Rainer Utsch

Rainer Utsch is Vice President of Products & Pricing at Fressnapf, Europe's leading retailer of pet supplies. In his role, he is responsible for digital product strategy and pricing for more than 2,000 stores and digital touchpoints in ten countries. With over 15 years of experience in digital product development, he combines strategic clarity with operational excellence – from e-commerce and fintech to omnichannel retail.

Before joining Fressnapf, Rainer was Vice President of Product at auxmoney, one of Europe's leading fintech platforms. There, he helped build the product organisation, implement data-driven decision-making processes and support scalable growth. Previously, he held senior positions at MeinAuto.de and other digital companies.

As a manager, Rainer attaches great importance to clear alignment, distributed responsibility and building strong, autonomous teams. For him, leadership is not about hierarchy, but about actively working on coordination, energy and trust. To make product teams effective in the long term, he draws on frameworks such as OKRs, agile methods and continuous coaching.

Rainer believes in product-driven growth – but only if technology, organisation and culture are developed together. His goal: to create products that deliver real added value – for customers, teams and the company.

Industry Experience: Finance, Tech, Retail & Consumer

Product Experience: B2B, B2C, B2B2C

Mentoring Languages: English, German

Fun Fact: "Roast my own coffee"