Product Design Lead
10+ years building digital products at the intersection of user needs and business goals. From zero-to-one to scaling teams, strategy, and process.
35% → 84%
Smart tariff adoption at RABOT Energy. Within 72 hours of shipping a redesigned activation flow.
+12.1%
Non-minute rate selection on Android after rate discovery redesign at SHARE NOW.
+10%
Revenue from loyalty program redesign at SHARE NOW. First 90 days post-launch.
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Selected Work
Leadership
At RABOT, co-developed product strategy with the CPO using Roger Martin's Playing to Win framework, working through where to play and how to win before committing to a roadmap. Design as a strategic input, not a downstream service.
Defined and rolled out a unified product creation process across multiple teams, establishing shared language between design, product, and engineering and reducing friction between discovery and delivery.
Regular 1:1s, co-created career paths, annual salary reviews, and development budget allocation. Recruiting, onboarding, and managing departures with care. A bias toward unblocking rather than directing.
Championing design's strategic value within the org, building trust with PMs, engineers, and leadership so that discovery isn't treated as optional overhead. Prevented knowledge silos; fostered cross-team alignment.
Experience
Product Design Lead
RABOT Energy · Berlin, Germany
Jul 2024 – Present
Leading design at a fast-moving energy-tech startup. Building the design function from zero while shipping features that directly affect adoption and retention.
Senior Product Designer
MyFitnessPal · Remote (US)
Aug 2022 – Jun 2024
Senior IC on a global product team. Driving personalization and engagement through evidence-based design in a fully remote, async-first environment.
Product Designer → Design Lead
SHARE NOW (Free2Move) · Berlin, Germany
Apr 2019 – Jul 2022
Grew from IC to Design Lead. Shipped multiple high-impact features while building the design team and introducing a culture of discovery-led development.
Co-Founder & Designer
Owl + Bear Design Studio · Hamburg, DE & Savannah, GA
2015 – 2019
Co-founded a two-person studio delivering product and brand design for small and medium-sized businesses. Ran the craft and the client relationship simultaneously.
About
I built things before I built software. Trained carpenter. Business graduate. Industrial designer. I came to product design through making physical things — furniture, spaces, objects — which gave me a different kind of pattern recognition than the standard design school path.
It means I think in systems, tolerate ambiguity well, and care more about how things actually work than how they're supposed to look. It also means I've never confused craft with output.
That cross-disciplinary background isn't a liability in a homogeneous industry. It's leverage. I bring perspectives to problem-solving that designers who only know screens often don't.
What people say
"Peter's talent extends far beyond his technical abilities. He's a natural leader who fosters a psychologically safe environment, which made him so great to work with. He takes feedback in stride and always keeps the goals and intent of a project front and center, all while continuously advocating for the best possible experience for our users. His proactive approach to usability testing was a game changer for our team."
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