Benjamin Ottensten

Product Lead & Builder
Copenhagen, Denmark

I'm a product builder with 10 years of experience in product leadership, design and frontend at startups.

I enjoy building high-quality user experiences that bring joy and drive growth. I have the best experience doing that when the team is small and made up of talented, technical and kind people who care about the details.

Experience

Now

Freelance — Open to projects

I currently freelance in product development (PM, design, frontend) and product strategy. I like coming in early to shape something new, or stepping in to elevate what exists. Reach out if you want to collaborate!

2023–2026

Product Lead at Speckle

Copenhagen (Remote) · Series A · 30 employees

Speckle makes it easier to collaborate on 3D data across tools and teams. It has wide adoption within the architecture, engineering and construction industry.

I led the development of the web platform including the 3D viewer, managed the design and frontend teams, and played a key role in transitioning Speckle from a free open source project to a paid product selling to large enterprises.

2020–2023

Head of Product at The Org

Copenhagen & New York · Series B · 75 employees

The Org — backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund — is a professional network for companies. I led the product development and managed the PMs.

While I was there we grew the traffic to 1 million organic visitors/month from 80k, grew contributions from companies to 35k/month from 1k, went from 6 to 75 team members, rebranded, and raised a series B funding round.

2016–2020

Product Designer at GoMore

Copenhagen

GoMore is the leading car sharing platform in Europe. I did product design for web and apps, frontend development and various PM work.

I'm most proud of having led the development of the now very popular GoMore Keyless product from start to finish. GoMore Keyless allows car owners to rent out their car to strangers without ever meeting.

2014–2015

Teaching Assistant at the IT University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

I supervised projects and conducted weekly exercises on the two courses Context-Based App Design and Co-Design.

2012–2013

Web Designer at Starfly Media

Copenhagen

Starfly Media is an online marketing agency. I designed and built landing pages and other sites for various campaigns.

Education

2011–2016

MSc in Digital Design from the IT University of Copenhagen

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