Freelance Product Owner & Project Manager
Where business ideas find their way to delivery.
The Bridge helps organisations turn business needs into well-delivered products and projects, with clarity and focus on creating value for business and users.
What I do
Translating business needs into lasting results.
Business analysis
Complex business questions become clear, workable requirements with a shared understanding. In agile and classical environments alike, the method adapts to the way you work.
- Requirements gathering and analysis
- Scope definition and prioritisation
- Process mapping and user stories
Digital product management
Vision becomes a roadmap, priorities are set together with stakeholders and features are guided from idea to delivery. Value for users and business is always kept in mind.
- Roadmap and backlog management
- Feature delivery in Agile and Scrum teams
- Stakeholder alignment and decision-making
Project coordination
Multidisciplinary teams are coordinated in Belgium and abroad. Experience across cultures helps bridge differences in language, working style and expectations. Aligning different stakeholders and working towards one goal.
- Coordination of multidisciplinary teams
- Planning, follow-up and reporting
- Attention to risks, scope and budget
How I work
Approach
01
Listen & connect
Understand the business challenge, the people, goals and context involved. Bringing teams and stakeholders onto the same page, so decisions stop getting lost in translation between departments, disciplines and time zones.
02
Translate, align & plan
Translation of needs into clear requirements. Turning competing priorities into one shared roadmap while respecting budget, capacity & dependencies.
03
Deliver & adjust
Owning execution end-to-end, from backlog to release, so the vision on the slide becomes real value for business and users. Focus on short iterations, steady progress and room to adjust along the way. Keep the team unblocked sprint over sprint.
04
Land
Together we review the value created and hand over with care, leaving the team stronger: a team that can carry the work forward.
Projects
Selected work.
A few moments where business needs and delivery came together.
Retail · Belgium
Mobile app and website delivery
ChallengeDelivering a set of key features as part of a digital transformation programme.
ContributionClarified the requirements, safeguarded the scope, managed the roadmap and guided two delivery teams.
OutcomeDelivered within the agreed timeline and budget.
Retail · Belgium
A shared roadmap across businesses
ChallengeBringing several businesses together around one strategic roadmap.
ContributionSet up a new requirements-gathering process, aligned stakeholders and represented the business in the programme core team.
OutcomeOne roadmap, and everyone moving in the same direction.
Export · East Africa
International market analysis
ChallengeExploring the potential of new markets in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Madagascar.
ContributionIdentified new opportunities, then launched and guided a proof of concept in Madagascar.
OutcomeA promotion event in Addis Ababa and a new partnership in Djibouti.
About
Sarah Kanundeyi is the driving force behind The Bridge.
“People oriented, delivery minded”
Driven by collaboration and results, I bring people together to create shared understanding, unlock opportunities, and deliver meaningful value.
Working across sectors, cultures and languages, Sarah helps business needs find their way to delivery with clarity and a focus on sustainable value creation.
Fluent in Dutch, French, English and Lingala and quick to adapt to new sectors, with an entrepreneurial mindset: taking initiative, thinking along and caring about value that lasts.
Certified Scrum Product Owner, PRINCE2 and Take the Lead in AI (ongoing), she easily navigates different methodologies to help your projects succeed.
Get in touch
From vision to reality. Connected by The Bridge.
Have a project stuck between strategy & delivery? Let’s explore how I can help.