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Ken Zakalik

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since January 3, 2022

Ken is a successful tech futurist and business strategist who has had a global impact. He has a strong track record of defining innovative strategies, building and leading high-performing cross-functional teams to optimize and create new products, develop new business models, and drive innovation and growth. As with every challenge, Ken is deeply focused on keeping people and companies continuing, not just reacting but also defining the future.

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Neil Lobo

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC-07:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 31, 2019

Neil has successfully launched and scaled products in the advertising technology, marketing technology, and digital media space. Having worked in both startups and public companies, Neil is well versed in different product development cycles and can both ideate and execute products to deliver results.

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Jonathan Lau

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since September 7, 2020

Jon is a product leader with expertise in AI/ML, IoT, and customer experience. He is currently leading AI initiatives for an international humanitarian organization and is the founder of a generative AI gaming startup. Jon has worked with companies like Instacart, Loblaw Digital, Ford, PepsiCo, and Purina, consulting across industries such as healthcare, retail, and adtech. His latest client says, "Jon's strengths are product strategy and innovation. He always comes to work with a smile."

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Alex Frates

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since September 9, 2019

Alex blends a unique set of skills that connect business, technology, and people to create engaging and transformative digital experiences. He brings leadership and vision to global digital engagement teams, integrating marketing, sales, technology, and business development assets into new business value. Alex has delivered excellence in both B2B and B2C initiatives, from small businesses to Fortune 500 clients.

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Devendra Natekar

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 2, 2022

Deven is a product manager who has guided multi-million and billion-dollar businesses through successful and sustainable digital transformations. He has established and grown digital product management and design functions at multiple organizations. Deven has experience across numerous sectors and has managed mobile apps (native, hybrid), eCommerce, conversational AI, data and AI/ML products, learning platforms, VR/AR courses, omnichannel communications, CRM, and martech.

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Vanessa Soares

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since January 5, 2022

Vanessa has worked as a product manager in digital for 15+ years and in video-on-demand for nine years. She has extensive experience in strategy alignment, scope definition, and prioritization, as well as getting into the details developers need for user stories. Vanessa’s breadth of expertise also includes UX and SQL, leading discovery workshops, and analyzing, improving, and automating business processes. She has additional background as a project manager, developer, and tester.

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Paula Ylisassi

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC+02:00
Finland
Toptal Member Since October 12, 2021

Paula is an experienced digital age leader, bridging businesses, customer centricity, marketing, and technology. With her visionary and at the same time, hands-on approach and attitude, she can successfully lead a range of business and development themes. Her most vital abilities are future strategy and vision, innovation and new product development, growth, strategic marketing, and branding as a product leader.

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Gopala Krishnan

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC+05:00
India
Toptal Member Since April 26, 2023

Gopala Krishnan is a customer-focused product manager and senior business analyst with product development experience. A strategic leader who enjoys analyzing, researching, prototyping, and building, he has 16 years of enterprise experience and has worked with clients in the US and EU to launch and scale industry-leading products in insurance, healthcare, higher education, SaaS, and LMS. Gopala Krishnan can accelerate product development by helping teams focus on what matters most to customers.

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Donna Boyd

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC+08:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since May 3, 2021

Donna has over 15 years of digital experience across the AgriTech, mining, not-for-profits, education, and government industries with her longest tenure in the finance sector. She delivered an Agile Maturity Roadmap for a government agency and internationally rolled out a financial planning tool for HSBC. Leveraging agile and design thinking, she helps alter the mindset of teams to become product-focused, driving value strategically and tactically.

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Saurabh Kulshrestha

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since July 9, 2019

Saurabh brings a wealth of product management experience of SaaS-based cloud services, big data, IoT and mobile applications. His experience includes customer research, defining MVP, defining features and prioritization, financial analysis, sales forecasting, commercialization of new products, defining go-to-market strategy and sales enablement. Saurabh would also describe himself as a process advocate and evangelist in Agile, Kanban, and LFPD.

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Kevin Mansfield

Freelance Digital Product Manager
Verified Expert in Product Management
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since December 10, 2019

Kevin has 15+ years of expertise in product design, management, leadership, and strategy, delivering results in eCommerce, B2C, and B2B sectors. He has worked with Fortune 500s and startups, driving growth through customer-focused solutions. His experience includes mobile app development, analytics platforms, CRMs, ERPs, and more. Skilled in Agile frameworks, Kevin builds high-performing, outcome-driven teams to create impactful, technology-powered products.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire digital product managers with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your digital product manager, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right digital product manager, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect digital product managers for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our digital product managers to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire digital product managers with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched digital product managers ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire digital product managers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our digital product managers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your digital product manager begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

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    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

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