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Gustavo Soares

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Last update: 31.12.2022

Product Lead

Company: Value Rebels
Graduation: Information Technology & Project Management
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Elementary) | English (Full Professional) | Portuguese (Native or Bilingual) | Spanish (Full Professional)

Attachments

Gustavo-Soares-CV_311222.pdf

Skills

Working with product teams since 2011, Gustavo found his passion in enabling teams and organizations to deliver software solutions that matter. As a Leader, he brings clarity and organization to chaos, creating a great working environment that unlocks product teams creativity and ownership.

Project history

04/2021 - Present
Product Manager Consultant
Value Rebels (Internet and Information Technology, < 10 employees)

We are a group of product management consultants trying to change how companies see and work with product management. 

Check our youtube channel for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RltPSEo1dWg&t=5s

08/2020 - 04/2021
Area Product Owner
Zooplus (Internet and Information Technology, 500-1000 employees)

- Leading the Delivery area Product Owners in a complex environment with more than 100.000 orders per day
- Defining and evolving the area Vision, OKRs and KPIs together with stakeholders, having a quarterly update cycle
- Building bridges and a strong partnership between stakeholders, areas and product teams
- Supporting product teams initiatives, removing impediments and ensuring a smooth execution
- Recruiting Product Owners and developing their careers through constant feedback
- Coaching Lean & Agile mindset and practices as part of the Product Development best practices team

06/2017 - 07/2020
Engineering Manager
Zooplus (Internet and Information Technology, 500-1000 employees)

- Leading the Logistics area engineering teams in Munich and Krakow with a retention rate of 90%+ in a complex environment with more than 100.000 orders per day
- Supporting product teams initiatives, removing impediments and ensuring a smooth execution
- Recruiting engineers and developing their careers through constant feedback
- Part of core team responsible to create a new product organization, including new areas, roles and processes
- Working as a temporary Product Owner releasing new delivery services and other improvements at the checkout

08/2015 - 05/2017
Head of Product Development
Nexxera (Internet and Information Technology, 250-500 employees)

- Leading the engineering department composed of 8+ Product teams with 30+ million financial transactions per day
- Defining a new product organization, changing from project based to product based mindset and processes
- Defining an OKR based process in JIRA for the product teams adapted to the company culture and teams reality
- Moderating workshops to sharpen the department Lean & Agile mindset and practices
- Recruiting employees and developing their careers through constant feedback

02/2011 - 07/2015
Product Manager
Nexxera (Internet and Information Technology, 250-500 employees)

- Leading a diverse portfolio of financial solutions, building bridges between customer, stakeholders and engineering
- Leading projects and products based on Lean & Agile methodologies
- Managing the product backlog and roadmap aligning expectations between stakeholders
- Conducting sales, demo reviews and training of new deliveries

07/2007 - 01/2011
Database Administrator
Nexxera

- Administrating, optimizing and monitoring Oracle and Postgres with 30+ million of financial transactions per day
- Supporting engineers with SQL constant optimization

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Germany
Living in Berlin. Able to work remotely and travel.

Other

Currently living in Berlin, I am a Product Lead freelancer passionate about delivering solutions that matter. I founded Value Rebels in 2020 to upgrade how product management is done. Moving from feature factories that deliver output to empowered teams that deliver outcome.

My main product background is in e-commerce, logistics, AI, and fintech. I also drove many different strategic topics such as Agile transformation, OKRs implementation, employee career development, and a range of different methods for a better alignment between top management, customers, and tech.

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