Till Zier

Product Guy · I love to build products people love

Till Zier
Köln, Germany

Experience

Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
10 months

Product Owner Cloud Apps

GEDAT / Time Job

ERP software for temporary-employment agencies and contract staffing.

MVP development of the Time Job Sales PWA with an international team.

Sep 2023 - Aug 2024
1 year

Product Owner DevOps & Enterprise Integrations

Tonies

Toy retailer known for creating the Toniebox, a screen-free audio system for children.

Automation of the customer care repair process, migration of the ERP to SaaS, in-house development and maintenance of the B2B shop, on-demand voucher creation via Zendesk.

Coaching the development team and setting up scrum and agile best practices.

Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 4 months

Product Owner Mobile Apps

gesund.de

Health and eCommerce platform connecting pharmacies and other health industry players with consumers.

Consulting the former Director of Product, his successor and the CEO on product roadmap, analytics and strategy while launching two completely new versions of the iOS and Android app with a direct team of 15 developers, 3 testers and 1 UX/UI designer. As the most experienced PO I also trained one of my fellow POs to take over after my contract period ended.

Mar 2021 - Present
4 years

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Matchilla

Matching and procurement platform for marketing software and agencies.

Roadmap and strategic planning of the B2B platform, creating proof-of-concept and prototype of the app, launch of the MVP in spring 2023 with an international development team.

Dec 2017 - Present
7 years 3 months

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

UnitedCrowd

W3aaS platform for design, integration and application of fintech and web3 technology.

Interface and mediation between the management team and the product team. Lead and supervision of the product and development team in close collaboration with the CTO and COO.

Jul 2013 - Nov 2021
8 years 5 months

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Social Trademark

Marketing agency building personal brands, corporate influencers and digital products.

Leading the international product team and applying agile methodologies to all departments.

Jan 2009 - Sep 2014
4 years 9 months

Chief of Product

Fliplife and Kaisergames

Online gaming company, sold to Kaisergames, at that time Germany's biggest gaming portal.

Interface between management and product team, driving strategic product planning and product vision. Lead product manager responsible for the in-house development, design, testing and CRM teams as well as the external gaming agencies.

Sep 2008 - Dec 2009
1 year 4 months

Product Manager and Product Owner

Sevenload

Video platform with €100m valuation and €35m funding by T-Online and Hubert Burda Media.

Mediation between the development team and the company's many stakeholders. Leading the product team to the relaunch of the new platform version.

Summary

I love to build products people love. I have been building tech companies and digital products for the past 18 years. I hold a high level of expertise in entrepreneurship, product management and digital marketing as well as in coaching and leading of international teams. Expertise - Roles: Chief Product Officer, Head of Product, Product Lead, Product Manager, Product Owner - Mindset: Entrepreneurial, Hands-on, User centric, Lean, Agile, Design Thinking - Industries: Health, eCommerce, Gaming, Video, Digital Marketing, Procurement, Retail, SaaS - Toolset: Agile, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Figma, Microsoft Office and Teams - Application Development: Web, Desktop, Platform, Mobile App - Product Management Skills: Concepting, Business Modelling, Discovery, Product Strategy, Product Roadmap, Prototyping, MVP, Product Launch, User Stories, Testing

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Sep 2004 - Sep 2008

Hochschule Fresenius Köln (UAS)

Diploma · Media Economics · Cologne, Germany

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