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Philipp Kogler

Team Lead Product · SIMStation · Vienna, Austria

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Philipp Kogler is a product leader with a strong software engineering background who turns complex technical products into clear, usable and commercially valuable experiences.

I lead product at SIMStation, a company building professional audiovisual and software solutions for medical simulation, training, debriefing and examination.

Experience

  1. Team Lead Product · SIMStation

    Leadership

    Leading product at SIMStation: strategy, discovery, portfolio and the organisational structure that lets product, design and engineering do their best work.

  2. Product Manager

    Ownership

    Moving fully into the product discipline — discovery, prioritisation, roadmap and the alignment work that connects teams to outcomes.

  3. Head of Frontend

    Ownership

    Owning frontend architecture and direction, and starting to shape not just how things were built but what was worth building.

  4. Frontend Engineer

    Implementation

    Building the interfaces users actually touch — turning requirements into usable, reliable, maintainable front ends.

  5. Software Developer

    Implementation

    Writing production software and learning how technical decisions ripple through a product long after the code ships.

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Capabilities

  • ·Product Strategy
  • ·Product Discovery
  • ·Roadmapping & Prioritisation
  • ·UX & Product Design
  • ·Technical Product Leadership
  • ·Stakeholder Alignment
  • ·Product Operations
  • ·Team Development
  • ·Software Engineering
  • ·Data-Informed Decision-Making

Selected work

  • Building a Product Organisation

    Establishing clear ownership, discovery and prioritisation so that product, design and engineering could work as one system rather than three handoffs.

  • SIMInsights

    Developing the concept for a reporting and insights product — defining an MVP, aligning stakeholders and translating customer needs into a phased plan from idea to implementation.

  • Improving the OSCE Examination Experience

    Simplifying complex examination workflows and designing clearer experiences for administrators, examiners and students — connecting technical feasibility with real user needs.

  • Product Portfolio & Decision Dashboard

    Creating visibility across ideas, priorities, effort, impact and strategic alignment — supporting better cycle planning and laying the foundation for historical product-performance comparisons.

  • From Engineering to Product Leadership

    Using a software engineering background to make better product decisions, bridge technical and commercial stakeholders, and move from implementation ownership toward product and organisational leadership.

Education

Education details available on request.

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