Berlin, Germany · Open to hybrid & remote roles
Bailey Smuhl
Senior Product Manager · Platform, Internal & B2B Products
I build the products other teams depend on: internal developer platforms, operations tools and data systems. I make messy, high-stakes systems understandable and get engineering and business teams aligned on what matters most.
- 450 → 6 dayscycle time at eyeo
- 58.6%lower CI/CD compute cost
- €15K / monthinfrastructure savings
- 1.2Mproperties in a national data system
Experience
Technical Product Manager – Platform Engineering & Infrastructure
2023 – Present
eyeo GmbH (Adblock Plus) · Berlin
- Turned a ticket-driven ops team into a roadmap-driven platform team, cutting cycle time from 450 to 6 days.
- Ran eyeo's first developer research program (30+ interviews) and launched self-service CI/CD runners: 111,000+ jobs, zero failures, 58.6% lower cost.
- Led infrastructure cleanup and cloud migration, decommissioning 234 servers and saving €15,000/month.
Senior Product Owner
2021 – 2023
Ziegert EverEstate · PropTech B2B SaaS · Berlin
- Owned a B2B inventory-management platform and partner-facing web tools.
- Cut a 300+ story backlog to under 100 prioritized stories and beat the quarterly release schedule by 33%.
Senior Product Manager, Internal Operations & B2B
2019 – 2021
AMORELIE GmbH · E-commerce · Berlin
- Owned 5 internal products for purchasing, inventory, warehouse data and B2B ordering.
- Cut manual data corrections by 75% for developers and 50% for Operations; integrated warehouse partners via APIs.
Chief Product Owner & Acting Deputy Director, Risk
2011 – 2018
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Washington, DC
- Led product ownership for the national public-housing inventory system: 1.2M properties, 3,300 agencies, $30B+ in assets.
- Helped build one of the first enterprise risk management offices in the U.S. federal government.
Education & more
Northwestern University
Master of Public Policy and Administration
University of Minnesota
B.A., Communication, Magna Cum Laude
Certifications
PMP · Certified Scrum Product Owner
Languages
English (native) · Spanish (C1) · German (B2)
Let's talk
I'm looking for senior product roles on platform, internal or B2B products: hybrid in Berlin or remote.