Christian Heilmann

Looking for a new opportunity

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 at 1:04 pm

End of May will be my last day at Microsoft and I am actively looking for a new role. Thank you in advance for any connections, advice, or opportunities you can offer.

What I am looking for:

  • A technical lead role – CTO, Technical Director or Principal Product/Program Manager
  • A team to work with and cross-organisational impact
  • Hybrid/Remote work from Berlin, Germany (very open to travel)
  • An Open source / public community aspect
  • A competitive salary of what I am having right now ( new Intl.NumberFormat(‘en-uk’, { style: ‘currency’, currency: ‘EUR’ }).format((Math.PI*`1${‘0’.repeat(5)}`/2|0)) )

I bring:

  • 20+ years of development experience in the web/app space
  • 15+ years of working with the biggest web sites and companies (Yahoo, Mozilla, Microsoft)
  • 10+ years of team leading experience, mentoring and training
  • 20+ years of experience in working remote and with distributed teams in India, China, Europe and the US
  • Deep knowledge of web technologies, accessibility and legal compliance
  • Deep knowledge of agile methodologies and continuous delivery
  • Proven track record of creating, planning and releasing products with > 1.5M downloads and 40k daily active users
  • Thought leadership track record (blogging, social media, keynote speaker, video courses)
  • A deep understanding of the needs of developers
  • Excellent communication skills and experience in working cross-department and companies
  • Fluent bilingual in German and English, OK in French

Please contact me per email, or – even better on LinkedIn with opportunities. Also happy to help out anyone who is also looking!

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