Experience
Head of Product & Growth, Member of the Executive Board at
Foundera AG
Zurich, Switzerland · Feb 2023 – today
Helping people build their own successful business. A company of Die Mobiliar.
- Leading product vision, strategy, roadmap and goals for the Digital Company Foundation products and leading a team of product owners, designers and engineers.
- Crafting growth, acquisition, and monetisation strategies and optimising user journeys within Foundera and Mobiliar B2B and B2C ecosystems.
- Since 01.01.2024: Leading and developing the consulting team of 3 employees.
Product Manager, Growth (Team Lead) at Hungry Kitchens AB
May 2022 – Dec 2022 · Stockholm, Sweden
Kitchens tailored for food delivery.
- Led acquisition strategy of 360 virtual restaurants across 6 food delivery platforms (e.g. UberEats, Wolt, JustEats) in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
- Hired and managed a team of 4 employees (content specialists, designers, data analysts) and improved the way of working resulting in faster learning for the team.
Achievements
- Achieved 33% growth in monthly recurring revenue in 7 months through structured content creation, experimentation with copy, SEO optimisation, and A/B testing.
Product Manager, KitchenOS & Storefront (Team Lead) at Hungry Kitchens AB
Sep 2021 – April 2022 · Stockholm, Sweden
Led product discovery and delivery for KitchenOS and Storefront products, leading 2 teams of 12 employees (designers, front-end and back-end engineers).
Achievements
- Transformed the MVP into a scalable product by reengineering the user experience and introducing a scalable architecture, resulting in 20%+ operation speed increase.
- Been the first product manager to introduce agile methodologies for the 4 product teams that were later formed, resulting in faster time to market.
Lecturer at HWZ University of Applied Sciences
Sep 2020 – December 2021 · Zurich, Switzerland
Expert lecturer in the program “Disruptive Technologies” on Drones.
Product Manager, New Verticals, Drones at Swisscom AG
Apr 2018 – May 2021 · Zurich, Switzerland
- Innovated, developed and launched 3 drone connectivity and detection products that positioned Swisscom as a key player in the aviation market.
- Developed a vision, strategy, roadmap, goals and built a cross-functional team of 4 employees (engineers & marketers), resulting in product launches within 12 months.
- Winner of the 2021 Smart IoT Award from the University of St. Gallen.
- Selected as top talent for the 12-month professional leadership development program.
Open Innovation Developer at Swisscom AG
Oct 2016 – Mar 2018 · Zurich, Switzerland
Enabled 20+ innovation projects through effective scouting, evaluation, and alignment of Swisscom with 400+ startup requests.
International Trade Advisor at Switzerland Global Enterprise S-GE
Trainee-Programme · Mar 2016 – Aug 2016 · San Francisco, USA
Lead 3 business development projects in California during my 6 months work period by developing winning go-to-market strategies and securing suitable strategic partners.
Business Development Consultant at Switzerland Global Enterprise S-GE
Trainee-Programme · Sep 2015 – Feb 2016 · Zurich, Switzerland
Consulted 5 Swiss SMEs expanding their business to the U.S., Canada, and Africa by leveraging established business networks and researching on local market needs and fit.
Assistant Product Manager at Fachmedien AG
Sep 2013 – Dec 2014 · Stäfa, Switzerland
Online Marketing Manager at webnwine AG
May 2011 – Oct 2013 · Sursee, Switzerland
Apprentice and Notary’s Secretary & Swiss Commercial Vocational Baccalaureate
Aug 2006 – Aug 2010 · Uster, Switzerland
Education
Leadership & Human-Centered Design at Swisscom AG
Aug 2010 – Aug 2015 · Zurich, Switzerland
Selected as one of 40 top talents of 17k employees for the leadership development program.
MSc. Business Administration, Major Business Development & Promotion at University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Aug 2010 – Aug 2015 · Lucerne, Switzerland
Thesis: “First Contact Resolution in Banking Service Centers” (grade: 6.0/6.0).
Selling and Sales Strategies, Change & Management at Edinburgh Napier University
Aug 2010 – Aug 2015 · Edinburgh, Scotland
Exchange Semester
BSc. Business Administration, Communication & Marketing at University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Aug 2010 – Aug 2015 · Lucerne, Switzerland
Thesis: “Senior marketing: Food packaging for Midor/Migros AG” (grade: 6.0/6.0).
Volunteering
Coach & Mentor on Product & Growth Leadership
2020–today
Business Mentor to Startups at Royal Institute of Technology KTH
2021–2022 · Stockholm, Sweden
Startup Coach at Startup Weekend Lucerne
Aug 2010 – Aug 2015 · Lucerne, Switzerland
Certificates
Leading Product Teams
Reforge · 2024
Product Strategy
Reforge · 2023
Growth Series
Reforge · 2023
Social Psychology: Resilience Skills
University of Pennsylvania · 2022
Leadership & Human-Centered Design
Swisscom AG · 2019 – 2020
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance · 2018
3 Day Product Management Dojo
Product Dojo · 2018
Autonomous Mobile Robots
ETH Zurich · AMRx · 2018
Languages
German
English
French
Awards
Smart IoT Award University of St. Gallen
2021
Winner University of St. Gallen Smart IoT Award 2021 for the Drone Service Portfolio at Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd.
Tools
Product Management
Confluence · Notion · Jira
Design
Figma · Adobe Photoshop · Illustrator
Data Analysis
Amplitude · Lookr · Excel
Web Development
WordPress · Webflow
Automation
Zapier · Typeform
CRM
Hubspot · Salesforce