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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
07.2023 - 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
01.2022 - 06.2023

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
01.2020 - 12.2021

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
07.2018 - 12.2019

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
07.2023 - Current
Product Manager - Trendyol, Alibaba Group
01.2022 - 06.2023
Associate Product Manager - Trendyol, Alibaba Group
01.2020 - 12.2021
Presales Consultant - Hewlett Packard Enterprise
07.2018 - 12.2019
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