Benedikt Schulz

Head Product Management & Industry Lead Banking @ ti&m

About

Digital banking is not about technology. It's about reimagining how financial services create value.I have spent the past decade on the vendor side, building digital products for banks and financial institutions across Europe, with a strong focus on the DACH region. My work spans product strategy, innovation, and leadership across retail, SME, and corporate banking.At ti&m, one of Switzerland's leading technology companies, I lead product management for the banking sector and serve as Industry Lead Banking.I am also pursuing a PhD in AI Ethics at HHL Leipzig, combining the practitioner and academic perspective on AI and digital disruption.Open to connecting with people building the future of financial services.

Country

Switzerland

City

Zürich Metropolitan Area

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Digital Banking, Produktmanagement, Produktinnovation, Produktstrategie, Unternehmensentwicklung, FinTech, Business Development, Digitale Transformation, Künstliche Intelligenz (KI), Presales, Agile Methoden, Open Banking, Managementberatung, Projektmanagement, Business-Analyse

Experience

Head Product Management & Industry Lead Banking

ti&m

2025-8 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Zürich, Schweiz

- Leading product management with a focus on digital banking solutions - Shaping the transformation of the product division towards a modern product organization - Defining the annual banking industry strategy in collaboration with senior management - Advancing product innovation and representing ti&m's banking expertise externally - Leading pre-sales processes for digital banking solutions

Senior Product Manager & Senior Consultant

ti&m

2023-4 - 2025-8 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Zürich, Schweiz

- Managing digital banking products with a focus on e-banking solutions - Advising banks and financial institutions on digital banking and transformation projects - Consulting on AI in various industries - Conducting market research and studies in the context of open banking

Chief Product Officer

fintus GmbH

2022-1 - 2022-10 · 10 mos

Francoforte sul Meno

- Leading product management, consulting, and product marketing as part of the senior management team - Managing and developing a product team with direct personnel responsibility - Defining short, mid, and long-term product strategy and owning customer roadmaps - Leading multiple digitalisation projects across Germany and Austria - Driving product innovation in the low-code banking space

Head Product & Consulting

coconet Group

2019-4 - 2021-12 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Dusseldorf

- Leading and developing product management and business consulting for European banking clients - Owning product innovation and product strategy for the CoCoNet Group - Interim responsibility for marketing, strengthening market positioning and pre-sales activities

Business Consultant & Business Analyst

coconet Group

2017-9 - 2018-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

Düsseldorf und Umgebung, Deutschland

- Advising banks and financial institutions on digital banking solutions through workshops and consulting engagements - Supporting pre-sales activities including tenders, presentations, and client documentation - Creating functional specifications and analyses for digital banking software solutions

Apprenticeship & Private Client Staff

Stadtsparkasse Remscheid

2013-9 - 2017-1 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Remscheid

- Completed banking apprenticeship (IHK) followed by a permanent position in customer service, advising retail and business clients

Education

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

2025-3 - 2028-12 · 3 yrs 10 mos

- Research into the impact of AI on the world of work - PhD at the Chair of Business and Economic Ethics (Prof. Dr. A. Suchanek)

University of St.Gallen

Economics

2025-6 - 2025-9 · 4 mos

- Seminar grade: 6.0 - Visiting PhD student at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in the Department of Economics - Participation in the PhD programme focusing on ethics, sustainability and responsibility in research

FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

Business Consulting & Digital Management

2020-9 - 2024-1 · 3 yrs 5 mos

- Final grade: 1.2 - Master of Science in Economics & Management, specialising in Management Consultancy & Digitalisation - Specialisation in strategic management, innovation and artificial intelligence - Master’s thesis on the successful application of AI in consulting

FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

Betriebswirtschaft & Wirtschaftspsychologie

2014-9 - 2019-4 · 4 yrs 8 mos

- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Business Psychology - Specialisations: Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Human Resource Management and Health Psychology - Bachelor’s thesis on digitalisation in the financial sector