2B/B2B2B architectures.
I build products and platforms that enable teams to deliver high-quality outcomes faster and more reliably.
Deliver customer value faster with higher quality. I'm passionate about DevOps culture, platform thinking, data-heavy products, and helping cross-functional teams reduce friction, increase automation, and scale efficiently.
My goal is to foster alignment across business and tech by integrating user value, operational excellence, and modern engineering practices like CI/CD, IaC, and observability.
Skills
- Outcome-driven Innovation (Ulwick Odi)
- Platform Strategy
- Value Stream Mapping
- Dora Metrics
- Multi-tenant Saas
- Ci/cd Optimization
- Stakeholder Management (C-level, Technical Teams)
- Offshore Program Management
- Product Management (Saas, Manufacturing, Automotive, Defense)
- Platform Engineering (Cloud-native, Multi-tenant B2b, Devops Toolchains)
- Devsecops & Ci/cd (Zero-trust Architectures, Gitops, Blue-green Deployments)
- Ai/ml Products (Agentic Ai, Rag, Llm Integration)
- Jira
- Confluence
- Powerbi
- Git
- Devops
- Miro
- Azure Devops
- Trello
- Product Discovery
- Terraform
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Elk
- Argocd
- Helm
- Azure Kafka
- Kubernetes
- Argo Workflows
- Blue-green Deployment
- Feature Flags
- Selenium
- Multi-tenant Architecture
- Rbac/ad Integration
- Edge Computing
- Iot Integration
- Json
- Xml
- Java
- Sql
- Azure Monitor
- Seerene Platform
- Svn
- Sonarqube
- Custom Regex Metrics
- Nl4+ Analysis
- Mccabe Complexity
- Cyclomatic Complexity
- Time-series Analytics
- Ci/cd Integration
- Dbeaver
- Katalon
- Pgadmin
- Adobexd
- Jenkins
- Graphql
- Python
- Product Discovery
- Devsecops
- Gtm Strategy
- Sales Enablement
- Devops Culture Transformation
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Agile Project Execution
- Stakeholder Management
- Process Standardization
- Offshore Team Leadership
- Program Management
- Engineering Intelligence
- Technical Debt Quantification
- Knowledge Distribution Analysis
- Agile Process Adherence Auditing
- Behavior Driven Development
- User Story Mapping
- Persona Creation
- Value Proposition Canvas
- Jobs-to-be-done Framework
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Marketing
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Market Research
- Competitive Analysis
- Workshop Facilitation
- Coaching And Mentoring
- Data-driven Continuous Improvement
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedSpanish
IntermediateRussian
ElementaryEducation
Sep 2022 - May 2024
Boston University
MM in Digital Transformation Leadership · Digital Transformation Leadership · Boston, United States
Oct 2012 - Sep 2013
Philipps-Universität Marburg
M.Sc. in Business Administration · Business Administration · Marburg, Germany
Oct 2008 - Sep 2012
Philipps-Universität Marburg
B.Sc. in Economics · Economics · Marburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
ITIL Foundation
Mediator
PSM I
PSPO I + II
Prince2 Foundation
Six Sigma Black Belt
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