Jakub Hrebenar
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Prague, Czech Republic
Toptal member since December 15, 2020
Jakub has been focused on product management since he received his university degree. He has experience with telco product management, building startups and building a retail chain in two European counties. Lately, Jakub has been focused on IT products in the automotive, retail, and aviation industries. He especially enjoys product design and close cooperation with UX designers.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Automotive
- Figma
- IT Project Management
- Jira
- Product Management
- Product Ownership
- Prototyping
- User Journeys
Work Experience
Product Owner
User Technologies
- Contributed to launching 5+ startups and new products in automotive, car sharing, logistics, flight orders, and credentials management areas.
- Designed products with senior UX and product designers utilizing state-of-the-art methods and tools.
- Project-managed design and development of 10+ projects.
- Maintained relationships with multiple clients from both startup and corporate environments.
Business Development Manager
O2 Czech Republic
- Product-managed the O2 Fiber fixed-line product, internet and TV services.
- Developed the network in close relationship with the main infrastructure company.
- Project-managed telco product clients' migrations and consolidations.
- Maintained relationships with other O2 departments like delivery, hardware, marketing, and customer service.
Country Manager
Flying Tiger Copenhagen (Czech & Slovak branches)
- Started local branches of a retail chain for two countries from scratch.
- Designed all the processes for local branch management, for launching new stores, and for running the stores.
- Project-managed the buildup from 0 to 10 stores, including premises refit, store equipment, IT set up, marketing, and localization.
- Maintained close cooperation with the parent company in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Helped to launch the transition from MS Dynamics NAV to MS Dynamics AX.
- Set company level standards for stores IT equipment management.
- Maintained long-time relationships with 15+ vendors.
Project History
HoppyGo
https://hoppygo.com/enOwned product and managed Scrum development of a P2P car-sharing mobile app and back-end system.
Fllite
https://fllite.comOwned product and led development of a private flight ordering platform.
Carvago
http://www.carvago.comHelped formulate and manage the product from initial ideas and drafts to a fully functional Europe-wide online preowned car selling platform offering millions of ads. Managed a feature backlog and sprints for a scrum team of 14 people.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Czech Technical University - Prague, Czech Republic
Skills
Tools
Slack, Google Docs, Jira, Trello, Zoom, Figma, InVision, Zeplin, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics AX
Industry Expertise
Automotive, Telecommunications
Paradigms
Agile Product Management, Scrum, Kanban, User Testing
Other
Product Management, Project Management, IT Project Management, Product Ownership, User Journeys, Startups, Scrum Product Owner, Retail & Wholesale, Notion, Prototyping, Miro, Software Engineering, Marketing, Process Design, Sales, Online Marketing, Vendor Management, Vendor Selection, Security, Hardware, Business Development, Go-to-market Plans, IT Product Management, Lean IT, Cars, Backlog Management, Backlog Grooming, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Feature Roadmaps, Sprints, Agile Sprints, Story Mapping
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