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Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Entrusted, with support from C level, with the overarching vision and strategic direction for all product teams at Limehome, overseeing the seamless integration and enhancement of the guest journey across multiple touchpoints. My leadership is pivotal in ensuring that every product initiative aligns with our company’s core mission and long-term objectives.Directly oversee the coordination and success of 5 distinct product teams, each responsible for a crucial aspect of the guest experience. I play a key role in fostering a collaborative and innovative environment where teams can thrive and contribute to our overarching goals.Develop and guide the implementation of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) across product teams, striking a balance between ambition and feasibility. My approach ensures goals are not only aspirational but also measurable and attainable, promoting sustained growth and continuous improvement.Regularly lead workshops focused on critical product management concepts such as the cost of delay, effective collaboration, and strategic planning. These sessions are designed to empower product managers and team members with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in their roles and drive Limehome’s success.Act as an advisor, helping teams navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities. My role involves facilitating the alignment of team efforts with the business strategy, ensuring that every product initiative contributes to enhancing the guest experience and achieving our business objectives.

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Elevated Limehome's online check-in process by integrating Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and picture ID validation, including selfie matching capabilities, reducing the need of manual verification by 80%. This innovation significantly enhanced security measures and user trust, streamlining the verification process while maintaining a high level of guest privacy and convenience.Led a significant redesign of the Guest Hub, transitioning from a traditional list view to an intuitive tiles layout. This strategic overhaul improved visual appeal and user engagement by allowing guests to access more information at a glance, thereby enhancing the overall user experience. This changed increased visibility of information on the page to a 100%.Initiated and managed negotiations with third-party providers, aiming to enrich Limehome's service offerings and guest experiences. This role involved critical evaluation of potential partners, negotiation of terms to ensure value for both parties, and seamless integration of third-party services.Implemented the Double Diamond framework within my team to foster a culture of innovation and collaborative problem-solving. This approach emphasized a structured path from problem identification through to solution delivery, enhancing the team's ability to deliver impactful product improvements efficiently.Spearheaded knowledge-sharing initiatives focused on building empowered teams, conducting sessions for other Product Managers within Limehome. These sessions aimed to share best practices, insights, and strategies for fostering team autonomy, enhancing decision-making capabilities, and driving product success through empowered team dynamics.

Munich, Bavaria

Spearheaded the development and optimization of Limehome's online check-in process, significantly enhancing the digital customer journey and streamlining the guest experience from the moment of booking.Led the creation and refinement of the "Guest Hub," a comprehensive booking details page designed to provide guests with all necessary information and control over their stay, elevating guest satisfaction and engagement.Collaborated closely with a highly skilled technical team to drive innovation and implement features that added substantial value for guests, achieving a seamless and intuitive user experience across all digital touchpoints.Engaged with stakeholders across the organization to align project goals with business objectives, ensuring that enhancements delivered not only improved guest satisfaction but also supported Limehome’s broader strategic vision.Utilized data-driven approaches to measure the impact of implemented features, leading to data-informed decisions that further improved the guest experience and contributed to the company’s growth.

Santiago Province, Chile

I worked as team lead for a microapplications performance improvement project in a major telecommunications company.Involved in the financial calculation of resources and forecast for current project.Create and present proposals for new projects and renewals.Help with connections between teams in multiple geographic zones, based on the required knowledge of specific projects.

Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

As a consultant I have worked in various projects learning and using a wide range of platforms, tools and methodologies, through all stages of software implementation. I have led functional, testing and support teams on client's sites.

Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

PMO for an important electronics department store: Support efforts to assess current state, identify customer requirements, and define the future state and/or business solution. Research, gather and synthesize information. Project planning and metrics devolopment.Business Intelligence for a large telecommunications company: Data gathering and documentation for MicroStrategy System.Vignette Web Content Manager for a large telecommunications company: JAVA based application. System testing. Incident input. Validation of testing results with the client. Focal point in the component migration of the system, preparation of the UAT and Production environments. Support of several junior analysts in their professional development. For the testing of a particular module, I coordinated the work of an analyst.

Argentina

IT Software implementation, consulting and support for Help Desk, Asset Manager, Printer Manager and Report applications. Managed clients in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.SW Implementation project manager, documentation and client focal point. Preparation of business proposals, and competition research. Business presentations at client sites, software demos, pilots and full implementations.Clients focal point, and first line of technical support.Training for clients and partner companies.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

I was in charge of Logical Access RACF Administration for a Canadian Company abroad:- Client's focal point- Client support- RACF users creation and administration- RACF groups administration- RACF Jobs generation and execution- REX analysis and execution- Team Coodinator Backup- New team members training

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The projects I worked on include changing the company's firewall, and the installation and instruction of server monitoring software at the Marval, O'Farrell and Mairal law firm.In the project of the server monitoring software, in addition to the survey and implementation of the product, I was responsible for the training of the systems department at the law firm, wich consisted of around 10 people.

Game Design And Development Specialization, Videogame Development

Online Specialization Program through Coursera

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Computer Science

Engineer, It, Management

Activities and Societies: Wrote articles for the University's IT Magazine

It, Management

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