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Kata SpychalaFractional Product Lead

Fractional Product Lead · New B2B products

I lead new B2B products from first idea to a validated MVP.

Fractional and interim product leadership for innovation teams, scale-ups and founders. 15+ years building digital products in energy, industry, telecoms and publishing — including applied AI that's live in production.

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Selected experience

  • E.ON
  • Voith
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • Springer Nature
  • BMW Group

Sound familiar?

  • No product owner

    You have an idea, a budget and a deadline — but nobody whose job is to turn it into a product.

  • Unproven demand

    Your team is building, but no one can say with confidence that customers will pay for it.

  • AI without a use case

    Leadership wants an AI story. You need to know where AI genuinely helps users, and where it doesn't.

  • Flat post-launch adoption

    You've launched an MVP. Adoption is flat and the roadmap is a wish list.

That's the gap I fill.

How I work

Understand first, then build.

  1. 01

    Listen

    Users, stakeholders and data before opinions.

  2. 02

    Frame

    Opportunities, risks and a business case leadership can back.

  3. 03

    Prove

    Prototypes and experiments that test real demand, including willingness to pay.

  4. 04

    Commit

    An MVP scope, a roadmap and one direction the whole team owns.

Start small, or bring me in to lead.

Four formats, one principle: understand first, then build.

Selected work

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Human Future Hub

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Grew an AI literacy community from zero with €0 paid spend: 525 LinkedIn followers, a 250-subscriber weekly newsletter and 13 events, through consistency, partnerships and automated measurement.

Read case study: Human Future Hub
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Industrial AIIncubation

Voith MillOne

2025launched

Turned undocumented operator expertise into an AI-supported troubleshooting flow, launched in 2025.

Read case study: Voith MillOne
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Energy, B2B salesAI Strategy

E.ON Sophia

58%weekly active users at 12 weeks

An AI lead-recommendation tool: 58% weekly active users at 12 weeks, and reps responding ~30% faster.

Read case study: E.ON Sophia
Kata Spychala, headshot against a pale green wall

Engineer by training. Product lead by trade.

I trained as an automation and robotics engineer, moved into UX and design leadership, and for the past six years have led product incubation for organisations like E.ON, Voith, Deutsche Telekom and Springer Nature.

I also co-founded Human Future Hub, an AI literacy social startup where I've led go-to-market and growth since 2025. I work in English, German and Polish.

More about me

Questions

Have a product idea that needs a lead?

Book a free 30-minute call. You'll leave with at least one concrete next step, whether or not we work together.

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