Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
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Laura Bons

Stockholm

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head of Book (acting)

SAS
Stockholm
08.2024 - Current
  • Portfolio owner of the transactional parts of SAS’s website (e-commerce)
  • Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define, prioritise & communicate product backlogs
  • Ensure alignment of team/product goals with organisational objectives
  • Within the leadership team responsible for (agile) process development for the department
  • Manage agile dev teams within e-commerce (resource allocation, change management, process development)
  • Responsible for team’s recruitment and development (coaching, mentorship, growth)

Product Owner Lead

SAS
Stockholm
04.2023 - 07.2024
  • Product owner for the booking flow
  • Set up & Lead the Product Owner Skill Hub (which specializes in product & process management)
  • Product/project manager for cross-functional implementations

Head of Discover

SAS
Stockholm
01.2022 - 03.2023
  • Portfolio owner of the non-transactional parts of SAS’s website
  • Managed agile dev teams within CMS & CRM
  • Implementation of Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Responsible for team’s recruitment and development
  • Within the leadership team responsible for streamlining role descriptions and cross-functional ways of working within the department

Product Owner

SAS
Stockholm
03.2019 - 12.2021
  • Product Owner for SAS's CMS & CRM functionalities
  • Backlog & stakeholder management (internal and external)
  • Agile Coach responsibilities for CMS & CRM teams
  • Develop, implement and foster agile approach for all teams within department

Product Owner

Meltwater
Stockholm
05.2017 - 02.2019
  • Product Owner for Meltwater's Premium Editorial Content
  • Define and execute Product Vision and Roadmap
  • Responsible for implementation of legal framework surrounding editorial content
  • Backlog & stakeholder management (both internal and external)
  • Create and guide agile teams

Project Manager

Meltwater
Stockholm
12.2016 - 04.2017
  • Initiated, managed and completed global project on quality assurance

Media Research Manager

Meltwater
Berlin
04.2013 - 11.2016
  • Managed global teams within media database management
  • Final responsibility for database quality and process development
  • Project and stakeholder management: prioritisation of projects and databases
  • Direct & indirect reports, responsible for team's recruitment and training
  • Set up of several new teams in and outside of Europe

Fundraising Assistant

Alvarum
Berlin
07.2012 - 03.2013
  • Responsible for the fundraising projects of charities on Alvarum's platform

Media Research Associate

Meltwater
Berlin
04.2011 - 06.2012
  • Built and updated Meltwater's media database for the Netherlands

Education

Master of Arts - Northern European Studies

Humboldt University
Berlin, Germany
03-2011

Bachelor of Arts - Literature and Linguistics

Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
07-2009

Skills

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Servant Leadership
  • Process Development
  • Project Management
  • Product Ownership

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance
  • Agile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching, ICAgile / ICP-ACC
  • Agile Certified Professional - Agile Team Facilitation, ICAgile / ICP-ATF
  • Pragmatic Marketing Certified - Level Three, PMC-III

Languages

  • Swedish
  • English
  • Dutch
  • German
  • French

Timeline

Head of Book (acting)

SAS
08.2024 - Current

Product Owner Lead

SAS
04.2023 - 07.2024

Head of Discover

SAS
01.2022 - 03.2023

Product Owner

SAS
03.2019 - 12.2021

Product Owner

Meltwater
05.2017 - 02.2019

Project Manager

Meltwater
12.2016 - 04.2017

Media Research Manager

Meltwater
04.2013 - 11.2016

Fundraising Assistant

Alvarum
07.2012 - 03.2013

Media Research Associate

Meltwater
04.2011 - 06.2012

Master of Arts - Northern European Studies

Humboldt University

Bachelor of Arts - Literature and Linguistics

Ghent University
Laura Bons