Benjamin Ottensten

Product & Design lead
Copenhagen, Denmark

I’m an experienced product builder with a background in both product, design and frontend. I'm currently Product Lead at Speckle.

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

Work experience

2023–Now

Product Lead at Speckle

Copenhagen (Remote)

Speckle is an open source platform for working with 3D data used by architects and other professionals within the architecture, engineering and construction industry.

I lead the development of the web platform and manage the design and frontend teams.

2020–2023

Head of Product at The Org

Copenhagen & New York

The Org is a professional network for companies backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and more. I led the product development across multiple teams 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.

It ended in May 2023 when most of the team was laid off.

2016–2020

Product Designer at GoMore

Copenhagen

GoMore is a Danish peer-to-peer car sharing platform operating in multiple European markets. I did product design for web and apps, frontend development and various PM work.

I'm most proud of leading the launch of the now very popular, and also complex, GoMore Keyless product, which allows car owners to rent out their car to strangers without ever meeting.

2014–2015

Teaching Assistant at the IT University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen · Part-time

I planned and conducted weekly exercises for 2nd year bachelor students on the two courses Context-Based App Design and Co-Design (twice). I also supervised their design projects.

2012–2013

Web Designer at Starfly Media

Copenhagen · Part-time

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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