Łukasz Mastalerz
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Kraków, Poland
Toptal member since May 17, 2021
Lukasz is a seasoned product-building specialist with an exceptional user focus. His strengths include stakeholder communication, adaptability, value delivery under pressure, and process improvement. Knowing great products are created by invested teams, Lukasz brings a synergy-building disposition and an aptitude for keeping squad morale high.
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile Product Management
- English
- Feature Backlog Prioritization
- Jira
- Product Management
- Product Owner
- Requirements Analysis
Work Experience
Product Manager
Talixo
- Built the product team from the ground up within a rapidly evolving company.
- Established company-wide product processes for the product roadmap, project management, change requests, product support, and documentation.
- Led the implementation of newer front-end technologies coupled with UI redesign and UX optimization.
Product Owner
Smart Pension
- Orchestrated OAuth implementation for external integrations and delivery to four platforms in less than four weeks.
- Led the implementation of payment schedules to a major platform on a very tight schedule.
- Delivered 100% of features and projects planned for the team for 12 months successfully.
Product Owner
NetEnt
- Introduced the "Deal Now" feature, increasing game rounds played per player by 6%, converting to an additional 31,000 rounds per month.
- Worked with senior management, the design department, and the development team to strategize, plan, and execute the delivery of portrait mode for one game in less than six months.
- Coordinated the successful establishment of a test studio in an on-site location from the ground up.
Product Owner
Talixo companies
- Spearheaded Google Maps usage optimization, saving around €5,000 monthly on API calls.
- Implemented product-wide PSD2 compliance in two months from conception to delivery.
- Established company-wide feedback processes that enabled a constant inflow of prioritized business requests to development.
Product Owner
Symphony Solutions
- Prepared Scientific Games Digital's sports betting promotion engine for US market entry in one year's time.
- Analyzed, broke down, and delivered approximately 20 improvement projects and custom features for several online casinos.
- Facilitated the establishment of a nearshore SAFe development team, bringing them on par with other teams in terms of productivity and knowledge in a span of six months.
Product Owner
WorkHQ
- Drove the creation and delivery of the mobile part of an inventory management system aimed at Far East markets.
- Worked with company owners and business stakeholders to elicit a mid- and long-term product roadmap, then translated it into actionable, deliverable items.
- Led the discovery phase for a mobile order completion app for warehouse workers.
Senior Business Analyst
Sabre
- Worked with airline partners and other business stakeholders to gain insight into both commercial and user needs.
- Converted long-term roadmap items into product requirements documents (PRD) and functional requirements documents (FRD).
- Supported four development teams day-to-day with specialist product knowledge, user behavior insights, and business goals for the developed product.
IT Business Analyst
MyNetwork Learning
- Broke down business problems into actionable development items.
- Created standards, procedures, and design schematics for software development, as well as cross-department processes for feedback collection.
- Supported sales efforts by attending sales meetings as an SME, conducting customer requirements analysis, and creating sales offers and specifications.
Business Systems Analyst
Sabre
- Documented customer requirements, processes, product specifications, and current and to-be-implemented solutions.
- Created functional epics and user stories, gathered user requirements, and established acceptance criteria.
- Implemented Sabre products with short- and mid-term engagements with airline commercial partners.
Project History
Lukasz Mastalerz Personal Web Page
Created my own web page from scratch to learn a bit of front-end development and show potential employers I know my way around the technical aspects of web development.
Damian Knaga Personal Coach | Web Page
http://damianknaga.plCreated a simple web page from scratch to learn the ropes of web development.
NetEnt Live Casino Blackjack
https://www.netentcasinos.com/live-casino/Led the implementation of two major enhancements, namely portrait mode for mobile gaming and the "Deal Now" feature.
My involvement included coordination with the design department, scenario breakdown and analysis, competition research, organization of all-hands testing sessions, and release planning.
Education
Postgraduate Degree in IT Project Management
AGH University of Science and Technology - Krakow, Poland
Master's Degree in Physical Education
AWF Academy of Physical Education - Krakow, Poland
Master's Degree in Tourism and Recreation
AWF Academy of Physical Education - Krakow, Poland
Certifications
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
Certified SAFe Practitioner
Scaled Agile Inc.
Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager
Scaled Agile Inc.
Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
University of Cambridge
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Slack, Balsamiq, Zeplin, Postman, Microsoft Visio, Redmine, InVision
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Requirements Analysis, Agile Product Management, Agile Software Development
Other
Communication, Product Ownership, Product Owner, English, Business Analysis, IT Business Analysis, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Backlog Management, Product Management, Team Building, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), User Experience (UX), Stakeholder Management, Product Roadmaps, Mobile UX, UX Specifications, Leadership, Product Vision, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Front-end, Web Design, Web Development, Mobile Apps, Web App Design, Mobile, Quality Management, Technical Product Management, Test Specifications, UX Prototyping, Feature Roadmaps, Feature Planning, Feature Analysis, Backlog Grooming, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), UX Design, Product Design, Product Delivery, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Web Applications, App Support, Process Improvement, Miro
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