Fabian Roschig
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Palma, Spain
Toptal member since December 9, 2020
Fabian drives innovation and growth by blending strategic insight with hands-on execution. He has led marketing across five countries for TUI Travel, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Condor, founded two startups, and built innovation labs for Telefónica and Coca-Cola. Since 2017, he has freelanced for clients like Coca-Cola, Kicker, and Condor, transforming user needs into scalable solutions. Fabian specializes in creating purpose- and profit-driven strategies that deliver measurable results.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Business Models
- Digital Design
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation Management
- Innovation Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- Product Strategy
- Product Validation
Work Experience
COO
FUNQ'
- Launched in May 2023, startup FUNQ’s ongoing mission is to disrupt the beverage sector with its innovative, colorful sachets of drinks with benefits, in pursuit of creating a magical formula.
- Expanded product availability to 1,600+ Rossmann stores, REWE in southern Germany, and online via Funq.com and Amazon.
- Built a successful eCommerce business from scratch.
Innovation Consultant
Self-employed
- Helped companies innovate by running workshops and consulting for faster, systematic results.
- Built a corporate incubator and managed numerous new venture initiatives.
- Delivered growth strategies for clients like Coca-Cola, Dr.Oetker, Nestlé, Hochland, Bahlsen, KitchenTown, Condor, Kicker, and PwC.
Senior Manager, Digital Acceleration
The Coca-Cola Company (Freelance)
- Developed and transformed the use of digital to accelerate growth across the portfolio, digitize the path to purchase, and support the business in eCommerce and use of data across The Coca-Cola Company's Western Europe business unit.
- Built a direct to consumer business model for The Coca-Cola Company with several workstreams.
- Developed hypotheses and pilot projects to validate the new business model.
COO & CMO
Telefonica Open Future (Balearics)
- Setup a travel incubator for Telefonica Open Future.
- Defined methodologies, processes, and tools to run the incubator.
- Led staffing and marketing for the new initiative.
Founder
BookingsXL
- Increased conversion rates by up to 30% for several hotel clients.
- Improved occupancy rates through last-minute marketing activities.
- Lowered the percentage of online travel agency (OTA) bookings by up to 8% for several hotel clients.
- Reduced the average acquisition cost from 17% to 12% in three months for a small hotel chain.
Co-founder
jobMapp
- Scaled the award-winning startup business to 60,000 users in Spain and Mexico.
- Received the Seal of Excellence from the European Commission.
- Became a finalist of the European Satellite Navigation Competition of the European Union.
- Selected as a finalist in the Premios Emprendedor XXI for a project completed for the Spanish bank, La Caixa.
- Won the 2014 Prize for Young Entrepreneurs (Premi Joves Emprenedors) competition on the Balearic Islands.
Country Manager, Marketing & eCommerce, LATAM, Spain, Portugal
Condor
- Set up of the post-booking newsletter system for Condor airlines.
- Managed search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns for six countries, producing very good ROIs.
- Spearheaded constant improvement of results of the Spanish and Portuguese websites.
- Managed five offices and marketing activities in Latin America.
Specialist Business Executive
TUI Travel PLC
- Spearheaded the TUI Marathon, which was named as the Best Sport Event in Spain by Eventoplus in 2011.
- Grew the marathon from 4,500 runners to almost 10,000 in four years.
- Secured 20+ sponsorships from brands such as Hard Rock and Coca-Cola for the newly created Balearic Crossover Golf Club.
- Managed logistics and activities for 4,000 travelers in two months (500 people, back-to-back, every week).
- Created a website to personalize sport travel packages, showing contracted hotels in Mallorca based on the selection of sports facilities in a certain area.
Project History
ToBe | The Digital Beverage Companion for The Coca-Cola Company
Designed and developed a new, consumer-centric, direct to consumer business model for The Coca-Cola Company.
Education
Executive Education in Advanced Digital Marketing
Rey Juan Carlos University - Madrid
Executive Education in Digital Marketing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Business School (IEBS) - Madrid
Master's Degree in Strategic Management and Innovation Management
The Autonomous University of Barcelona - Barcelona
Diploma (Bachelor's Degree Equivalent) in International Tourism and Event Management
EBC Euro-Business-College, Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
Certifications
Essentials for Business: Putting theory into practice
Stanford Center for Professional Development
Certified Design Sprint Facilitator
AJ&Smart GmbH
Design Thinking for Innovation
University of Virginia | via Coursera
Content Strategy for Professionals
Northwestern University | via Coursera
Marketing Leadership
Skills
Tools
Slack, Trello, Asana, Zoom
Paradigms
B2C, Agile Product Management, Pay-per-Click (PPC), Design Thinking, Agile, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Scrum
Industry Expertise
Sustainability, Sports
Other
Innovation, Strategy, eCommerce, Tourism, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, Product Strategy, Business Models, Experimental Research, Innovation Management, Digital Design, Marketing Mix, Startups, Lean Startups, Business Model Canvas, Product Validation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Strategy, Product-market Fit, Miro, Business, Design Sprints, Service Design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Advertising (SEA), Product Management, Digital Transformation Program Management, Prototyping, Murals, BlueJeans, Microsoft Teams, Management, IT, SEO Tools, Search, Display Advertising, Social Media, Mobile Ads, User Experience (UX), Analytics, Content Marketing, Event Management, Travel & Leisure, Booking Apps, Direct Marketing, Blogging, Content, On-page SEO, Portfolio Management, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Content Strategy, Media, Notion, Innovation Labs, Innovation Workshops, Process Innovation, Disruptive Innovation, Production, New Product Development, Startup Funding, Human Resources (HR), Operations
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