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Product Manager

Product Manager, 5 years of experience, rooted in 10+ years of technical background.

Passionate about solving hard problems while focusing on a customer-centric approach with high emphasis on following the best product development practices and communication excellence for shared understanding in empowered teams. 

Therefore, maximizing the vertical and horizontal alignment in the company and enabling teams to work on viable biz outcomes, while creating products that customers love. 

I make complicated things easy.

Experience across multiple product domains and types (B2C, B2B, B2B2C)





Experience: 5 years

Yearly salary: $120,000

Hourly rate: $80

Nationality: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Residency: 🇭🇷 Croatia


Experience

Product Manager
Taxtris
2022 - 2023
Product manager lead, owned API-first and web based crypto taxation product creation and optimization. Proven PMF with integrated client generating revenue. - Created B2B2C crypto tax calculator, API-first product; pivoted to a B2B2C customer UI facing solution - Optimized the client integration time to 2 weeks for a complex enterprise type Product - Organized priorities and sprints for current objectives across 20+ tax and developer team members - Worked with cross-functional management teams to define B2B2C pricing models (core + value added pricing)
Lead Mobile Engineer Android & iOS
8tracks
2020 - 2021
8tracks is internet radio created by people, not algorithms. - After acquisition, led the mobile iOS and Android team in the process of maintaining both apps and finally rewriting fully the Android app 8tracks Player. - successfully released the rewritten Android app and reopened Android user traffic, creating a new revenue stream for the business
Co-founder, Product
yacht4day
2017 - 2022
- Built a yachting business and web platform for reselling private daily yachting experiences on the Croatian coast. - Standardized the client services and yachting offers in a unified model, shared across 20+ onboarded suppliers. - Developed the business in both B2C and B2B directions, offered services to customers and partner agencies from EU+UK, USA and the Middle East
Mobile Team Lead iOS & Android
PaperKarma
2017 - 2021
- Built new versions of the mobile apps for PaperKarma iOS and Android from ground up - Custom implementation for backend and mobile client IAP auto-renewing subscription handling and attribution - Purchased auto-renewing subscriptions are available cross-platform (Android, iOS, web) through backend logic per user, regardless of platform where the user made the purchase - Integrated attribution logic - iOS - Swift - Android - Kotlin - Design iterations
CEO, Product Lead
Stylereply
2016 - 2017
CEO and Product Lead at StyleReply®, a unique digital platform that allows users to enjoy professional wardrobe styling services on demand, through in-app video conferencing. - secured 20 key customers and 15 supplier stylists, demonstrating early demand for StyleReply's innovative platform. - Initiated a strategic pivot to mobile, addressing user flexibility needs and setting the stage for a per-minute billing feature designed to lower entry barriers and boost user growth. - Led StyleReply through 3 crucial pivots, each aligning closer to market needs and solving core customer and supplier challenges. - Attracted stylists to the platform by offering cost-saving strategies, transitioning them to an online model that significantly reduced operational costs — paving the way for more competitive pricing for customers.
Senior Android and iOS Software Developer
Toptal
2014 - 2022
As a software engineer and a mobile enthusiast, I have invested my time and resources into perfecting the development process of building mobile apps for both Android and iOS. With experience in building products iteratively, I have developed analytical skills, wireframing and prototyping techniques, and coding best practices to develop quality software and, more importantly, the software that the client really wants. Team player. As a Toptal member I worked on projects in the educational space with high focus on gamification of the learning process; Energy field; Telecommunications.

Skills

agile
api
blockchain
defi
fintech
mobile
product-lead
product-manager
remote
research
strategy
web3
english
italian