Andre S.
Product Manager

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Bio

With 17 years of experience in the digital field, and a significant focus on team management, product creation, and agile project management over the last 12 years. Holds a degree in Technology and Design and has completed postgraduate studies in Project Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. As a Digital Products and IT Manager, possesses expertise in OKR, defining product strategy and development roadmaps, and effectively communicating with stakeholders. Demonstrates a capacity to influence product decisions through strategic vision and maintain successful collaborations with engineering, design, product marketing, sales, user support, and data analysis teams. Skilled in synthesizing problems and solutions to drive product evolution, managing product development from conception to launch while ensuring prioritization and quality. Excels in identifying customer usage blockers and aligning stakeholder expectations regarding product status and outcomes. Possesses extensive experience in developing new vendors and partners across various solutions, including manufacturers, resellers, distributors, and service providers. Well-versed in banking technologies such as PIX, card processing, core banking, digital accounts, and open finance. Proficient in competitive analysis and enhancing customer experience through agile methodologies, including Lean Inception, Design Sprint, Scrum, and Kanban. Capable of managing scope, economics, risk, and quality, preparing managerial reports, conducting checkpoint meetings, and collecting feedback to meet expectations. Demonstrates a strong commitment to quality, ethics, people management, leadership, and an ownership mindset, combined with a business vision, customer focus, energy, resilience in facing challenges, and dedication to achieving goals and targets.

Product Manager | Core Banking
1/1/2021 - 2/1/2023

Developed and executed business management goals and objectives. Defined product strategy and evolution roadmap, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders. Influenced product decisions with strategic vision, detailing impacts and future paths. Collaborated with engineering, design, product marketing, commercial, user support, and data analysis teams to drive product evolution. Synthesized problems and solutions effectively to guide product development successfully.
Technology and Financial Products Manager
6/1/2017 - 6/1/2020

Held the role of Technology and Product Manager, overseeing 8 multidisciplinary squads focused on fulfilling demands prioritized by business area superintendence. Managed products including Investments, GetNet, Treasury, and Exchange. Duties included setting and aligning Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), implementing agile product and project management practices, organizing and prioritizing backlog tasks, and facilitating agile ceremonies to ensure team alignment and productivity.
Coordinator of Innovation and New Business
8/1/2015 - 6/1/2017

Developed and managed goals and objectives for business management. Defined product strategy and created an evolution roadmap to clearly communicate with stakeholders. Influenced product decisions with a strategic vision by clarifying impacts and optimal paths forward. Collaborated extensively with engineering, design, product marketing, sales, user support, and data analysis teams to ensure cohesive development efforts. Effectively synthesized problems and solutions to drive successful product evolution. Provided guidance throughout the product development lifecycle.
Coordinator of New Products and Technology
7/1/2014 - 8/1/2015

Engaged in the construction, support, and evolution of new financial products for clients, including Banco Honda, Banco Carrefour, Banco Santander, and Banco Itaú. Demonstrated expertise in product value validation and discovery flow. Effectively managed and prioritized product backlogs, facilitating agile management and ensuring organized and prioritized backlog processes. Played a key role in conducting and facilitating agile ceremonies, driving project delivery and alignment with client needs.
UX and Digital Products Coordinator
4/1/2011 - 7/1/2014

Led the redesign of the SKY Pre-paid website, focusing on UX, design, and front-end development. Spearheaded the development of responsive hotsites and managed maintenance tasks for the SKY Brasil website. Utilized SEO best practices to optimize websites for improved search engine indexing. Crafted and developed responsive newsletters and marketing emails to enhance promotional efforts.
Product Owner
8/1/2010 - 4/1/2011

Managed the end-to-end creation and delivery of diverse web applications, covering key aspects such as benchmarking, defining product scope, ensuring adherence to best practices, optimizing navigation flow, and selecting relevant content. Oversaw the quality assurance processes and other critical steps to ensure seamless product development. Monitored and maintained the product backlog, driven by detailed metrics reports to guide product evolution effectively.
Web Designer
3/1/2008 - 8/1/2010

Developed and maintained institutional and e-commerce websites, focusing on both front-end and back-end development. Enhanced proficiency in image processing to optimize website visuals. Spearheaded the creation, analysis, and development of various websites and microsites, ensuring quality and user engagement. Managed the distribution of newsletters and email marketing campaigns, utilizing tools to track performance and optimize future communications.