Senior Technical Product Manager

Technical Product Manager with extensive experience of 19 years in various domains.
6 years of exposure to product management has opened gates for me toward users and business.

• Lifecycle Management
• Product Owner7 J.
• Produktdesign
• Produktdesigner7 J.
• Quality Assurance Engineer7 J.
• Requirement Analyse7 J.
• Requirements Management
• Software Quality3 J.
• Stakeholder-Analyse
• Testen

Results-driven Senior Technical Product Manager with 6+ years driving product strategy across SaaS and proptech, backed by 13 years QA expertise. Proven leader in end-to-end product lifecycle management, API/ERP integrations (SAP, Adyen, Stripe, DocuSign), and cross-functional stakeholder alignment across 7 countries.
Track record of delivering 250K+ annual savings through data-driven prioritization, process optimization, and scalable architecture. ISTQB-certified with deep expertise in Agile/Kanban methodologies, multi-team coordination, and transforming business requirements into high-impact roadmaps. Seeking Senior PM role in Berlin fintech/SaaS to drive innovation in B2B/B2C solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Product Manager, Akelius Residential
October 2018 – Present (Promoted 2024) | Berlin, Germany
Led end-to-end product strategy and delivery for SaaS applications across property management and tenant services in 7 countries, managing product vision, roadmaps, prioritization, and cross-functional execution. Drove 250K+ annual savings through strategic integrations, process optimization, and scalable architecture.

Key Achievements & Impact:

2025 – Property Management Tool (Competitive Analysis → Prototype Sales)
• Conducted extensive competitive analysis of German property management market from scratch;
• Wrote comprehensive product requirements; created detailed wireframes in Figma for stakeholder alignment;
• Developed fully functional prototype using Lovable and delivered dummy app for Sales team demos
• Secured 2 client purchases in prototype phase – generated early revenue before full product development and validated market fit.

2025 – Digital Signing & Cost Optimization
• Enhanced DocuSign integration across core process apps, securing 50K annual renewal savings through vendor negotiation.
• Conducted competitive analysis of digital signing platforms (DocuSign, Adobe Sign, Swicccom) to refine platform strategy and reduce enterprise licensing costs by 15%.

2023-2024 – Payments Integration & Platform Scaling
• Led end-to-end Adyen vs. Stripe evaluation, roadmap development, stakeholder alignment, and user testing; delivered seamless digital tenant payment solution enabling 30% faster payment processing and 25% reduction in manual payment handling.
• Translated complex payment requirements into prioritized user stories in JIRA; coordinated API integration with 3+ internal development teams and third-party vendors
• Planned sprints with dev leads, managed resource budgeting for internal clients, and conducted feature grooming sessions with engineering teams

2021-2022 – Multi-Country Product Rollout & Tenant Portal Launch
• Rolled out My Pages tenant portal across 6 countries with 6-person dev team; integrated Yardi ledger for damage reporting, ledger access, and document management.
• Drove company-wide DocuSign rollout across 7 countries, customizing workflows for local regulations and embedding into core apps with full technical documentation
• Owned resource planning, sprint coordination, and UAT planning with multi-country user base; reduced deployment issues by 40% through structured UAT strategy

2020-2021 – Message Dispatcher & Process Digitization
• Designed and built Message Dispatcher from scratch (standalone app with multi-app integrations), digitizing tenant-supplier communications and saving 200 KEUR annually through process automation
• Conducted architecture planning with cross-functional teams; created Figma wireframes and mockups to validate UX before development
• Interviewed end users to gather requirements; wrote detailed specifications in Confluence for team prioritization; monitored user KPIs post-launch to continuously improve

2018-2020 – Property Catalog & Requirements Translation
• Oversaw Property Catalog master property database; designed SAP-integrated TMS (Tenant Management System) from business requirements to prioritized user stories

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES & METHODOLOGIES
• Product Strategy
Defined product vision, multi-year roadmaps, and release strategies aligned with business goals and user feedback
• Stakeholder Management
Aligned leadership, development teams, external clients, and third-party vendors; negotiated vendor contracts to optimize cost and capability
• User-Centric Design
Interviewed users for product improvements; conducted feature grooming with dev teams; monitored KPIs (adoption rates, user satisfaction, processing efficiency)
• Agile Execution
Planned sprints, coordinated across Agile/Kanban teams, managed resource budgeting, and tracked velocity metrics
• Technical Collaboration
Defined API integration requirements with multiple teams; participated in architecture planning; translated business needs to technical specifications