Samira, Senior Product Manager
Samira works as a Senior Online Marketing and Product Manager in funeral insurance. In this interview, she tells us why she chose to work for CHECK24 after building her start-up and working in consulting for a while.
Hi Samira, tell us who you are and about your background!
Samira:
I’m Samira, and I’ve been working at CHECK24 for almost three years. After my degree in Business Administration, focussing on media and communications, I founded an e-commerce start-up. I gained in-depth online marketing skills and built up a small team of ten people. At the same time, I carried out various consultancy projects and gave presentations on the subject of online marketing. After three fantastic but very challenging years, I decided to look for a new job that didn’t tie me down 24/7 and offered a better work-life balance that was still demanding and would feed my ambition. So that’s how I ended up at CHECK24.
What exactly do you do in your position at CHECK24?
Samira:
As a Senior Online Marketing and Product Manager for funeral insurance, I develop sales and marketing strategies for our online comparison. In addition, I design projects, manage the planning and development and check the quality. I also track and analyze our user numbers and project results. In short, I’m trying to improve our product comparison continuously.
What is a typical working day for you?
Samira:
That isn’t easy to answer because every day is different. Our stand-up meeting is a fixed appointment on my calendar. This is where we briefly discuss which topics we’re working on as a team and what is essential for the day ahead. Otherwise, I generally start by evaluating the previous day’s figures and deriving measures. The rest of the time, I work on our projects, create mock-ups for new features and write tickets for IT. I also observe the competition, brainstorm with my team, and look at how IT is implementing topics. I also oversee the go-live for individual features and do what needs to be done that day. I also occasionally uphold my reputation at the ping pong table.
Why CHECK24?
CHECK24 won me over with its agile working method, flat hierarchies, exciting tasks and, above all, a great team!
Samira, Senior Product Manager
How does your team work together?
Samira:
Teamwork is a big deal for us. No project doesn’t involve at least three colleagues working on it. We all present our ideas, get advice, give feedback and make decisions together. As a result, everyone is motivated and looks beyond their area of responsibility. Praise and criticism are openly discussed. To maintain this, we organize meetings to discuss our work as a team and regularly plan team events.
What has helped you become the professional you are today?
Samira:
The responsibility and free reign that I had right from the start. Lots of trust was placed in me from day one. As a result, I’ve always been able to put forward my ideas, change existing processes and try new things. I’ve never heard anyone say, “We’ve always done it that way.”
Which project has been the most interesting or which one are you most proud of?
Samira:
Every project is interesting in its way. The launch is always the most exciting moment. It’s great to see something you’ve been planning for weeks be visible on the website for all to see.
What do you like most about working at CHECK24?
Samira:
My job is highly diverse - no two days are the same. We’re all motivated and hard-working and do our best to drive the product. At the same time, we all have fun and help each other where we can.