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Sofia Holmberg Hjertberg

Summary

Experienced Senior Product Manager with over 8 years in product management, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration. Proven track record in driving product innovation, aligning product strategies with business goals, and delivering user-centric solutions. Extensive experience in leading product development teams, both local and global, across diverse industries such as technology, finance, and employee benefits. Skilled in Agile, Scrum, and stakeholder management, with a focus on delivering impactful products and driving business growth.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Manager

Netigate AB
12.2021 - Current

Netigate provides advanced customer and employee experience solutions, helping organizations optimize the development of their most important assets.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development of next-generation products aimed at improving customer and employee engagement
  • Focus on defining product vision, creating roadmaps, and aligning product development with company objectives
  • Conduct user research, prioritize features, and lead cross-functional teams to build solutions that meet both business and user needs
  • Manage the product lifecycle from ideation to delivery, focusing on scalability and market demands
  • Netigate provides advanced customer and employee experience solutions, helping organizations optimize the development of their most important assets

Key Achievements:

  • Led the launch of multiple key product features that improved customer satisfaction and employee engagement
  • Successfully aligned product goals with the overall company strategy, ensuring high-impact outcomes for both internal stakeholders and end-users

Product Manager

Sergel Kredittjänster
04.2018 - 12.2021

Sergel provides financial services with a strong focus on debt collection and credit management

Key Responsibilities:

  • Product Owner for Sergel's web platforms serving clients and debtors
  • Led a team of developers and UX/UI designers to rebuild the back-end and front-end systems for both platforms
  • Managed supplier relationships and worked closely with external partners to ensure seamless integration of third-party solutions
  • Utilized Scrum methodology for agile product development, ensuring timely and high-quality product deliveries
  • Defined product requirements, approved back-end functionality, APIs, and front-end designs
  • Sergel provides financial services with a strong focus on debt collection and credit management

Key Achievements:

  • Spearheaded a complete overhaul of web platforms, improving functionality, usability, and performance
  • Enhanced stakeholder engagement by creating a streamlined communication process between internal teams and suppliers

Head of Content Management

Benify
07.2017 - 04.2021

Benify specializes in employee benefit platforms for international markets

Key Responsibilities:

  • Led a team of 9 professionals responsible for front-end development and content management for the employee benefit platform
  • Directed organizational development and team coaching to align with company goals (OGSM)
  • Managed recruitment and developed a nearshore project to set up an operational center for Benify
  • Worked across international markets to increase team productivity and enhance platform functionality
  • Benify specializes in employee benefit platforms for international markets

Key Achievements:

  • Increased team productivity through process improvements and focused coaching
  • Successfully launched the nearshore operational center, improving efficiency and service delivery

Manager of Transaction Solutions & Transactions Center

Benify
12.2015 - 07.2017

Key Responsibilities Transaction Solutions:

  • Managed the global development unit for transaction flows, including setting product strategies and system development priorities
  • Acted as a stakeholder for several agile IT development projects and coached a global team of 7

Key Responsibilities Transactions Center:

  • Led a team responsible for Nordic client reporting, client implementations, and change projects
  • Focused on automation of manual processes to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs
  • Managed a team of 5, setting goals and priorities for efficient client reporting and process optimization

Key Achievements:

  • Successfully expanded the global development function into Germany and Holland
  • Led multiple change management initiatives, enhancing client reporting and improving internal operational processes

Manager of International Customer Reporting

Benify
08.2014 - 12.2015

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managed a team of 5 international business controllers, improving financial processes across multiple international markets (UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany)
  • Developed and improved financial reporting and control processes for international clients

Key Achievements:

  • Streamlined reporting processes, leading to reduction in reporting time and errors
  • Improved client satisfaction through faster, more accurate financial reporting

Controller

Benify
10.2012 - 08.2014

Key Responsibilities:

  • Developed and implemented internal and external financial processes
  • Worked on client launches and IT development projects to optimize internal operations
  • Led a team and acted as the head controller for the Danish subsidiary, spending four months in Copenhagen to manage local product development

Key Achievements:

  • Played a key role in establishing and developing financial processes for new client launches
  • Successfully managed financial processes for the Danish market, enhancing local team performance

Education

Master of Science - in Business And Economics

Lund University
Lund
06-2012

Study Abroad - Management

University of Ottawa
Ottawa
12-2010

Skills

  • Business strategy alignment
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Strategic Planning
  • Product Development
  • Project Management
  • Analytical ability
  • Leadership
  • Process improvement
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Jira
  • Confluence

Languages

Swedish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Senior Product Manager

Netigate AB
12.2021 - Current

Product Manager

Sergel Kredittjänster
04.2018 - 12.2021

Head of Content Management

Benify
07.2017 - 04.2021

Manager of Transaction Solutions & Transactions Center

Benify
12.2015 - 07.2017

Manager of International Customer Reporting

Benify
08.2014 - 12.2015

Controller

Benify
10.2012 - 08.2014

Master of Science - in Business And Economics

Lund University

Study Abroad - Management

University of Ottawa
Sofia Holmberg Hjertberg