Nikolai Stosch
Freiberuflich, Lead Product Manager, Frond
Berlin, Deutschland
Über mich
Experienced full-stack product manager with a passion for solving complex problems and creating user-centric products. Skilled in business, design, and team leadership. Driven by empathy and curiosity. Proven track record of building successful products for startups, large enterprises, and companies in between. Keen product sense and effective at translating and mediating between diverse stakeholders. Easygoing team player. Skills: * Product Management * User Experience Design * Product Strategy * Product Ideas * Product Innovation * Team Management * Stakeholder Management * Strategic Design * UX Research
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Nikolai Stosch
Bis heute 3 Jahre und 2 Monate, seit Apr. 2021
Lead Product Manager
Frond
* Managed product discovery phase including problem definition, market research, customer interviews, ideation, and designing an MVP with a group of curated alpha users * Gathered and prioritized customer feedback, ideated and iterated product features * Responsible for product features, initiatives, and long-term product roadmaps * Creating feature specs, PRDs, and strategy docs * Owned project management for several Go-To-Market initiatives * Owned product marketing and product growth measures
* First senior hire to join and grow a new European product design team based in Berlin * Led new product work for a cybersecurity product from scratch with a team of designers * Established a UX research practice and process in the global team * Developed ux design quality framework and research guidelines * Advocated internally for user-centered design by conducting workshops and presentations
* Led a global research project for Autodesk including field research in 4 countries * Managed product experience project for Fleetboard (part of Mercedes-Benz) to improve the fleet management experience for a telematics solution * Responsible for customer research, product vision, and strategy, facilitating workshops, aligning stakeholders, defining product roadmap, and monitoring final product delivery
1 Jahr und 10 Monate, Nov. 2015 - Aug. 2017
Product Experience Manager
xbird GmbH (acquired by Glooko Inc)
* First senior hire to join the founding team and establish foundational product and design processes * Facilitated design sprints in the discovery phase to find diseases that can be tackled with xbird’s core technology * Project management for conducting medical studies in joint partnerships with health providers and pharmaceutical companies
4 Monate, Aug. 2015 - Nov. 2015
Entrepreneur in Residence
Startupbootcamp
* Joined the company as its first product manager * Worked closely with the CEO and CTO to optimize the checkout funnel to maximize revenue * Became part of the management team, representing the product and design department * Developed new approaches to widen the top of the funnel for new customer acquisition * Worked in international expansion to 5 European markets * Managed a complete website relaunch with improved UX and visual design * Facilitated workshops to align internal stakeholders
6 Monate, Feb. 2012 - Juli 2012
Research Assistant Digital Innovation
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik Dresden
Ausbildung von Nikolai Stosch
4 Monate, Apr. 2013 - Juli 2013
Design Thinking
HPI School of Design Thinking | d.School
6 Monate, Aug. 2012 - Jan. 2013
Business
Copenhagen Business School
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Creativity, Design
2 Jahre, Okt. 2011 - Sep. 2013
M.A. International Business
HTW Dresden
3 Jahre und 1 Monat, Sep. 2006 - Sep. 2009
Management
Hochschule Fresenius Köln
Marketing, Interkulturelles Management
Sprachen
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Fließend
Italienisch
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