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Ata ARGUDEN

Utrecht,Istanbul

Summary

Solution-focused and technical-minded Product Manager of 5 years succeeding in product road map development, market research and data analysis. Leads and motivates high-performing cross-functional teams to achieve KPIs.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Product Manager

Trendyol, Alibaba Group
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
2023.07 - Current

Key Projects: Product Ratings & Reviews, Seller Ratings & Reviews, In-App Marketing Management, Customer Engagement Management

  • Successfully managed a high-volume product review system, processing over 350,000 reviews daily.
  • Spearheaded the international expansion of the product review feature, enabling support in 9 new languages across Europe and MENA regions with more than 300 million individual reviews.
  • Launched and managed the Customer Engagement Management project, now utilized by over 160,000 sellers and engaging more than 16 million users.
  • Directed the design and implementation of user-friendly interfaces to enhance engagement and satisfaction for both sellers and customers.
  • Successfully implemented the In-app Marketing feature, across 5 customer-facing apps and available in 9 different languages.
  • Directed the entire project lifecycle, including strategic prioritization and execution through collaboration with 7 different CRM domains.

Product Manager

Trendyol, Alibaba Group
Istanbul, TURKEY
2022.01 - 2023.06

Key Projects: Product Ratings & Reviews, Seller Ratings & Reviews, In-App Marketing Management, Product Q&A Feature, Order Q&A (Live Chat) Feature

  • Launched the live chat feature, facilitating post-order communication between customers and sellers, enhancing post-purchase support and satisfaction.
  • Successfully reduced ticket resolution time by 60% within the first three months of the project's launch, significantly improving overall customer support efficiency.
  • Owned and developed both the seller and customer-facing interfaces ensuring a seamless and user-friendly experience.

Associate Product Manager

Trendyol, Alibaba Group
Istanbul, TURKEY
2020.01 - 2021.12

Key Projects: Product Ratings & Reviews, Seller Ratings & Reviews, In-App Marketing Management, Product Q&A Feature, Order Q&A (Live Chat) Feature

  • Managed the Product Questions and Answers feature, utilized by over 300,000 sellers and handling more than 400,000 questions daily
  • Achieved a conversion rate of up to 11%, significantly boosting sales and customer satisfaction through effective question and answer management.
  • Owned and developed both the seller and customer-facing interfaces ensuring a seamless and user-friendly experience.

Presales Consultant

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Istanbul, TURKEY
2018.07 - 2019.12

Gathering knowledge about the IT architecture and specific HPE products in order to analyse the customers’ needs and propose the optimum solution while maintaining the periodical reporting of key financial/operational business metrics.

Education

Bachelor's - Management Information Systems

Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
/2015 - /2019

Erasmus - Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences

Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
/2017 - /2018

Highschool -

German School of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
/2010 - /2015

Skills

  • Agile methodology
  • Jira Software
  • Experience in collaborating with Business Development, NLP, Data Science, UI/UX Design, Data Engineering, Computer Vision and CRM to ensure comprehensive and compliant tool development across all projects
  • SQL / Big Query / Kibana (ElasticSearch)
  • Google Analytics
  • Microsoft Office Programs (including MS-Access)

Languages

English
Fluent
German
Upper intermediate
Turkish
Native

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Product Manager - Trendyol, Alibaba Group
2023.07 - Current
Product Manager - Trendyol, Alibaba Group
2022.01 - 2023.06
Associate Product Manager - Trendyol, Alibaba Group
2020.01 - 2021.12
Presales Consultant - Hewlett Packard Enterprise
2018.07 - 2019.12
Bogazici University - Bachelor's, Management Information Systems
/2015 - /2019
Eindhoven University of Technology - Erasmus, Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences
/2017 - /2018
German School of Istanbul - Highschool,
/2010 - /2015
Ata ARGUDEN