Product Leader & Builder · Hamburg, Germany
Hej, I'm Jacob. I help engineering-heavy organizations close that gap with technical depth, product sense, and constraint fluency.
From 1 to 10 teams without losing the plot
Led the product function of an automotive OTA vehicle update platform, scaling from one to ten product managers and teams — growing data, API, embedded, and developer experience workstreams while maintaining team health and delivery performance.
An IoT product. Four paying customers. 12 months.
Built and launched an IoT battery management product from scratch within budget and on time, with four paying early adopters — combining connected vehicle capabilities, SaaS architecture, and B2B go-to-market from day one.
250 people. One shared direction.
Designed the organizational and technical strategy for a large European autonomous driving cooperation — applying an Inverse Conway Maneuver to reduce dependencies, then aligning VP-level leadership down to team leads and ramping up 20+ teams.
When alignment costs more than it’s worth
How I’ve created a department by accident
The Art of Slicing — Part 3 of 3
The Art of Slicing — Part 2 of 3
The Art of Slicing — Part 1 of 3
Developer Experience Discovery — Part 4 of 4
Developer Experience Discovery — Part 3 of 4
Developer Experience Discovery — Part 2 of 4
Internal developer platforms fail before they launch — built on assumptions, not research. Here's what that costs, and how discovery changes the outcome.
Whether it's a speaking invitation, a workshop, a consulting conversation, or just an exchange of ideas: I'm interested.
