I'm Manuel, a digital generalist with 20 years in the digital innovation space and roles ranging from engineering, product strategy, UX research & design, leading and developing teams and transforming organisational culture. My experience spans across a wide variety of industries, I found long-lasting purpose in the healthcare space when I joined Boehringer Ingelheim in 2017.

My broad background paired with the ability to foster and facilitate a collaborative culture enables me to keep complex stakeholder constellations aligned and progressing.

My Journey

Digital Transformation Expert - digital lab @ Clinical Development and Operations

Boehringer Ingelheim

Oct 2021 – Present

• Global lead culture transformation for 900+ employees.
• Scouting and vetting vendors to accelerate and improve clinical development
• Researching, ideating, testing and operationalising innovative value propositions to transform clinical trial conduct

Senior UX Designer & UX Research Lead at BI X digital lab

Boehringer Ingelheim

Oct 2017 – Oct 2021

• Driving cross-functional collaboration and developing new models of interdisciplinary lateral leadership.
• Research and Design Lead on digital innovation for increased impact of clinical biomarker data and transforming Type 2 Diabetes care to be more human-centred.
• Setting up research operations for UX & Ideation chapter in order to improve strategic impact and learning velocity.
• Building the methodological foundation for the digital lab via trainings and coaching: Lean UX, Design Sprints, Behavioral Design, Hypothesis-driven Innovation, Design Critiques.