Jeff Buzulencia
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since July 31, 2021
As a product and go-to-market leader for early-stage startups, Jeff has helped companies disrupt entire industries and bring award-winning innovations to the market. He was an early employee at Remesh, where he led the team to their first customers and drove product strategy as they scaled. Jeff is a strong proponent of lean, experiment-driven product processes and cares about outcomes over output.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile UX
- Business Development
- Business to Business (B2B)
- Lean Product Management
- Lean UX
- Notion
- Product Management
Work Experience
Founder | Product Builder
Blank Slate Labs
- Created a product studio to build bootstrapped products at the intersection of AI and no-code.
- Coached a startup founder through the process of building and launching his MVP using Bubble. Successfully launched the product in 1.5 months with its first customers.
- Consulted with an AI market research company to redevelop their product development process. Delivered recommendations and a 30-page playbook on how to improve product scoping and drastically increase product delivery speed.
Director of Product Management
Gastrograph AI
- Led the product strategy and execution of the company's transition to an AI-powered SaaS platform.
- Built the company's first SaaS offering, SensoryLink, to transition the company from bespoke data science reports to software-driven experiences.
- Built the product function and process from the ground up.
- Helped consumer food and beverage companies develop better-tasting products through our AI-powered insights on product formulation optimizations.
Director of Product Management
BOOQED
- Created and drove an experiment and outcome-driven product process that dramatically accelerated feature release cadence.
- Launched over 30 features in 30 weeks through lean product processes.
- Set up a B2B offering for companies to offer flexible work options to their employees.
- Led a fully remote, global product team of designers and developers.
Interim VP of Product | Senior Product Manager
Remesh
- Started product management function and carved out product strategy with the co-founders and board.
- Set up a data analysis and reporting platform, including novel natural language processing tools and data visualizations.
- Launched over 20 new languages, including both internationalization and natural language processing architecture to drive statement similarity scoring in each language.
Director of Growth
Remesh
- Led company go-to-market to bring in first customers and revenue, starting from zero.
- Built partnerships with some of the world's most significant data insight and market research companies.
- Started multiple commercial teams such as sales and customer success.
- Iterated on business models, positioning, sales strategy, customer success strategy to drive value, from $0 to $1 million in revenue.
Management Consultant
Newry
- Led the ideation of 100+ product concepts for an innovative material invented by a global, high-tech material company.
- Initiated piloting and sales for a plastic films manufacturer, leading to a $20 million opportunity.
- Made connections and led assessment for manufacturing partners for an energy-saving window innovation.
Associate Product Marketing Manager
Bayer HealthCare
- Drove 170% sales growth of a €2.6 million business in the first year.
- Led successful entries into nine key emerging markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
- Trained over 200 sales and support staff across Europe, Middle East, and Africa region on the MEDRAD Intego PET Infusion System.
Senior Financial Analyst
Bayer HealthCare
- Led the one to three-year revenue and gross margin forecasting and budgeting for an $800 million business.
- Achieved 99.9% forecast accuracy in the first year of leading process across the division.
- Guided finance workstreams for MEDRAD integration with Bayer HealthCare.
Financial Analyst
Bayer HealthCare
- Led financial model creation for new product development priorities in the CT business.
- Created a new business analysis database and front end for senior leadership to quickly understand drivers of business performance each month.
- Owned the revenue, gross margin, expenses, and capital budgeting for the CT business.
Project History
Remesh - Qualitative Insights at Scale
http://remesh.comDrove customer-first approach to build and iterate on a product loved by consumer insights teams and researchers across the world.
I led the product team as we matured through the initial beta version to scaling with high-profile clients.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Management
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Skills
Tools
Slack, Zoom, Asana, Confluence, Figma, Sketch, InVision, Zapier
Paradigms
Agile, Requirements Analysis, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Agile UX, Change Management, Agile Product Management, Design Thinking, Low Code
Platforms
Xano
Other
Notion, Product Management, Lean Product Management, Business to Business (B2B), Business Strategy, Discovery, Go-to-market Plans, New Product Development, Product Discovery, Product Strategy, Agile Sprints, B2B, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Requirements, User Stories, Data-driven Decision-making, Roadmaps, Sprint Planning, Market Research, Product Launch, Market Fit, Market Sizing, Startups, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Project Timelines, Market Research & Analysis, Software, Consulting, Feature Roadmaps, Customer Research, Web Applications, Finance, Design, Lean UX, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Quip, Market Assessment, Go-to-market Strategy, Product Marketing, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Budgeting, Design Sprints, Customer Acquisition, Launch Strategy, Team Leadership, New Business Development, Product Ownership, Product Roadmaps, SaaS, Digital Marketing, Brand Marketing, Marketing Plans, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Bubble, Airtable, APIs, No-code Development, Agile Product Delivery, Feature Prioritization, Digital Product Management, Product Vision, Project Management, Process Automation, User Experience (UX), User Journeys, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Technical Product Management, Conceptualization, Machine Learning, Product Design, Discovery Workshops, Scope of Work (SOW), Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Pricing Strategy, Pricing Models, Growth Strategy, Jobs to be Done (JTBD), Software as a Service (SaaS), Investment Banking, Accounting, Computer Science, Econometrics, Economics, Miro, UX Design, Medical Devices, Consumer Technology, Fundraising
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