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Joost Van Der Veen

Digital Product Manager

€800/day
Amersfoort, NL
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Joost

I help startups, scale-ups, and SMEs develop, improve, and scale digital products and platforms. The result: better performing teams, satisfied users, and faster achievement of business goals.
I bring calm, structure, realism, and focus – and prevent you from getting lost in unnecessary complexity or pipe dreams.

With extensive and versatile experience in digital product development – from SaaS platforms to B2B portals – I translate abstract ideas into a clear product strategy, an executable roadmap, and concrete steps. I work goal-oriented, with an eye for priorities and measurable impact.

What I enjoy doing:
Listening and asking the right questions to clarify goals
Shaping vision, strategy, and executable product roadmaps
Guiding teams, users, and stakeholders in an iterative mindset with a culture of discovery and feedback
Making things concrete, so everyone understands what we are working towards – and why
No jargon, no endless meetings. Just collaboration and achieving results.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Amersfoort (up to 50km), Zwolle (up to 50km), Amsterdam (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Maqqie
    Product Owner and Advisor
    May 2022 - January 2023 (8 months)
    Sliedrecht, Netherlands
    Maqqie is a payroll service provider with ambitions to grow into a digital employee/employer platform. Advisor to the CEO and CTO on strategy and architecture. Responsible for the Planning Tool and the Customer Portal, both part of the total SAAS solution. I worked with stakeholders, users, and a tech team to turn ideas and concepts into working solutions.
  • Amersfoort
    Digital Value Creators Owner
    January 2016 - Today (10 years and 5 months)
    Utrecht, Netherlands
    We help startups, scale-ups, and SMEs create digital value. Our goal is to deliver value to users by focusing on: Strategy - A shared value and growth hypothesis and economics of the solution. Process - Creating a silo-less culture, maintaining an iterative feedback loop. Technology - Maintaining a smooth development and release cycle. Team - Managing internal and external nearshore team members. Visit our website www.digitalvaluecreators.nl for more information, cases, and blogs.
  • PVH Corp.
    Product Owner SAAS Tooling
    October 2021 - May 2022 (7 months)
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    At PVH / Tommy Hilfiger, I was helping an international team of users adapt the SaaS software tools they need to make their job easier. Tools include: Atlassian Jira and Confluence, Miro, Mentimeter, Monday.com, and DocuSign. Key deliverables:
    - Onboarding tools: making sure the tool complies with corporate legal and security policies
    - Enabling Single Sign On (SSO), provisioning, automatic onboarding and offboarding (SCIM)
    - Managing self-service communities
    - Vendor management and selection, license management, and cross-charging.
    - Writing knowledge articles, organizing user support, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

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Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Communication
    Hogeschool Utrecht
    2003
    Bachelor, Digital communication systems

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