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Maria Visanoiu

Maria Visanoiu

Product Manager
Bucharest

Summary

Experienced product manager with a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences. With over 10 years of diverse experience in the industry, I have honed my skills in the entire product development lifecycle. My approach is data-driven, allowing me to identify and address customer needs, ultimately bringing significant value to the business. A versatile individual constantly seeking new knowledge and growth opportunities, fueled by natural curiosity and an avid reading habit.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Product Manager

Creatopy
Bucharest, Bucuresti
11.2022 - Current
  • Worked on various product development projects: Zapier integration, API development & industry-specific features.
  • Specialized in generative AI
  • Managed full product lifecycle, from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations effectively throughout the entire product development process.
  • Continuously monitored customer feedback channels after launch to gather insightful data for future iterations or updates.
  • Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
  • Optimized product performance with data-driven analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Implemented Agile methodologies for more efficient project management and team collaboration.

User Experience Writer

Creatopy
Bucharest, Bucuresti
10.2020 - 03.2024
  • Improved user journeys through iterative content enhancements.
  • Created company-wide UX content guidelines followed by the entire product team.
  • Demonstrated expertise in UX best practices, microcopy, testing, and iterative journey development.
  • Maintained consistent tone of voice across all communication materials and touchpoints.
  • Worked with product managers to define customer problems and formulate testable hypotheses to enhance customer experience.
  • Collaborated with designers to align copy with visual design elements and enhance overall user experience.
  • Advocated for customers in stakeholder meetings and decision-making processes.
  • Optimized cross-team processes and workflows to manage multiple projects effectively.
  • Analyzed user feedback and data to refine content strategies and continually improve user journeys.

User Research Manager

Creatopy
Bucharest, Bucuresti
05.2021 - 07.2022
  • Increased research efficiency by streamlining data collection and analysis processes.
  • Delivered engaging presentations on research findings to the company to drive user awareness and user research methodologies adoption.
  • Mentored junior researchers, fostering professional growth and facilitating knowledge transfer between team members.
  • Coordinated interdisciplinary teams in collaborative research efforts.
  • Presented research findings in clear, concise reports that informed business decisions and strategies.
  • Streamlined data collection efforts by implementing new technologies such as online surveys or mobile apps, increasing response rates while reducing costs.

User Experience Writer

SEEK Asia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
05.2019 - 05.2020
  • Defining the brand's Tone of Voice, Writing Principles and Microcopy Guidelines.
  • Demonstrated expertise in UX best practices, microcopy, testing, and iterative journey development.
  • Improved user journeys through iterative content enhancements.

Examples of projects:

  • App Store and Google Play assets, listings and descriptions.
  • Mobile App onboarding journey.
  • Mobile App new features announcement journey.
  • Corporate user Password Reset journey.
  • Job Ad Posting redesign (research & user flow redesign).
  • Microcopy for web & mobile.
  • Error messages & Empty states.
  • Banners, Alerts, Downtime messages.
  • Sales flow optimization, Emails.

Product Manager

SEEK Asia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
05.2017 - 03.2019
  • Ran rapid proof-of-concept projects
  • Built the first Notifications team and domain area that brought together all User Engagement products under 1 vision across all platforms and portfolios
  • Daily activities: Road mapping & vision setting, user research, user and A/B testing, proofs-of-concept, data analysis, continuous iterations, OKRs setup, KPIs reporting, managing stakeholders, cross-location collaboration, interdisciplinary collaboration, error handling, bug fixes, maintaining legacy systems as well as planning and developing a new Notifications platform meant to support all Notifications products and handle a volume of 400 million emails and messages on a monthly basis
  • The products under my portfolio were: several email products handling about 300 million emails sent monthly and a 40 million users database, a FB chatbot with an average of 500k active users monthly, browser notifications handled by a 3rd party averaging in about 2-3 million notifications monthly and about 1.5 million active users
  • Implemented AI-based algorithms into the emailing system for better-personalized job rendering in emails

Product Manager

Maxis
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11.2016 - 05.2017
  • As a Product Manager I stood between Business, Technology & User Experience, combining the best of all 3 sides to grow the product's value and increase revenue
  • Hotlink RedApp is a telco mobile app for Android and iOS with over 1.5 million monthly active users
  • Defining & Maintaining the Product Vision;
  • Managing the Product's life cycle from strategic planning to implementation and new Product version release;
  • Stakeholder Management;
  • Backlog Prioritization;
  • Data analysis & reports
  • User research;
  • Defining & Implementing the User Engagement Strategy;
  • Drive User acquisition strategy;
  • Driving innovative user feature building;
  • Driving solutioning across teams (Tech & Business & Marketing);
  • Managing, Prioritizing & Implementing solutions driven by Customer feedback

Product Manager

Mindvalley
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
04.2015 - 10.2016
  • Developed innovative ideas based on customer insights to drive the company's products forward and increase the profitability of existing products
  • Discover customers' needs and to enhance product strategy
  • As a technical product manager, I supervised the entire product line lifecycle, from the strategic planning stage to product release
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap.

Projects:

  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud Implementation & Migration from OfficeAutoPilot,
  • Maropost Marketing Cloud Implementation Consultant & Migration from Salesforce Consultant,
  • Zuora Billing Platform Implementation,
  • Migration from the internal authentication system to Auth0,
  • Mindvalley Academy Mobile App (iOS & Android)
  • Mindvalley Academy Home Web App

Email Marketing Lead

Mindvalley
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
04.2013 - 03.2015
  • As an Email Marketing Lead I was responsible for managing the organization's email marketing operations and campaigns, maximizing revenue opportunities from the company's email marketing platform and customer database
  • Managed email marketing campaigns end-to-end: planning, targeting, setup, testing, execution, reporting and optimization
  • Created email reporting dashboards and custom reports analyzing campaign performance in order to provide actionable recommendations and deliver continuous improvements to overall email program
  • Championed continuous advancement of our email features and capabilities including targeting, personalization, template development in collaboration with multiple stakeholders: development teams, designers, business teams and more
  • Gatekeeper of the ESP functionality and maintenance
  • Overview & companywide Training on Email Marketing policies, regulations, quality assurance
  • Created and analyzed Deliverability reports
  • Created action plan to improve deliverability scores and inbox placement
  • Monitored IPs reputation & spam regulations
  • Always up to date with best practices, strategies, and industry standards related to email

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature

University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Product lifecycle management

  • Data Analytics

  • Product development

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Product vision and strategy

  • Agile software development

  • Data-driven decision making

  • User and UX research

  • User feedback collection

  • Critical thinking

  • Teamwork and collaboration

  • A/B testing

Timeline

Product Manager

Creatopy
11.2022 - Current

User Research Manager

Creatopy
05.2021 - 07.2022

User Experience Writer

Creatopy
10.2020 - 03.2024

User Experience Writer

SEEK Asia
05.2019 - 05.2020

Product Manager

SEEK Asia
05.2017 - 03.2019

Product Manager

Maxis
11.2016 - 05.2017

Product Manager

Mindvalley
04.2015 - 10.2016

Email Marketing Lead

Mindvalley
04.2013 - 03.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature

University of Bucharest
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Babes-Bolyai University
04.2001 -
Maria VisanoiuProduct Manager