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Senior
Registration: 31.01.2023

Gleb Loumer

Specialization: Senior Product Manager / Interim Head of Product
Product and business leader with 15+ years of experience building and growing digital businesses. Customer advocate, skilled in understanding under-served consumer & business needs and delivering value proposition through product and marketing initiatives. Built and managed several teams, passionate to see people grow. Experience across B2C, B2B, marketplaces, startup and global corporations.
Product and business leader with 15+ years of experience building and growing digital businesses. Customer advocate, skilled in understanding under-served consumer & business needs and delivering value proposition through product and marketing initiatives. Built and managed several teams, passionate to see people grow. Experience across B2C, B2B, marketplaces, startup and global corporations.

Portfolio

Independent Product management consultant

- Commerce store optimization for an international fashion retailer with focus on Search performance and user experience redesign. - Product-market-fit validation for an entertainment start-up.

Amazon company

- Responsible for the launch and business performance of new products/features; from strategic go-to-market plan, conceptualization, implementation to evaluation and optimization. E.g. increased promotional revenue by 30% thru the launch of 2-for-1 feature, increased acquisition by double digit % thru introduction of in-App payments. - Defined customer proposition and product requirements across EU markets incl. evaluation of a new business model, pricing and consumer experience. Delivered recommendation to senior leadership. - Coached and developed a team of 4 colleagues.

OptioPay

- GM for the Financial Optimization product for this FinTech Startup. Led a crossfunctional team of product, engineering, account management, sales and support. - Launched first version of bank data product leveraging PSD2 through partnerships with leading German banks.

Skills

Product Marketing
User research
Product Management
Business Analysis
Marketing research

Work experience

Product Marketing
since 07.2022 - Till the present day |Independent Product management consultant
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- Commerce store optimization for an international fashion retailer with focus on Search performance and user experience redesign. - Product-market-fit validation for an entertainment start-up.
Director Product Marketing
02.2020 - 03.2022 |Amazon company
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- Responsible for the launch and business performance of new products/features; from strategic go-to-market plan, conceptualization, implementation to evaluation and optimization. E.g. increased promotional revenue by 30% thru the launch of 2-for-1 feature, increased acquisition by double digit % thru introduction of in-App payments. - Defined customer proposition and product requirements across EU markets incl. evaluation of a new business model, pricing and consumer experience. Delivered recommendation to senior leadership. - Coached and developed a team of 4 colleagues.
SVP
04.2017 - 01.2020 |OptioPay
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- GM for the Financial Optimization product for this FinTech Startup. Led a crossfunctional team of product, engineering, account management, sales and support. - Launched first version of bank data product leveraging PSD2 through partnerships with leading German banks.
Independent consultant
08.2016 - 03.2017 |OptioPay
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- Advised an international retailer on digital customer loyalty strategies. - Advised transportation provider on digital transformation projects.
Director Consumer
01.2012 - 01.2016 |eBay
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- Defined and launched strategic product initiatives to improve consumer experience (e.g. new checkout process) based on market data & user insights. Delivered double digit % conversion uplift and significant improvement to consumer trust index. - Achieved consistent growth of Gross Merchandise Value on ebay.de by optimizing inventory processes, returns policies and reducing barriers for cross border trade. - Built and managed two international teams (10 colleagues).
Head of Marketplaces
01.2008 - 01.2012 |PayPal
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- Responsible for PayPal’s P&L on ebay.de ($200+M p.a. revenue). - Increased PayPal share of ebay.de payments from 10% to over 50% thru Product and Marketing initiatives. - Coached and developed a team of 4 colleagues.
Manager CRM Strategy
01.2006 - 01.2008 |Deutsche Bahn AG
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- Defined the Customer Relationship Management strategy across DB business units, designed and executed CRM & loyalty initiatives.
Project Manager
01.2004 - 01.2006 |Kirchhoff Datensysteme
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- Managed and advised key automotive accounts on optimization of marketing processes.
Senior Consultant
01.2003 - 01.2004 |PeopleSoft Germany
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- Led a team of consultants and oversaw integration of a CRM solution.
Consultant
01.2000 - 01.2003 |PricewaterhouseCoopers
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- Led a team of consultants at Lufthansa CRM solution implementation.

Educational background

Industrial Engineering
1997 - 2000
University of Applied Sciences Gießen-Friedberg, Germany

Languages

PortugueseElementaryRussianNativeGermanNativeEnglishProficient