I'm Arnau Giró

About Me

Product Manager, Product Strategist and Entrepreneur

Passion for Product Management, Product Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Simplification as a framework for life. Invigorated by startups, disruption and innovation. I always try to stay close to what is coming and I hope I never stop learning.

Experience

Head of Product | AZA | 2019 – Present

azafinance.com · African financial services

Leading TransferZero, API product focused on African payments infrastructure. Product vision and strategy, and blue-chip partnerships involvement. 

Hits:
– Constitute a Product Culture for the Product division (20+ product people).

Lead Product Manager | BitPesa | 2019

bitpesa.co · African financial services

Leading a Product and Analytics team of 6 people. Product vision and strategy. Product portfolio and branding. Innovation initiatives.

Hits:

– Build a team x3 bigger in a quarter.

– TradeBFX product launch.

Product Analytics Manager | BitPesa | 2017 – 2018

bitpesa.co · African financial services

Data architecture and analytics optimisation. Discovery and delivery using agile.

Hits:

– Creation of a data events ecosystem.

– BFX product launch (revamp).

Product Owner | Bandit | 2016 – 2017

bandit.io · HR Platform for Digital Talent

Product vision, discovery and delivery. Managing and prioritizing backlog for ROI maximization. 

Hits:

– Nubelo’s to Freelancer exit coordination.

– Bandit’s Launch (web and apps).

– Creation of growth hacking Chrome extensions.

– Integration with CRM (Salesforce).

Product Manager | Nubelo | 2013 – 2015

nubelo.com · Freelance Marketplace

Benchmarking, feedback, testing, analytics. Definition and development of new functionalities and devices adoptions.

Hits:

– Heavy pivot: full-time jobs integration. 

– Hybrid app launch (iOS and Android).

– Feature launch: reviews of companies.

Skills

Product Management
100%
Product Strategy
80%
Agile
90%
JIRA
90%
WordPress
80%
Digital Marketing
70%
SQL
30%
Python
20%

Certificates

Google Analytics
2017

Advertisement and Public Relations
2010-2014

Taekwondo Black Belt
2006

Awards

Yuzz · Entrepreneurship program
Santander Bank
2016

Think Big · Entrepreneurship program
Telefonica fundation
2014

Booster-e · Entrepreneurship program
Santander Bank
2014