Olá 👋
I’m Rui Mendes — a Product Manager with an engineering foundation, a consulting mindset and a strong bias for clarity. This portfolio brings together product platforms, marketplace integrations, analytics layers and operational tools I’ve helped shape from discovery to delivery.
Professional Experience
Product ownership, roadmap definition, stakeholder alignment and Agile delivery across international environments.
Own the product backlog and roadmap for Markant's B2B digital platform, serving enterprise clients across the DACH region. Lead UX discovery, define acceptance criteria, run sprint ceremonies and bridge stakeholders with international development teams.
Led product management for three cross-functional engineering teams responsible for internal data flow automation across a global luxury ecommerce platform.
Delivered business continuity management consulting for Vodafone and Galp, including ISO 22301 compliant frameworks, risk assessments and executive deliverables.
Supported Agile delivery of a client-facing website with a multicultural team distributed across England, Brazil and India.
Education
Graduated with 17/20. Research focused on the state of project management in Portugal in partnership with APOGEP.
Graduated with 15/20. Built foundations in software engineering, project management, systems thinking and electronics.
My work
Each card opens a dedicated page with context, solution approach, measurable product metrics and outcomes.
A self-service data ingestion capability that reduced dependency on manual workflows and gave teams more autonomy over data pipeline operations.
A marketplace integration initiative connecting seller-side Shopify operations with marketplace catalogue, inventory and order flows.
A centralized framework standardising how platform notifications are created, targeted, managed and consumed across UI and API flows.
A unified history framework that helps administrators understand changes across key marketplace data areas without needing technical investigation.
A consolidated analytics layer turning fragmented marketplace data into a single source of truth for operational and product decisions.
A UX/UI initiative based on user research and discovery to make marketplace navigation clearer, faster and more intuitive.
An award-winning university project that transformed a farming game concept into a real-world service idea combining gamification, food production, logistics and low-code software.
Academic Research
Conducted a national research study in partnership with APOGEP and the Portuguese Project Management Observatory to analyse the state and evolution of Project Management in Portugal. The work included questionnaire design, online data collection, quantitative analysis and comparison between 2021 and 2022 results.
The study covered project methodologies, tools and techniques, certifications, salaries, sustainability practices and project performance indicators. Key findings highlighted the relevance of hybrid methodologies, increasing certification levels and high professional satisfaction among Project Managers in Portugal.
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I’m open to Product Manager, Product Owner and Business Analyst roles where I can combine discovery, strategy, delivery and stakeholder collaboration to create meaningful outcomes.