
Justus Tölle
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Berlin, Germany
Toptal member since January 29, 2021
Justus is a product manager who honed his product management skills at a VC-backed startup while growing from 20 to more than 150 people, reaching more than €100 million in valuation with their products. He loves working on ambitious visions with great people.
Expertise
- Agile
- Feature Roadmaps
- Lean Startups
- New Products & Services
- Product Management
- Product Owner
- Product Roadmaps
- Product Strategy
Work Experience
Senir Product Manager
Freelance
- Launched a platform for professional education courses offered by the chambers of commerce in Germany.
- Launched a digital dashboard and business process for a real estate brokerage that improved conversion to price reductions 2x, in order to drive transaction volume in a challenging market downturn.
- Increased the number of suppliers and offers on the client's website by 50%.
- Established the product management function at a startup from scratch.
Co-founder
Stays GmbH
- Defined the product strategy as the co-founder of the company.
- Led the customer discovery process and interviewed the target segment to understand product strategy implications.
- Kickstarted an exploratory fundraising process and handled investor communication (angels, VCs, and accelerators).
Product Manager
Wunder Mobility
- Became the second product manager in the company and helped grow the business from Seed to Series B.
- Served as the sole product manager accountable for launching a new white-label SaaS product from scratch with a 1+ million EUR budget, eventually leading a team of 15, including engineers, designers, and QA.
- Built a B2C carpooling marketplace for commuters in some of the world's largest cities.
- Pioneered Kanban as an alternative to Scrum in the company.
- Took responsibility for writing user stories, backlog management and prioritization, and product roadmap and strategy.
Project Manager
Wunder Mobility
- Helped the company founder and CEO to close the Series A funding round.
- Launched two new international markets for the product.
- Started the first product management practices at the company.
Project History
White Label Ride-hailing Platform
http://wundermobility.comBrought a new product to market with customers in several countries.
I managed the product discovery and worked closely with technology, and design leads to build this new product from scratch. Leading up to the launch, I was the product manager for two teams with mobile, back-end, and web engineers and design and QA. I helped implement a Kanban process for early development leading to a successful product launch with customers in several countries. I worked closely with sales in early customer conversations. The project was handed off to two product managers at the end of my term.
Professional Education Platform
Launched a platform for professional education courses offered by the chambers of commerce in Germany.
Go-to-market for a Machine Learning SaaS Product
Led the product strategy and go-to-market for a machine learning API product.
Establishment of Product Management Function
https://www.mavue.io/Established the product management function at a startup after their Pre-seed funding round from scratch.
New Strategy and Restructuring at Homeday
http://www.homeday.deHelped to re-align the product organization around the new five-year strategy of the company and launched online booking feature
Product Strategy for A Medical AI Project
Led the definition of the product strategy given the target group's complex regulatory requirements and needs.
Driving Price Reductions at Homeday (Second Project)
http://www.homeday.deLaunched a digital dashboard and business process for a real estate brokerage that improved conversion to price reductions 2x, driving transaction volume in a challenging market downturn.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration
ESADE Business & Law School - Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor's Degree in International Business
Singapore Management University - Singapore, Singapore
Coursework Towards a Bachelor's Degree in International Business
Maastricht University - Maastricht, Netherlands
Skills
Tools
Jira, Figma, Confluence
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Product Management, Key Performance Metrics, Scrum, Kanban, Requirements Analysis, Agile Project Management
Industry Expertise
Marketplaces
Other
Product Roadmaps, Product Strategy, Lean Startups, Product Management, User Stories, Feature Roadmaps, Mobility, Sprint Planning, Product Ownership, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Metrics, Backlog Management, Product Delivery, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), IT Product Management, Business Strategy, B2B Product Management, Story Mapping, Product Owner, Strategy, Business to Business (B2B), Business to Consumer (B2C), Product Launch, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), New Product Development, New Products & Services, Implementation, Product Leadership, Go-to-market Strategy, Product Development, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Apps, Agile Delivery, Two-sided Marketplaces, Software as a Service (SaaS), Business, Miro, Discovery, Fundraising, Project Management, Market Research, Business Analysis, APIs, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Customer Discovery, Pitch Decks, Seed Fundraising, SaaS, IT Management, IT Project Management, Notion, Roadmaps, Feature Prioritization, Restructuring, Process Flows
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