I am Benedikt, working on the digitalization of Germany’s government by scaling teams and building digital services at the DigitalService.

As a product manager, I’m working together with the administration on digital services, always providing new perspectives through an iterative, digital, product, and human-centric mindset. Teams I work(ed) with value me for providing strategic context, empowering autonomous teams, proactive stakeholder management, domain and technical knowledge, and product sense.

Right now I am the product lead of the so called “Digitalcheck” and “Zentrum für Legistik”, building an environment that empowers policymakers to write better and digital-ready policy.

Before that, I was a public sector consultant. My journey in government started as Tech4Germany product fellow prototyping a chatbot and simultaneously providing the administration with an easy to use chatbot-checklist together with my team.

In 2020, I graduated from the information engineering and management master program at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with a love for design thinking (human-centric, technology inspired, viability focused, problem solving), a solid foundation of a product/service management approach, as well as a digital and data-driven mindset and toolset.

Originally, I am from a small village in the southern part of Germany - but since then, I have been living, studying, and working in the US, different German cities, and Estonia.

You normally find me contributing to products at the intersections of technology, humans, and nature. Doing so, I am normally the person that mediates between different backgrounds to reach a common goal, inspires for a shared vision, and facilitates for an efficient way forward.

Graduating from an IT high school, then continuing with a bachelor in global business management, to carry on with a master that embraces the digital information and servitization economy, trained me to always consider various perspectives - a skill set that proofen itself useful in various sectors (automotive, mechanical engineering, consulting, and until today: government).

As I am a strong advocate of the power of teams, that draw strength from diverse backgrounds of their members, I thrive to enable and empower others to face challenges together. You will most likely hear me emphasizing on a thorough team setup, proposing to start by understanding the users’ needs, asking tons of questions, reducing risks and driving alignment with design sprints, and always reminding everyone to not forget about the synthesis. Besides, I am valued for my visionary mindset that comes in combination with a track-record of reliable delivery and execution of said vision, even in environments that are primarily not used to product/agile plays.

You are welcome to reach out if you want to:

  • talk about digital-ready policy making,
  • hear more about my design thinking journey,
  • want to scale product practices in complex environments,
  • are looking for sounding on discovering and building digital products and services,
  • reflect on the state of the digitalization of Germany,
  • or talk about the climate crisis and its effects on forests.


You are still reading? Then you might as well contact me. Otherwise, you can follow me on LinkedIn and Bluesky for my professional network and thoughts.


And in case you wondered - beliebig is a random joke that was not intended by my parents, although I find it quite handy. To get it, you have to understand German (Hint).