Alexis Katigbak
Product Manager
Location
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Toptal Member Since
April 5, 2019
Alexis is experienced in building and launching software products in various industries such as telecommunication, eCommerce, and B2B SaaS. Experienced in the enterprise, mid-size, and early-stage companies, Alexis subscribes to the product management philosophy that focuses on a customer-centric, multi-disciplinary, and data-informed approach.
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App Center
Crafting and executing on an integrations strategy which debuted at the 2018 Customer Intelligence Summit.
Enlite
Led the delivery of the Enlite Bra Online campaign, the most successful lululemon eCommerce campaign on launch.
Bulk Extract APIs
Launch of bulk extract APIs improved performance by 15X and general usability, enabling more reliable integrations.
Expertise
B2BCustomer DiscoveryEnterprise SaaSProduct MarketingProduct StrategyScrumSoftware as a Service (SaaS)eCommerceEducation
Bachelor's Degree
University of British Columbia
Select Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Work Experience
2020 - PRESENT
Lead Product Manager
CaredUpon
- Led the zero-to-one product launch of caredupon.ca and grew it from zero visitors per month to several thousand per day, connecting Canadians to senior care options.
- Led research and development (R&D) efforts, cooperating closely with go-to-market and operations teams.
- Launched new product concepts across the customer journey for seniors, including tools to personalize options and calculate expected care costs.
2019 - PRESENT
Senior Product Manager
Ibbaka
- Developed platform roadmaps and product development systems to solve the problem of how organizations connect their market opportunities to organizational capabilities.
- Crafted the go-to-market strategy and facilitated the combined strategic messaging around pricing optimization and talent optimization products.
- Connected all customer touchpoints, from awareness and consideration to ongoing partnerships and advocacy, collaborating with key people in customer success, business development, and user experience design.
2017 - 2019
Product Manager
Vision Critical (now Alida)
- Owned the product strategy and execution of data management and integration product lines in a global industry-leading B2B SaaS company. The key outcome was the launch of an in-product app center, which doubled the adoption of integrations on a scalable self-serve model (vs. custom development) in 2% of the time.
- Created, communicated, executed, and measured the outcome of the integration strategy for an industry-leading customer intelligence software product—Sparq.
- Onboarded and coached junior product managers on building cultures of customer-centric decision making, data-driven prioritization, commitment, and accountability within cross-functional product teams.
- Drove clarity and insight by collecting and synthesizing information to track product OKRs, provide customer ROI stories, and stakeholder feedback that influence which problems need to be solved and what stories are told.
- Continued to build the redesign of Vision Critical's analysis and reporting products by identifying key usability issues and crafting a validation roadmap centered around VC's customers. Key outcomes were rapid iterations on user experience (1/sprint) through iterative testing and contributing to a culture of API-first development.
2017 - 2017
Product Manager/Agile Coach
Autoprop
- Elevated an early-stage product development team to increase revenue, customer satisfaction, and growth within the target market segments through incorporating product development best practices.
- Provided coaching and guidance through product development best practices and iterative discovery models—from determining product objectives, crafting, and prioritizing roadmaps to crafting product-level testing for upcoming features.
- Created an environment of constant customer and development feedback through the scrum framework for a remote team.
2016 - 2017
Scrum Master
lululemon
- Managed continuous improvement of people, processes, and technology of a team with 20 members who support around 25% of lululemon’s annual revenue. Results include the launch of the most successful online landing experience to date, around 20% increase in holiday gift card sales, and 40% increase in team velocity.
- Provided support for the company's global IT and eCommerce partners through ongoing communications from user story creation to sprint planning, user acceptance testing, training, and release management. Led digital department releases of several successful campaigns, outperforming previous KPIs (Enlite Bra Launch, Holiday Gift Cards, and This is Yoga).
- Built a team culture of ownership, open communication, and efficiency as measured by improvements to sprint velocity, burndown charts, organizational results, and team engagement.
2014 - 2016
Technical Project Manager
Telus
- Owned the end-to-end delivery of projects under $2 million for high-speed internet access, email, and TV products by managing delivery activities for up to 20 cross-functional technical and business teams. Results included the launch of two new internet gateways, an increase in successful first pass TV orders from 81% to 85%, and the transition of several teams from the Waterfall to the Scrum model.
- Enabled the faster delivery of operational enhancement projects by establishing agile processes for the product enablement PMO, setting standards for process, retrospective, project templates, and delivery methods.
- Managed execution and risks that affected 1.5 million Wireline customers by facilitating communication across multiple stakeholders in customer experience, enterprise architecture, investment management, engineering, and product development.
Project History
App Center
https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/vision-critical-announces-new-application-of-machine-learning-in-text-analytics-sentiment-analysisCrafting and executing on an integrations strategy which debuted at the 2018 Customer Intelligence Summit.
Expanding our integration offerings from the highly custom to scalable self-serve model. These integrations support a variety of use cases, adding value to the opt-in first-party data of the platform.
Enlite
https://www.businessinsider.com/lululemon-earnings-2017-9Led the delivery of the Enlite Bra Online campaign, the most successful lululemon eCommerce campaign on launch.
Supported the multi-disciplinary conception and execution of the Enlite Bra online launch that tells the story of lululemon's first whitespace designed sports bra.
Bulk Extract APIs
https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/sparq-winter-20-further-enables-brands-to-excel-in-customer-trust?hs_preview=aQhvxMvP-24908784050Launch of bulk extract APIs improved performance by 15X and general usability, enabling more reliable integrations.
I led the product development initiative from inception to launch for a set of bulk extract APIs, enabling beta customers to integrate Vision Critical data with their systems of record.
As a result, performance was improved fifteenfold, while we improved usability through customer feedback and product roadmap feature enablement that addressed the key areas of technical debt.
As a result, performance was improved fifteenfold, while we improved usability through customer feedback and product roadmap feature enablement that addressed the key areas of technical debt.
Analysis Redesign
Rapid iteration on a major redesign, addressing key usability issues in Vision Critical's analysis product.
Continued to build the redesign of Vision Critical's analysis and reporting products by identifying key usability issues and crafting a validation roadmap centered around VC's customers. Key outcomes were rapid iterations on user experience (1/sprint) through iterative testing and contributing to a culture of API-first development.
Platform Strategy - Talent Management Ecosystem
Platform strategy for a skills management platform, creating adaptive growth opportunities for thousands of enterprise users.
Developed and executed a platform strategy with skills and competency management platform around the talent management and project management enterprise ecosystems. This enabled us to create adaptive, personalized learning experiences, and opportunities for thousands of enterprise users in multiple channels.
Autoprop User Experience
https://ltsa.ca/news/ltsa-announces-acquisition-autoprop-softwareMet customers' ambition by enabling them to deliver data aggregation reports to their clients in better ways.
Led product design efforts and research methodologies around improving the key user workflows in the Autoprop platform.
Ibbaka Go-to-Market
http://www.ibbaka.comLed the digital marketing strategy for Ibbaka that resulted in the site's traffic doubled and a three times higher conversion rate for marketing channels.
Built the marketing strategy, roadmap, processes, and systems for Ibbaka's combined go-to-market strategy, including digital marketing presence, partner strategy, customer segmentation, and strategic messaging.
Education
2009 - 2014
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
University of British Columbia - Vancouver, British Columbia
Certifications
JANUARY 2018 - PRESENT
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
MARCH 2015 - PRESENT
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance