Canada

Generalist Product Management

Technical Product Management

Growth Product Management

Data Product Management

Platform Product Management

Group Product Management

Program Management

Project Management

Data Analysis

Generative AI

AI Product Management

AI Design

University of Saskatchewan

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Andreas Grunewald

Founder / Head of Product

Public Speaking

Product analytics

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

AI/ML

Conversational AI

Chatbot

Cloud computing

Content creation

Content editing

Data visualisation

Human computer interaction

Unit Testing

Video editing

User research

Product roadmap

Optimizely

Postman

Python

React

Youtube

Adobe Photoshop

Canva

ChatGPT

D3.js

Docker

Figma

GitHub

Google Data Studio

HTML

Java

JavaScript

Jira

Matlab

Miro

Confluence

Google Analytics

Jenkins

REST API

Selenium

Node.js

● Spearheading the creation of a vibrant new company dedicated to offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to meet the diverse needs of our clients.
● Leveraging my expertise spanning product and project management, software and website development, agile coaching, and media production, including audio, video, and photography.

● Advanced the strategy for Best Buy’s retail locations, partnering closely with Retail Operations to align the annual technology strategy with business objectives.
● Led the successful preparation of applications and technology for opening 167 Best Buy Express stores between June and October.
● Managed six development teams to deliver an aggressive roadmap, including the final roll-out of a new POS system across ~300 retail locations.

● Managed an annual budget of over $20 million as product management leader of the Stores and Core product groups.
● Supervised and led five product managers working in 10 development teams with more than 170 staff members
● Ensured resourcing and delivery by working closely with the Software Development Managers at the group and team level.

● Hired, mentored and grew the mid-funnel e-commerce product management community
● Owned budget and P&L for all product teams while collaborating with Software Development Managers, Experience Designers, and Scrum Masters.
● Designed and led the website performance and platform engineering team and provided senior leadership for Bestbuy.ca A/B testing and experimentation process.
● Grew revenue of the Cart, Availability, and In-Store Pickup Product team by over $25M through optimizations and new features.

● Led multiple cross-functional product teams, responsible for P&L, strategic roadmaps, stakeholder communication, vendor management, and daily execution.
● Managed large-scale projects such as decommissioning a legacy e-commerce platform, coordinating roadmaps of over ten teams, improving site security and performance, and ensuring site reliability during high-traffic situations.
● Enhanced product data and scaling the Best Buy Marketplace. Led the team during holiday shopping events and communicated with senior leadership.
● Developed the monthly release planning cadence into a highly effective meeting, aligning 20 Product Managers with a large stakeholder group.

Andreas Grunewald🇨🇦