Benjamin Ottensten

Product & Design lead
Copenhagen, Denmark

I'm an experienced product builder with a background in product, design and code.

I like to lead teams and build high-quality user experiences that bring joy. For the user and for the business. I have the best experience doing that when the team is small and made up of talented people who care about the details.

Work experience

Now

Open to work

Copenhagen or Remote

Reach out if you want to collaborate. Freelance, join a startup, start my own thing—I'm in exploration mode.

2023–2026

Product Lead at Speckle

Copenhagen (Remote) · Series A · 30 employees

Speckle is an open source platform for working with 3D data. It's used by thousands of professionals within the architecture, engineering and construction industry.

While I was there I led the development of the web platform, managed the design and frontend teams, and was deeply involved in the successful monetization efforts.

2020–2023

Head of Product at The Org

Copenhagen & New York · Series B · 75 employees

The Org — backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and more — is a professional network for companies. 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.

2016–2020

Product Designer at GoMore

Copenhagen

GoMore is a Danish peer-to-peer car sharing platform operating across 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 design projects and conducted weekly exercises for 2nd year bachelor students 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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