Executive Portfolio

Building Scalable Growth through Data & Innovation.

Senior Product Manager with 10+ years of cross-functional leadership at Tazz/Wolt, Glovo, and Delivery Hero. Specialized in optimizing marketplace dynamics and supply-side excellence in high-growth ecosystems.

location_on Bucharest, RO
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Impact Dashboard

Quantified results from key product cycles.

trending_up Growth
+2.3%
Annual GMV Uplift
account_balance_wallet Revenue
630K
Annual Commission Revenue

Organic listing algorithm uplift across top 3 cities.

speed Scale
30k
Monthly Orders in 7 Months

Scaled Logistics-as-a-Service from MVP to full national coverage in seven months.

Professional
Timeline

2023 – Present · Bucharest

Senior Product Manager

Tazz & Wolt
  • check_circleDefined product strategy and roadmap for AdTech and Logistics-as-a-Service platforms, aligning business goals with merchant and courier experience improvements
  • check_circleLed full product lifecycle for Premium Placement, Flash Dealzz & CPC ad products, contributing +2.3% incremental GMV and ~€375K monthly revenue
  • check_circleBuilt product analytics framework (QuickSight + AWS) to enable cross-team visibility on user behavior, improving conversion by +2pp commission uplift across top 3 cities (~€630K annual revenue)
  • check_circlePartnered with Data Science and Engineering to redesign courier–order allocation algorithms, introducing a matching-cost model that boosted courier efficiency by 20% and cut €0.9 per order in cost
  • check_circleScaled LaaS platform from MVP to full adoption by simplifying partner onboarding and optimizing UX flows, reaching 30K+ monthly orders within 7 months
  • check_circleIntegrated 3rd-party DSPs (StackAdapt, Symbiosis) to enable off-app AdTech campaigns for CPG partners, unlocking €10–18M in new annual revenue potential
2022 – 2023 · Regional (8 markets, South-Eastern Europe)

SEE Supply Excellence Manager

Glovo
  • check_circleCollaborated with global product and engineering teams to design and implement ML-based supply-demand systems that improved courier workload balance and delivery consistency
  • check_circleRolled out the forecasting system regionally across 8 markets, achieving ~€0.5 savings/order and improving courier earnings stability while maintaining delivery time
  • check_circleLed a cross-functional data team of 6 analysts integrating insights into product decision-making to enhance marketplace balance and cost efficiency
  • check_circleCreated feedback loops between local operations and product teams to prioritize roadmap items improving courier engagement and performance
2019 – 2022 · Romania & Bulgaria

Head of Product

foodpanda / Delivery Hero
  • check_circleOwned local product roadmap for the Pandora platform, collaborating with global engineering and UX in Berlin to ensure scalable deployments addressing user and merchant experience pain points
  • check_circleLed development and rollout of 100+ features improving merchant onboarding and customer ordering experience, leading to +3.2pp conversion uplift
  • check_circlePiloted Q-Commerce & Non-Commission Revenue products (first in Europe) based on merchant feedback and emerging customer demand patterns — resulting in +100K monthly orders and +1.5% GMV uplift
  • check_circleManaged a team of 4 Product Managers, embedding data-driven decision-making and agile product delivery principles
  • check_circleCoordinated cross-country migrations (CZ, HU) to the Pandora tech platform and supported Germany's launch, aligning dependencies across business and tech
2018 – 2019 · Bucharest

Scrum Master

Optaros by MRM & E.On Romania
  • check_circleFacilitated agile product delivery for enterprise digital platforms by aligning engineering, business, and stakeholder priorities
  • check_circleDrove continuous improvement and agile maturity across multiple delivery teams, ensuring on-time delivery of key platform initiatives
2013 – 2018 · Bucharest

Product Manager

Ascend NetSolutions & Digital Krikits
  • check_circleTransitioned from Sales to Product — led design and development of Romania's first food delivery platform (Oliviera), later acquired by BG Menu for ~€600K
  • check_circleDelivered 20+ B2C and B2B software products across e-commerce, healthcare, and streaming verticals, translating client goals into user stories and technical specs
  • check_circleDefined product architecture for Bringo's multi-app ecosystem (User, Picker, Rider), which became the foundation for the launched platform

Education

  • schoolMaster's Degree, Advertising — SNSPA
  • schoolBachelor's Degree, Marketing — Spiru Haret University

Core Skills

Product Strategy & Discovery · Customer Insight & Journey Mapping · Data Analytics · Monetization Models (CPC, NCR, Premium Placement) · A/B Testing & Experimentation · Agile Delivery · Stakeholder Management

Tools & Platforms

SQL · Snowflake · Looker · Google Sheets · Data Studio · AppsFlyer · StackAdapt · Symbiosis DSP · Jira · Confluence

Languages

  • translateRomanian — Native
  • translateEnglish — Full Professional Proficiency
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Technical Stack

A data-driven Product Manager is only as effective as their ability to interrogate the data personally.

database SQL
ac_unit Snowflake
query_stats Looker
table_chart G-Sheets
monitoring Data Studio
ads_click AppsFlyer
dashboard Amplitude
view_kanban Jira / Agile

Working With Me

A clear-eyed view of how I lead products, manage expectations, and build high-trust engineering cultures.

How I Work

I start with the data, then I find the people.

Before any conversation, I look at what the numbers are already telling me and form a hypothesis about what the real problem is, not what someone thinks it is. Then I run that through user interviews to see if the qualitative story matches. When both point the same direction, I bring it to stakeholders and engineering. In that order, for a reason.

Disagreement is fine. Ego isn't.

When there's pushback, my first move is to genuinely understand the other side, not defend my position. I'll map out the pros and cons and look for facts underneath the opinions. What I care about at the end is that whatever we commit to moves the product forward. It doesn't need to be my idea to get my full support.

Engineering is in the room from day one.

I don't hand specs over a wall. I want engineers involved while we're still figuring out the problem, not just after we've decided the solution. What I ask for in return is full transparency, especially when something won't work the way I think it will. Undercommit and overdeliver, not the other way around.

We ship when the team believes it's time.

There's the roadmap, the market, and the team. When all three point at the same moment, we go. User testing gives early signals, but the real gut check is whether everyone who built this thing believes it's ready.

I'm not as easy-going as I look.

New colleagues usually read me as open and agreeable, and I am, genuinely. I give full trust upfront. But it's on the other person to maintain it. People who mistake openness for softness tend to figure out the difference pretty quickly.

Get in Touch

Let's talk about your next product challenge.

Whether you're building a marketplace, scaling logistics, or looking to unlock new revenue — I'd love to hear what you're working on.