Scaling Your Product Management Career from IC to C-Level

Hey there, ProductTank Düsseldorf community! We've got our next event coming up and the focus this time is on your career and how you scale it to get from individual contributor to leadership roles and also a bit about what that is like and what happens when you are finally there.
Join us and our two speakers and let's dive into the topic together. Don't forget to bring your questions and experiences for the exchange.

Please note:
The IN-PERSON event is RSVP only: to enter, you must RSVP here on Meetup.

Timings:
18:30: Arrival
19:00 - 19:10: Hello from ProductTank Düsseldorf
19:10 - 19:40: "Scaling Your Product Management Career
from IC to C-Level" (Mirela Mus, Product People)
19:40 - 19:50: Short Break
19:50 - 20:20: "Transitioning From Product Management Into The Head Of Product Role" (Kevin Wachtel, vonRundstedt)
20:20 - 20:45: Final questions and closing

About our speakers:
Mirela Mus - Founder and CPO @Product People
Mirela Mus is the Founder & CPO of Product People, the premier destination for Product Management in Europe. Mirela worked with companies like Zalando, Omio, DeepL, and The World Health Organization. Her background is in computer science, and she has an MBA. She's been in Product Management for over 12 years, half of them in a leadership role (50+ people headcount). Based in Berlin since 2015, Mirela spends her downtime hiking, reading Sci-fi like the Culture Series, playing board games, and painting. Mirela is also a Top Product Management Voice on LinkedIn with 35k+ followers.

Kevin Wachtel - Head of Digital Products @vonRundstedt
Kevin is Head of Digital Products at von Rundstedt & Partner GmbH in Düsseldorf. Over the past four years, Kevin has played a key role in building the digital products department, creating and aligning product teams and launching both internal and external products from scratch. Prior to joining von Rundstedt, Kevin co-founded a startup in Amsterdam that centered around increasing exposure for local markets during the pandemic through online stores. With a background in entrepreneurship and innovation and experience as an agile coach, Kevin is particularly passionate about empowering autonomous outcome-oriented product teams.