Gabriel Karsten

Freelance Facilitator • Product Discovery • Innovation Strategy

I'm a freelance product discovery facilitator and former engineer who helps teams find clarity in their work. I focus on aligning teams, surfacing user needs, and enabling value-driven decisions – through structured methods, collaborative sessions, and practical strategy work. Let's work together to build things that matter.

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Work Experience

Product Owner

Rhenus Office Systems | 2024/02 - Present

Led roadmap and delivery for multi-location internal platform
Prioritized collaboratively with stakeholders across Europe

Product Owner

Hahn-Software GmbH | 2023/10 - 2024/02

Requirement engineering and technical discovery with internal users

Product Owner

eurofunk KAPPACHER GmbH | 2022/04 - 2023/09

Introduced roadmap planning and facilitated refinement sessions
Built clarity between mission-critical systems and stakeholders

Software Developer

ORS Group | 2019/04 - 2022/03

Built scalable cloud backends for media delivery
Designed internal cost/usage analytics and metrics pipelines

How I Can Help

Discovery Workshops

Uncover assumptions, align on real user needs, and build shared clarity on what matters most.

Impact Mapping

Connect business goals to user behavior and actionable deliverables. Build only what drives real outcomes.

Product Coaching

Sparring for POs and Product Leads. Reflect, clarify direction, and grow your impact sustainably.

Facilitation & Focus

I help teams reduce noise, collaborate better and move forward – without chaos.