
Ambra Curetti
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Oberglatt, Switzerland
Toptal member since June 14, 2022
Ambra Curetti is a senior product manager and founder who helps companies turn complex ideas into successful digital products. With 10+ years in tech, she specializes in AI-driven platforms, product strategy, and leading global teams to launch scalable solutions that delight users and drive measurable business growth.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Distributed Team Management
- Feature Roadmaps
- Product Design
- Product Development
- Product Management
- Product Roadmaps
- Product Strategy
- Software Implementation
Work Experience
Founder & Fractional Product Manager
Curintech
- Founded Curintech and grew the consultancy 2–3× year over year, delivering fractional product leadership and AI strategy for clients across Switzerland, the US, UK, Australia, and Italy.
- Led product strategy and delivery for 15+ digital platforms across various industries, coordinating global teams of engineers, designers, and marketers across four continents.
- Directed end-to-end product lifecycles, from discovery and roadmap definition to launch, for startups and enterprises, helping clients modernize platforms, automate operations, and unlock new growth opportunities.
Interim Chief Product Officer
Activly
- Led the development and launch of the Activly mobile app, working with an external engineering team.
- Coordinated with Marketing and Business Development on planning and executing the beta phase of Activly's launch.
- Created a post-beta product roadmap, hired an in-house product team, and ensured a smooth transition from the external agency to the core team.
Interim Chief Product Officer
MomSub
- Collaborated with the founder to refine the MomSub app concept and go-to-market strategy.
- Researched, compared, and hired an offshore product team and executed the MVP's design and development within the startup's limited budget.
- Contributed to creating a community of moms involved in product discovery and launch.
Product Owner
EF Education First
- Led the initial steps of a long-term project to fully replace EF's legacy systems with a modern domain-driven design.
- Coordinated around 35 people across countries to define high-level architecture and overall system requirements.
- Oversaw the design, execution, and delivery of several web and mobile applications across hundreds of language schools worldwide.
- Drove system adoption by consulting and training hundreds of users worldwide remotely and in person.
System Support Manager
EF Education First
- Led and mentored a team of agents handling first and second-level support for EF systems.
- Monitored service performance and implemented initiatives that improved the support desk resolution time by 48%, resulting in our team receiving the EF Best Service vote for several consecutive years.
- Maintained a user-friendly and accurate knowledge base and trained thousands of people across the globe, online and offline, to ensure the adoption of new systems and features.
Project History
AI Luxury Ski Travel Concierge
Luxury ski travelers increasingly expect instant, hyper-personalized planning, while the company relied on advisor-led workflows and scattered destination knowledge. The business needed a new digital experience to regain relevance and capture demand at scale without diluting its premium touch.
Co-conceived the product and roadmap, then led discovery, UX, and delivery of an AI concierge that curates destinations, chalets/hotels, and local services. Partnered with an AI dev firm, structured the knowledge base, and launched a 24/7 concierge web experience.
Created a modern acquisition channel that makes expertise searchable and personalized in minutes. The platform broadened destination coverage, reduced friction from inquiry to shortlist, and positioned the brand as an AI-forward luxury operator.
AI-first Operating Ecosystem for a Luxury Tour Operator
Core operations ran on outdated, siloed systems and unstructured Excel planning, causing manual work, inconsistent data, and limited visibility across inventory, clients, and concierge services. Scaling the luxury experience was expensive and slow. It also hurt decision-making across departments.
Led a full-stack product overhaul: rebuilt CRM, CMS, inventory, and concierge tooling on a modern architecture with AI from day one (RAG over company expertise and client history). Delivered integrations with finance/invoicing and aligned stakeholders on a phased rollout.
Delivered a single source of truth and automation that cut administrative overhead. Customers gained a seamless digital journey from quote to curated itinerary, while the business gained scalable operations and higher service consistency.
Digital Transformation for Growing Coaching Business
A fast-growing executive function coaching business outgrew an old, fragmented in-house system, creating bottlenecks in intake, scheduling, billing, and reporting. Data lived in silos, limiting automation and blocking new growth initiatives. Leadership needed reliable metrics and a scalable backbone.
Ran a vendor-neutral assessment, then led migration to a modern all-in-one platform (Zoho One) with phased rollout in under six months. Standardized processes, built automations, and connected client data to marketing, operations, and finance to enable repeatable scale.
Unlocked organization-wide efficiency and new programs: personalized email automation, streamlined sales/ops workflows, and a trackable brand ambassador referral program.
Growth Product Management for a High-traffic OTA
A high-traffic OTA integrated with Priceline needed stronger personalization, retention, and platform resilience to handle tens of thousands of bookings. Growth exposed gaps in analytics, recommendations, and customer self-service across the journey.
Built product strategy around behavior and market data: implemented recommendation and insight pipelines, prioritized stability/performance work, and shipped a loyalty program plus a customer portal. Coordinated API integrations to enrich content and pricing intelligence. Leverage GenAI for content production at scale.
Improved conversion and repeat engagement, enabling sustained growth while reducing support burden through self-service features.
Kids Management System for Family Hotels & Resorts
Designed, implemented, and launched a system to manage kids' clubs in family hotels and luxury resorts.
The company provides outsourcing of childcare services to family hotels and luxury resorts. I helped the company to fully redesign and develop its Kids Management System, which includes:
- A responsive web page for guests to book childcare in a resort.
- A portal for managers to handle on-site activities, collect children’s registration details (allergies, special needs, etc.), manage inventory and availability, log accidents, mark attendance, and reconcile revenue.
- A back-end tool to manage locations, staff, and inventory.
RIO Education Expansion into the Spanish Market
Supported WDCi in establishing their company presence in Spain, uncovering the market needs, and creating a product roadmap that would enable the onboarding of more Spanish clients.
WDCi is a software company based in Australia. Their flagship product, RIO Education, is a modern and highly customizable Salesforce-based student information system for higher education.
After establishing initial contact with potential clients in Spain, my team at Curintech and I led a product discovery phase with three WDCi clients in Spain. We uncovered the local market needs and analyzed the product gap to make it implementation-ready in a new country.
The initiative resulted in close collaboration with the three universities and two local implementation partners. Two more universities are now interested in the solution.
E-learning Platform for Coaching Company
Completely revamped an e-learning platform for a coaching company in Switzerland offering over 20 online courses.
I spearheaded the revamp of the e-learning platform through the following steps:
- Assessment of the current challenges: poor user experience, cumbersome course management, and not scalable technical architecture.
- Research and evaluation of possible solutions, which led to the decision to keep using the existing WordPress infrastructure powered by new plugins such as LearnDash, Memberium, and WooCommerce.
- Design of the new UI/UX.
- Migration of course materials (videos, text, workbooks, assignments, etc.) to the new platform.
- Integration of the new platform with other existing systems (sales pages, Keap CRM, etc.)
- Development of new features, such as course certificates, progress tracking, and gamification.
- Migration of user logins to the new platform and roll-out.
Social Gaming App: Short-form Video and Prediction Mechanics
Led the development and launch of a social gaming app.
Bas4e is a mobile app that engages its audience like a game, with interesting content from friends, where users can see different challenges and try to predict the outcome.
I took over the platform’s development when part of the design and the front-end were already started, but significant gaps still existed for the app to be market-ready.
I sourced a new and more qualified engineering team and led the completion of the app. I also introduced new features and redesigned others. After the first soft launch, the app’s engagement stats performed very well.
eCommerce & Philanthropy Platform for Luxury Swiss Watches (US Market)
Led the design and implementation of an eCommerce platform that sells luxury Swiss watches in the US in partnership with local foundations and NGOs.
Through partnerships with American foundations and NGOs, the project aims at growing the sales of luxury Swiss watches in the US while driving donations to partner organizations. I led the design and development of the eCommerce platform, catering to several complex scenarios and different profit-sharing structures.
Emergency Response Web App for Global Education Company
Oversaw the creation and launch of a web app to manage crises in EF schools, taking the project from ideation to beta launch in only three months.
EF Education First manages over 50 permanent language schools worldwide and hundreds of summer school sites. I led the creation and launch of a web application for school administrators to quickly account for all students and staff at a specific location in case of crises, such as a terror attack, natural disaster, or fire.
The app’s beta version was successfully launched within three months and used in over ten real-life crises within the following year, with thousands of students being accounted for within hours of the emergency.
Host Family Recruitment CRM
Led the design and development of a custom CRM for host family recruitment, vetting, and allocation.
Through customer and stakeholder interviews, I identified, designed, and built solutions to increase the efficiency of the host family recruitment process, such as:
- A tablet app for recruiters to collect host family applications and documentation, conduct home inspections, and background check information.
- A custom CRM to track recruitment efforts, manage pipeline, retain, and re-activate host families.
- An automated marketing journey to move prospects through the pipeline.
- A portal for hosts to track their application status and their students’ allocations.
Mobile App for Language Teachers
Spearheaded the design, development, and launch of the EF Teacher app.
EF Teacher is an app for tablets and smartphones (iOS and Android) that allows teachers to mark grades and attendance and consult academic information about their students.
Thanks to its accessibility and ease of use, EF Teacher has significantly improved the accuracy of academic records and eliminated paper and manual processes to keep class registers across EF schools worldwide.
Education
Master's Degree in Management Engineering
Polytechnic University of Turin - Turin, Italy
Bachelor's Degree in Management Engineering
Polytechnic University of Turin - Turin, Italy
Certifications
AI Governance
Swiss Cyber Institute
AI Literacy
Swiss Cyber Institute
Skills
Tools
Jira, Canva, Confluence, Slack, Trello, Zoom, InVision, Figma, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, n8n, Zapier, Zoho One, Google Analytics
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Agile Product Management, Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Design Thinking, Mobile App Design, Kanban, Low Code, Marketplace Platforms, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Instructional Design, User Testing, Agile Software Development, AI Project Management, Change Management
Industry Expertise
Education Technology (Edtech), Marketplaces, Childcare, Construction, Psychology & Mental Health
Platforms
Salesforce Experience Cloud, Google Ads
Other
Project Management, Product Development, Product Management, IT Product Management, Ideation, Ideation Workshops, Feature Prioritization, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Product Discovery, Software Consulting, Distributed Team Management, IT Support, Training, Training & Training Content Development, Feature Roadmaps, Product Roadmaps, UX Wireframes, User Journey Maps, User Journeys, User Experience (UX), Client Relations, Stakeholder Management, Project Planning, Feature Planning, Wireframe to Product, Mobile Apps, Project Scoping, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Prototyping, Mobile App Development, Vendor Selection, Workflow, Operations, Business Transformation, Digital Transformation, Educational Platform Design, Mobile Applications, User Feedback, Business Analysis, Requirements & Specifications, Backlog Management, UX Prototyping, Agile Sprints, Product Vision, User Empathy, Social Marketplaces, Discovery Workshops, Project Reporting, Project Timelines, Project Delivery, Web Applications, Software Development, Product Coach, Conceptualization, Product Strategy Consultant, Wireframing, Digital Product Management, Roadmaps, UX Strategy, Customer Experience, User Research, Innovation, Product Owner, Sprint Planning, Web & Mobile Applications, UX Assessment, Opportunity Assessments, Edtech Design, Web App Development, Client Portals, Journey Mapping, Customer Journey, Product Planning, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Scope of Work (SOW), New Product Development, MVP Design, User Stories, Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), Functional Specifications, Stakeholder Interviews, Technical Requirements, Customer Research, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Web Platforms, Agile Leadership, Remote Team Leadership, Project Tracking, Product Descriptions, Documentation, Backlog Grooming, Business to Consumer (B2C), Presentations, Requirements, Discovery, Process Automation, Coaching, Education, Service, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Dashboard Design, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), App Design, Estimations, Critical Thinking, User Experience Design, Salesforce, Customer Retention, Product Consultant, User Conversion, Workflow Automation & System Integration, Operational Efficiency Improvement, Data Management Platforms, Feasibility Studies, AI Product Management, AI-powered Product Design, Enterprise SaaS, Product Demonstrations, Microsoft Teams, Google, Miro, Innovation Management, IT Strategy, IT, IT Consulting, Startup Consulting, Offshore Team Management, Product Marketing, Product Design, Strategy, Software Implementation, Product Launch, Beta Testing, UX Design, Product Strategy, Business Strategy, Planning, Cost Estimation, Development, SaaS Product Management, Software as a Service (SaaS), Startups, Market Research, Cost Management, Product Growth, Marketing Technology (MarTech), Consulting, Business Planning, Pitch Decks, Focus Groups, APIs, Project Management & Work Tracking Tools, Technical Product Management, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Innovation Strategy, Travel & Leisure, Business to Business (B2B), Research, Videos, A/B Testing, Website Redesign, User Interface (UI), Dashboards, Business Process Management (BPM), eCommerce, Design Specifications, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategies, Affiliate Programs, Automation, iOS, Two-sided Marketplaces, Travel, Design, Advisory, Go-to-market Plans, Integrated Sales & Operational Planning, Product Research, Data, Data Architecture, Data Strategy, Database Optimization, API Integration, Push Notifications, Early-stage Startups, Large Language Models (LLMs), Sales, SQL, Lead Conversion, Product Positioning, Launch Strategy, Product Pages, E-learning, Notion, User Retention, Product Frameworks, Databases, Business Intelligence (BI), Quality Management, Economics, Engineering, Community Development, Hiring, IT Services, Reporting, Data Warehouse Design, Mobile Ticketing, System Integration, Access Control, Market Fit, SaaS, Solution Architecture, WordPress, Monetization, Monetization Models, Organizational Design, Business Models, Community Management, Social Networks, Messaging, Technical Project Management, Pitch Deck Consultant, Pitch Presentations, Design Strategy, Budgeting, Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Payroll & Benefits, Human Resources (HR), Quality Assurance (QA), Pricing Strategy, Revenue Strategy, Subscriptions, Property Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chief Product Officer (CPO), Growth, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Web, Integration, Keap, Web Development, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce API, Salesforce Apex, Partner Management, .NET, Tablets & Smartphones, Customer Interviews, Custom CRM Modules, Android, User Interviews, Content Writing, Data Science, MySQL, AI Agents, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG), Emergent.sh, Vibe Coding, Governance, Data Governance, RAG Systems, AI Chatbots, Agentic AI, Agentic Frameworks, CRM, Inventory Management, Concierge, Content Management Systems (CMS), Competitive Analysis, Compensation Programs, Leadership, Analytics, Data Migration, Traffic Analysis, Online Auctions, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Compliance, Data Privacy, Enterprise Sales, User Adoption, AI Product Strategy, Responsible AI, AI Ethics, AI Adoption
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