Simon Hjämefjord

What have you done before joining Quickbit?

From the beginning I was a journalist but for the past eight years I have worked with digital product development in roles as product owner and team lead at Expressen and Bonnier News.

What does a Product Manager do at Quickbit?

First and foremost, I make sure that we develop our products to maximize the value for our users. To get there, I support our awesome development teams in setting vision, KPIs, roadmaps and priorities and collaborate with several different roles and cutting-edge competencies to create the best possible products.

What made you choose to join Quickbit?

Mainly because Quickbit have the chance to build products that change the way our users do business in everyday life, by using new technology. But also because Quickbit has a great team, with incredibly knowledgeable and nice colleagues who want to build a company with culture and values that I share.

Hobbies?

I try to spend as much time as I can climbing, preferably outdoors. I also try to follow the public debate and read about politics, news and economics.

Tell us something about you that few people know

I lived in Zimbabwe my first three years of my life.

Below you will find some quick questions and answers to get to know Simon a little better

Tell us something fun about your hometown

I grew up far out in the country in Småland, where the nearest neighbor were a few cows.

Which podcasts do you listen to?

Hardcore History, Obiter Dictum and Business Wars

Name three things on your “bucket list”

Parachute, climb a climbing route with grade 8A and get a PhD in history

If you invited me to a homemade dinner, what would you cook?

Moose stew

If you had a superpower, what would it be?

Being able to fly like Peter Pan

If you had to go to a place you had not been to before, where would it be?

Nepal or Antarctica

Do you have any weird nicknames?

No, but at the moment we are three Simon on Quickbit so I guess I will have a nickmane soon…

Favorite TV-series?

The Wire

Favorite team?

Hammarby IF

Favorite book?

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

You get a chance to change jobs tomorrow to something completely different, what will you choose?

Marine biologist or history teacher