TMAbout Torben
Worked for startups, scale-ups and larger organisations. Led multiple projects to align company strategy to product strategy, improve company wide planning, coaching product teams on best practices, building better inter-department processes, re-structuring departments during growth and layoffs.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Conversational
Danish
Conversational
German
Conversational
Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)
Experience
- CoachHubChief Product Technology Officer (CPTO)January 2023 - January 2025 (2 years)Berlin, GermanyFast-growing scale-up HR Tech digital coaching platform 2023 – 2025 Chief Product Technology Officer (CPTO) Manage a team of 100+ (PMs, designers, engineering, data and AI team).• Defined product strategy to move from single product to portfolio• Re-invigorated teams post-layoff into high impact that launched 3 new products within a year, incl. AI coaching• Worked across departments to align Sales and Client Success on new portfolio and operational efficiency
- JOIN SolutionsChief Product Officer (CPO)January 2022 - January 2023 (1 year)Berlin, GermanyFast-growing scale-up HR Tech Talent Acquisition platform 2022 – 2023 Chief Product Officer (CPO) Manage a team of 10 (PMs, designers and user research).• Rebuilt product team and structure from 4 people; established squads and clear mandates.• Led management offsites to align company strategy and product strategy• Implemented quarterly company-wide planning process and championed OKRs
- Peakon+WorkdayVP and Sr. Director, Product ManagementJanuary 2019 - January 2022 (3 years)Copenhagen, HS, DenmarkWorkday: Global leader providing HR and Finance Platformfor Enterprises 2019 – 2022 Sr. Director, Product Management Peakon: Leading Employee Engagement SaaS provider VP, Product Management Manage a team of 19 (PMs, designers and content/localisation).• Launched 2 new products to build a product portfolio. ARR grew from Eur18M to Eur36M within 2 years prior to acquisition.• Implemented company-wide planning and product planning processes to scale our rapid growth.• Post acquisition co-led combined Peakon+Workday integrated product strategy with Peakon founders.
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Education
- MBA DegreeUniversity of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business1998MBA Degree
- B. S. in Business AdministrationUniversity of Reno, Nevada1991B. S. in Business Administration