Benjamin Weitner

Experience

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  German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Essen)

  Jun 2009 - Sept 2012

  Medical Assistant

  • Ambulance service• Medical alarm as first responder to fire brigade

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  Head at work.communication

  Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

  Student Intern

  Internship in start-up for intercultural consulting. Main tasks included:• desk research on industry trends & future clients• preparation of presentations

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  Atraveo GmbH

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2013

  Marketing Assistant

  • Translated customer experience in improvements of products and information policy• Reduced overall complaints by 12%• Interface between SEO & Sales. Research of popular destinations & copywriting of SM content

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  Fantail adventures

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  Business Development Manager

  • Defined business model and exercised rollout after 4 weeks• Partnered with top 3 travel agencies and managed operations of 14 weekly tours

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  Rocket Internet SE | Caterwings

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2017

  • process optimization & strategy development for vendor management• reporting & KPI tracking through Salesforce & Excel• Managing multiple 1000+(€) quotes daily for clients • supervision and management of day-to-day operations in merchandising & pricing, leading a team of 5 agents • Lead generation through Xing & Linkedin• Managing +30 inbound leads daily• Co-conducting expansion to new markets through vendor partnering

  • Head Of Business Development

    Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Business Development Intern

    Apr 2016 - May 2016
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  Delivery Hero Germany GmbH

  May 2017 - Apr 2019

  Business Development Manager

  • sales strategy and growth analytics (incl. ad-hoc) • project manager NPS Germany and OKR related projects• liaison with product development teams for campaigns• weekly & monthly performance presentations for C-level management

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  Sofatutor GmbH

  May 2019 - Jan 2022

  Scrum Master

  • servant leader for two Scrum teams, co-located & dispersed• facilitation of (remote) agile events (e.g. user story mapping, design sprints, retrospectives)• coaching of team members, stakeholders & management• introduction of dual track scrum• supporting management in organizational (re-)design

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  MOIA

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2024

  We ensure product-led growth through leveraging activation and retention in our B2C segment. As a team of 23 members, we are ensuring a smooth rendezvous and ride experience for our ride pooling service for classical and autonomous vehiclesWe build two applications: a passenger app (IOS & Android) and an in-vehicle application for pooling information. • coaching complicated subsystem and stream-aligned teams• simplifying cross-team collaboration • helping D-level management translate high-level business strategy into actionable product goals• improving value creation process from upstream to downstream activities

  • Product Manager Rider Retention

    Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

  • Product Manager Rider Experience

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Agile Coach

    Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
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  Freiberuflich

  Jan 2024 - now

  Freelance Product Manager

  I help organisations build better products and organise teams to deliver outstanding results. Current client: maptransfer GmbH