International Professional with Cross Functional Expertise

3/2021 – offen

Leading advisory assignments in relation to digital systems of the
OSCE.
● Led audit and advisory assignments related to technology,
compliance, efficiencies, fundraising, operations management, and
more.
● Communicating recommendations to senior and executive officials
of OSCE.
● Lead the digital transformation of the office.
● Providing input for risk assessment and annual planning.
● Organizing and providing advanced data analytics for the immediate
and executive management

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), Business Intelligence (BI), Data Science, Digitale Transformation, Risikomanagement

8/2019 – 3/2020

Advising the Chief Product Officer (CPO), and standing during
meetings, taking key decisions and speaking on behalf of the CPO.
● Directing the product team towards clear and efficient
decision-making, roadmap, and processes.
● Supporting the CPO in setting and communicating overall product
strategy across the product portfolio.
● Supporting the CPO in setting overall communication strategy,
planning of internal events and helping align internal
communications.
● Providing data backed insights to inform executive
decision-making.
● Acting as extension of product leadership, representing the team in
cross-functional meetings and in open forums.
● Running the “rhythm of the business” establishing the operating
rhythm of the team and helping to facilitate its execution wherever
possible.
● Organizing and coordinating intra-team projects and action items -
figure out which fires are burning, prioritize them quickly, and figure
out which to put out first.
● Identifying and resolving issues gaps with actionable, data-guided
recommendations. Created systems and processes that avoided such
problems in the future.
● Adjusting product features based on A/B tests, trends, analytics,
input from other cross functional teams and data.
● Applying advanced data analytics tools such as Tableau, Microsoft BI
for product development, user stories, testing hypotheses and
making decisions and recommendations based on real time insight.

Scrum, Management (allg.), Organisation (allg.), Lifecycle Management

9/2017 – 8/2019

Increased site traffic by 400% within four months though specific
geo targeting using Google Trends, Google Analytics, Taboola,
Marketo, Instagram, Facebook Ads, content based SEO and making
necessary changes. Measured engagement based on the number of
returning users, purchases made, engagement as well as determined
timing for social engagement based on user interest.
● Launching the product vision within the prescribed budget and
timeline by managing a team of cross-functional professionals
(design, data, UX/UI, content, marketing) by having weekly sprint
meetings.
● Developing staff by continuous coaching, ongoing reviews and
feedback by all staff.
● Managing product roadmap and features by managing backlog,
project interdependencies, features design, by collaborating with the
team, understanding the user needs, and constantly updating user
stories and journeys, as well as pain points.
● Management of financial and operational resources, by overseeing
budgets, timelines and costs allocated for features, development, and
more.
LANGUAGES
English, Croatian, German,
Dutch (basic)
● Presentation and pitching of business plan and funding
requirements to new investors, as well as providing existing
investors with status updates.
● Management of marketing and content staff by guiding staff in
research of trending topics using research and on page SEO as well as
selection of appropriate communications media.
● Adjusting product based on A/B tests, trends, analytics, and data.
● Applying data analytics tools such as Tableau, Microsoft BI for
product development, user stories, testing hypotheses and making
decisions and recommendations based on real time insight.

User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Management (allg.), Markenbildung