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Hire AmletoAmleto Montinari
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal Member Since
July 9, 2020
Amleto is a seasoned product and strategy manager with extensive experience building B2B software. His work with PayPal, JP Morgan, his own startup, and Worldsensing saw him build a deep understanding of purchase mechanisms in the B2B software and SaaS space. He has successfully launched countless products that proved to be profit-driving and resource-saving. Amleto launched software that won several international awards.
B2B Product ManagementProduct ManagementB2BSoftware as a Service (SaaS)SaaSMinimum Viable Product (MVP)Agile Product ManagementAgile Project ManagementProject ManagementSaaS Product ManagementSaaS DesignData ReportingMobile BankingMobile WalletStakeholder ManagementFractional Chief Product Officer (CPO)
Project Highlights
SaaS B2B Talent Screening Software
Winner of several awards for the best talent screening system removing bias from the hiring process and allowing companies to hire the best candidates.
IOT B2B Cloud-based SaaS Software
Led the long-term SaaS strategy and roadmap creation for CMT Cloud. CMT Cloud is an IoT software enabling geo-technical companies to monitor real-time critical projects' status in industries such as mining, construction, railways, and infrastructure.
Expertise
Work Experience
Digital Payments and Data Expert
2020 - PRESENT
STRATGranat
- Consulted on Global RFP projects for large banks and merchants to select payment solutions providers and to white-label their solutions.
- Gathered requirements and created an RFP scoring model containing four different weights and more than 100 data points linked to payments processing, marketplace payments capabilities, fraud management, risk management and PCI DSS capabilities.
- Delivered the final report to clients based on which they shortlisted their preferred payment providers.
Interim Director of Product Management for Fintech SaaS Products
2022 - 2023
EBM Software
- Created the multi-year product strategy for the EBM business, coordinating the work with the senior management team and aligning it to the company's business strategy.
- Implemented a Tribe-based product development organizational chart aligned with the company's four strategic pillars. As a result, the speed of the software development department increased by 300%.
- Led the software development and launch of a new data analytics tool that decreased the time required to complete complex analysis by 75%.
- Installed all needed Agile and Scrum practices and communication routines facing the engineering team, business users, and senior management.
Product Manager
2021 - 2022
Toptal Client
- Held end-to-end responsibilities for regulatory mapping requirements to product requirements. Created key user requirements with the support of the research department and mapped them to the product roadmap to launch the neobanking application.
- Completed the mapping of all the anti-money laundering (AML) and risk management processes to run while re-shaping the agile product development process to fit it into a regulated entity. Named product representative for the licensing process.
- Managed (interim) the product management team with three direct reports and a total team of seven while creating the product documentation and ceremonies for the team and assisted in completing the team OKRs.
SaaS Software Product Manager for IOT platform
2019 - 2020
Worldsensing
- Led the commercial launch of the first SaaS software, coordinating the cross-functional project with all departments within the company.
- Developed a 5-year product strategy plan with three multi-year projects approved by the senior management and signed off to be the cornerstone of the future software strategy.
- Acted as a product manager to coordinate the first product launch of the software product roadmap collaborating with senior management, the head of product, the product owner, design lead, and engineering team.
- Created the pricing and billing strategy for the software, including pricing validation, review of all legal documents, and billing mechanisms.
- Reviewed all product development processes to double the engineering team productivity.
CEO and Co-founder
2005 - 2019
Fluttr
- Created a B2B SaaS software from scratch collaborating with designers and development teams in the HR industry. The software won several international awards, including the ManPower Startup Award in 2018.
- Led a team (remotely and in-person) of ten people including designers, sales managers, and engineers.
- Understood the mechanisms to put in place to reach product/market fit with a product and how to launch a product successfully in an established market.
Head of Product and Strategy, Payments
2006 - 2015
JP Morgan
- Defined the commercial strategy for the digital payments division and helped it become a market leader in Europe in terms of market share.
- Created the market segmentation and a persona-based strategy to focus on marketing, sales, and product resources. This resulted in a double-fold improvement in the opportunity to win ratio.
- Coordinated the launch of the division in a new European market. The launch was considered to be the best business launch in Europe.
- Created a multi-year product roadmap to support the business becoming the European industry leader.
- Overviewed and led all the product suite (including payments acceptance and methods of payments, fraud management, AML, reconciliation, reporting and third party integrations) for the European division.
Product Marketing Manager
2003 - 2006
PayPal
- Led several revisions and implementation of user flows related to AML and KYC generating close to $1 million in savings for the company.
- Served as lead of the European Business Verification (AML) process and user flow still in use today at PayPal.
- Awarded the Blue Star award at eBay as a top employee.
- Led the creation of the merchant Services organization for Europe.
- Spearheaded the CORE segment of the PayPal UK platform including payments acceptance, fraud management, user flow optimization, KYC, and AML.
Project History
SaaS B2B Talent Screening Software
https://youtu.be/ian0VLN0AEwWinner of several awards for the best talent screening system removing bias from the hiring process and allowing companies to hire the best candidates.
Fluttr is an online software solution that allowed companies to look beyond the CV. Companies can upload their own test and select from a list of tests already existing in the system that they could customize.
They would then select the experts who would review the candidate's responses, selecting people from their own teams or experts from the Fluttr network.
Candidates would receive a link, complete the test enjoying a gamified experience, and submit their responses. The selected experts would review the responses without knowing the candidates' identities. Fluttr would rank candidates using a proprietary algorithm looking at factors such as the experts' feedback and candidates' motivation (calculated via a proprietary algorithm).
They would then select the experts who would review the candidate's responses, selecting people from their own teams or experts from the Fluttr network.
Candidates would receive a link, complete the test enjoying a gamified experience, and submit their responses. The selected experts would review the responses without knowing the candidates' identities. Fluttr would rank candidates using a proprietary algorithm looking at factors such as the experts' feedback and candidates' motivation (calculated via a proprietary algorithm).
IOT B2B Cloud-based SaaS Software
Led the long-term SaaS strategy and roadmap creation for CMT Cloud. CMT Cloud is an IoT software enabling geo-technical companies to monitor real-time critical projects' status in industries such as mining, construction, railways, and infrastructure.
WorldSensing is the globally leading IoT company in the geo-monitoring space. They manufactured hardware, monetized it, and required an expert to come in and drive the creation of a SaaS strategy.
I was brought in as the SaaS expert to lead this project. I analyzed the market from end-to-end, created a segmentation of their existing client base, formed a persona-based SaaS strategy, and created, in collaboration with the senior management team, a long-term SaaS strategy and product roadmap for the company.
Furthermore, I led the software's pricing strategy, the feature backlog creation, coordinated the creation of the basis of the user experience (UX) with the lead designer, and oversaw the commercial launch of the product.
I was brought in as the SaaS expert to lead this project. I analyzed the market from end-to-end, created a segmentation of their existing client base, formed a persona-based SaaS strategy, and created, in collaboration with the senior management team, a long-term SaaS strategy and product roadmap for the company.
Furthermore, I led the software's pricing strategy, the feature backlog creation, coordinated the creation of the basis of the user experience (UX) with the lead designer, and oversaw the commercial launch of the product.
Education
2004 - 2004
Diploma in Marketing, Sales and PR
Dublin Business School - Dublin, Ireland
1999 - 2003
Master's Degree in Economics
University of Parma - Parma, Italy
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