- Deliverables: overseen and directly driven the bottom-up development of multiple client-facing web-apps (from knowledge portal to fully fledged risk management and team collaboration web-app or portfolio valuation web-app), one of which had 2 patents granted by USPTO
- E2E ownership: involved from ideation and visioning vis a vis senior stakeholders, through ongoing prioritization of features (based on usage data and stakeholder priorities) and maintenance of the roadmap down to minute oversight of the Agile product development process vis a vis the tech leads and developers (often managing multiple teams of 3-7 each in parallel)
- Visioning & UX: developed countless mockups/prototypes as part of initial visioning, mapped & experimented with different user flows, worked with users and designers to refine the UX and final designs; I have a keen affinity and ability to be the "voice of the customer" and ensure that user experience is central to the product development process
- Business insights: built extensive understanding of strategy and business processes while working as a research/knowledge specialist for McKinsey, explored and appreciated the underlying dynamics of executive decision making processes as part of my PhD as well as the role of the overall organizational contex/culture while researching for my Masters
- Mckinsey & CompanyProduct ManagerTECHMay 2019 - September 2024 (5 years and 4 months)Wrocław, DS, Poland• (Technical) Product Manager: leading a centralized Data Platform team providing data and other back-end services for the department and company-wide applications (covering data integrations, API development, consumption and exposure, data storage/data lake management, building/maintaining ETLs, genAI embeddings integration, API health monitoring etc.); streamlining and standardization of BE processes enabled a 5-15% decrease in ramp-up cost for new functionalities/products• Product Manager: product development of a centralized company data platform (financial and other data akin go S&P) used by the entire company and clients; led an integration of a major vendor database which quadrupled the number of companies covered by the platform• Product Owner/Manager: leading the ideation, stakeholder PSs, UX, prototyping and development of a client facing portfolio management, valuation, visualization and resource allocation client facing webapp; application has been "acquired" by another department and embedded in standard client service offering• Product Owner/Manager: leading the ideation, UX, prototyping and development of a client-facing webapp for business case development, de-risking (Monte Carlo simulation driven), and validation, including team collaboration aspects; application has been deployed with dozens of clients and has recently been granted 2 patents by US Patent Office• Product Manager: leading the design thinking & ongoing product development for an internal portal where users can subscribe to & download/purchase investor relations materials for top companies; implementation allowed to recoup subscription cost and turn a profit on this particular offering
- Mckinsey & CompanySolution Delivery SpecialistTECHJanuary 2016 - January 2019 (3 years)Wroclaw, Poland• Advisor/representative of the voice of customer: helped ideate a company-wide app used for submission of research requests & collaboration between consultants & the knowledge network• Product Owner/Manager: in charge of maintenance & expansion of a pilot, client facing collaboration, capability building & knowledge dissemination platform (leading design & dev.)• Product Owner/Manager: spearheaded & co-led the development of a cutting-edge knowledge & information dissemination portal that became a standard for the rest of the company; responsible for early designs/mockups, stakeholder alignment and management of contractor design & development teams (from pre-development to ongoing maintenance & platform expansion)• Head of content: co-designed & managed a Drupal based content management system for a large knowledge dissemination platform
- Mckinsey & CompanyResearch SpecialistCONSULTING & AUDITSJanuary 2010 - January 2016 (6 years)Wroclaw, Poland• Domain expert/team advisor: provided expert support & guidance to client serving teams; spike instrategy (business & corporate), trends, growth, business development, project portfolio management, go-to-market, innovation & business model innovation, planning/resource allocation• Supported multiple research projects focused on mapping & leveraging trends, growthopportunities identification, scenario planning & resource allocation
- Doctor of PhilosophyThe University of Manchester2009PhD in Management and behavioral science
- Master of ScienceUniversity of Economics2003Master of Science, Economics and organizational culture
- Higher education degree in Agriculturethe Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences2014Higher education degree in Agriculture, Precision farming
- Advanced Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO II)Scrum.org2021
- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner(A-CSPO)Scrumalliance.org2020
- Certified SCRUM Product OwnerScrumalliance.org2018