CV · Michael Schade
Lead Product Researcher with 10+ years in product, UX and strategic research across B2B SaaS, consumer tech and consulting.
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Mar 2025 – Present
Lead Product Researcher
Miro · Berlin
- Leading product and UX research in the Enterprise domain at the intersection of AI, security, compliance, trust and buyer experience.
- Built Miro for Discovery, our internal continuous discovery tool used by 300 people from product to go-to-market; one of the first agentic AI tools with wide adoption across the org.
- Established an AI bootcamp together with the design org to speed up AI adoption, quality and learning.
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Aug 2022 – Apr 2024
Staff UX Researcher & Product Designer
Voicemod · Remote
- Built and led an in-house research and strategic foresight team of 3 researchers.
- Led 25+ strategic research initiatives that contributed to growth to 40M+ monthly active users.
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Jan 2022 – Aug 2022
Senior Service Design & UX Research Expert
IBM iX · Berlin
- Built up Service Design expertise for the German-speaking market.
- Led the UX and research team for the Baloise Insurance web redesign.
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Nov 2020 – Jan 2022
Senior Product Designer
Native Instruments · Berlin
- Helped transform the Kontakt sampler (1M MAU, €50M ARR).
- Initiated and established a dedicated cross-functional UX Research team.
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Dec 2016 – Jul 2020
Senior Service Designer & Creative Technologist
PwC & IXDS · Munich
- Research-led innovation for Porsche, BMW, Bosch and Miele, including the Porsche Taycan infotainment system.
- Member of the management board.
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Jan 2015 – Nov 2016
PhD Student & Researcher
CITEC, Bielefeld University · Bielefeld
- AI and robotics for elderly care; published an AI journal paper and was granted a patent.