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HI I'M THOMAS, A MOONSHOT ORCHESTRATOR. (Director of Product Management / Head of Product / VP of Product Management) 1. WHAT DOES MOONSHOT ORCHESTRATOR MEAN? Moonshot reflects my ambition to think big and pursue unconventional strategies to create unique outcomes. As an Orchestrator, I use bold visions to inspire my product teams, provide clear product strategies to accelerate progress, and transform visions into real products for sustainable business success. 2. THE VALUE I BRING - Balancing Strategy and Operations: I combine big-picture thinking with detailed execution, ensuring targets are met with operational excellence. I balance empathy, intuition, and analytical judgment to achieve this. - Empowering Product Teams: I build product organizations where contributors own the journey to solutions. By offering mentoring support and clear frameworks, I enhance team performance for high-performing outcomes. - Achieving Product-Market Fit: I encourage data-driven decisions by deeply understanding our customers, the market, and our product. I oversee the strategic roadmap to reduce risk and foster innovation to outpace rivals. 3. WHERE I EXCEL I thrive in high-stakes environments marked by uncertainty, volatility, and risk. I communicate with urgency and clarity about threats, uniting product teams around a clear mission to focus on opportunities. I take calculated risks to navigate the product jungle, remaining conservative when it comes to our core product strengths and stability. 4. WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF My expertise includes building B2B SaaS platforms and marketplaces for XING E-Recruiting, Ryte, and CoSpaces. I excel in B2C, driving user engagement for Skoobe eBook, XING Event Marketplace, and Self-Coaching Apps. Skilled in shipping new features, reducing tech debt, and migrating products to new platforms. - Achieving hockey stick growth by pivoting from 50 to 25,000 new users per month in EdTech through structured customer development and a fast go-to-market. - Transforming an old single solution into a seamless HR Tech platform, releasing to new customers while migrating tens of thousands under a compelling vision. - Ensuring multi-million euro profit and growth for an event product portfolio during the COVID-19 lockdown by rethinking strategic focus. 5. MY CREDO “Einfach machen” – Simply get started and keep it simple. This philosophy underpins everything I do, ensuring that complex problems are met with clear, actionable solutions