I'm Cristian
I've spent over a decade driving product strategy, optimising workflows, and delivering high-impact digital solutions in startups and medium-sized companies, with a strong on automation and business efficiency.  
Cristian Filimon - Senior Product Manager
Data-driven Product Manager with a proven track record of launching products and leading cross-functional teams. Skilled in prioritising roadmaps, solving core problems, and applying an agile mindset to drive business outcomes.

What I Do

Advise and support cross functional teams in validating, testing, building, and launching successful digital products. Provide strategic guidance on product-market fit, lean experimentation, and go-to-market execution.
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Product Management

I combine business, tech, and design in order to discover products that are valuable, feasible, and usable.
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Business Automation

I implement and integrate automation solutions to streamline workflows, boost operational efficiency, and minimize manual errors.
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Business Design Process

I craft and refine business models and internal processes, ensuring that company strategy aligns seamlessly with market needs and growth objectives.
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Go-to-market Strategy

I identify market opportunities and develop clear product visions, employing rigorous research and validation methods to drive successful launches.
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Agile Leadership

I foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation by coaching teams, implementing agile methodologies, and ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration.
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Data-Driven
Decision Making

I leverage analytics and key performance indicators to transform insights into strategic actions that enhance product performance and business outcomes.

Experience

Over a decade of hands-on experience in Product Management. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, driving product strategy, and delivering high-impact digital solutions.
Jul 2024 - Present
Senior Salesforce Product Manager @
‍Publicis Sapient
Delivered Salesforce Data Cloud segmentation and activation workflows with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, overseeing the data integration process across multiple data streams.
• Led data processes by leveraging Salesforce Data Cloud’s native capabilities, improving data hygiene, cleansing, integrity, and compliance in ingestion and segmentation workflows.
• Conducted stakeholder briefing sessions, translated market requirements into technical documentation, and facilitated prioritisation with the data analysts team.
• Led product discovery workshops with various clients from the healthcare industry, managing backlog refinement and acceptance criteria for Salesforce Sales Cloud integration.
• Contributed to presales initiatives by assessing client infrastructure, defining high-level requirements, and supporting proposal development in data programmes and Salesforce solutions.
Jan 2022 - Present
Product Manager @
Amaze Podspace
• Accelerated problem-solving and innovation by leading solution design sprints, reducing time-to-decision for key challenges. Aligned product vision with business strategy by defining and structuring OKRs.
• Increased Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) by 50% and reduced onboarding costs by 40% through improved data workflows, segmentation, and automation.
• Led the successful migration from individual on-premise CRMs to a unified SaaS-based infrastructure, including stakeholder discovery workshops, process documentation, data mapping, and cross-functional alignment to streamline sales and marketing operations.
• .Partnered with cross-functional external teams to define requirements, prioritise features, and manage dependencies across UX design, development, and external vendors.
• Improved operational efficiency by automating critical processes (sales, video production, CRM, finance, reporting) through no-code SaaS solutions and by orchestrating API infrastructure and integration.
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Technical Product Manager @
‍SEOMonitor
• Delivered API-based integrations and internal dashboards; launched the first Business Intelligence dashboards for the executive team, improving internal data visibility.
• Launched the SEOmonitor Marketplace to enable third-party module integration, and introduced SEOmonitor Trends as a responsive market adaptation during COVID.
• Enhanced agile methodology adoption for internal solutions and data architecture teams—SysAdmin and DevOps—by refining and prioritising the product backlog, ensuring delivery of high-value outcomes.
Mar 2015 - Sep 2019
Technical Product Manager @
‍Symbolic
• Managed digital transformation initiatives for clients, including CRM implementation, system integrations, API management, SaaS rollouts, and custom development.
• Responsible for stakeholder management, product roadmaps, business case development, and technical specifications.
• Led and coached a multidisciplinary team of 13 developers, supporting skill development, Agile adoption, and stakeholder engagement techniques.
• Managed the company acquisition process, leading to acquisition by one of Romania’s largest independent software development companies (Zitec), with a 2.5 EBITDA valuation.
Other Employment
Product Owner  @ Comodo
Feb 2013 - Dec 2014
Digital Project Manager @ Avia Motors
Jul 2010 - Mar 2012

Product Competency Personal Shape

Product Competency Personal Shape
‍Customer Insight - the ability to understand and deliver on customer needs;
‍Product Strategy - the ability to drive business impact via product innovation;  
Influencing People -the ability to rally people around the team’s work.
Product Execution - the ability to build exceptional products;
The path to success begins with knowing your strengths. Along that path, you’ll meet the complementary people who will make you even better.
Product management is a rare role that requires excellence at opposite ends of many spectrums — analytics and intuition, optimisation and innovation, strategy and tactics, team leadership and task management, and, most importantly, building value for customers and building value for the company.
* Discover more about Product Competency from Ravi Mehta.
"The best PMs don’t just ship features. They do whatever it takes to deliver valuable outcomes for their users, their team, and their company. They do whatever it takes to deliver business impact."

Personal Projects

Maker @ Breathey

I built Breathey to help people to integrate breathing exercises intotheir daily routines. Reached a few hundred daily active users forthe last 6 months. Currently working to launch a major update.
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Writer @ Automation Valley

Automation Valley is for entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts,marketers, or even employees. Even if you work for your startup, on a friend’s idea, or are employed in a company with hundreds of employees, automation will enhance your work.
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Mentor @ Product Management Community  🇷🇴

Defined, evaluated, and measured the success of features and changes; assisted team leads in making data-driven decisions; managed the QA team to add test cases to the delivery process in Q3/2020;
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Certificates & Courses

Salesforce Data Cloud

2025 @  Salesforce
Data Segmentation, Data Activation, Data Ingestion, Unified Profiles, Zero Copy Data, Tableau, Data Transformation
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Google Data Analytics

Apr 2025, Google
+ 150h course, Data visualisation, Data Cleansing, Data Collection, Data Ethics,  Data Aggregation, R Programming, Tableau, Data Integrity
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Advanced Product Management

2023, COLAB Cohorts,  NZ  🇳🇿
6 weeks course, Strategic capability, Prioritisation, Product Leadership,  Stakeholders management,
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Product Management Fundamentals

2021, COLAB Cohorts, NZ 🇳🇿
6 weeks course, Prioritisation, Product Lifecycle, Lean methodologies, Product management career
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Technical Courses

» Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant, Salesforce, Jan 2025

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» Salesforce Certified AI Assosiate, Salesforce, Apr 2025

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» Ai for Everyone, Deeplearning.ai, Apr 2023

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» Certified SAFe® 6 Product Manager, Scaled Agile, Mar 2025

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» Agile Project Management, Google, Feb 2025

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» ClickUp Admin Certificate, ClickUp, Jan 2025

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» ClickUp Expert Certificate, ClickUp, Apr 2024

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» Make Foundation, Basic, Intermediate and Advance Course, Make.com, 2024-2025

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» Postman APIs 101, Postman, Aug 2022

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» Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I), Scrum.org, Dec 2020

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Certified by these companies

Hello, I’m Cristian Filimon

As an experienced data-driven Technical Product Manager with over 15 years of experience, I have a track record of successfully bringing products and services to market through my strong communication skills and agile mindset for solving complex problems and delivering business outcomes.
As an experienced data-driven Technical Product Manager with over 12 years of experience, I have a track record of successfully bringing products and services to market through my strong communication skills and agile mindset for solving complex problems and delivering business outcomes.

Latest content

Regularly publish insights and thought leadership, sharing expertise in product management, automation, and digital transformation. Actively contribute to local publishing communities, fostering discussions and knowledge exchange.

Automation Valley

Automation Valley is for entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts,marketers, or even employees. Even if you work for your startup, on a friend’s idea, or are employed in a company with hundreds of employees, automation will enhance your work.
Automation Valley is a weekly newsletter.
I created it for people in tech.You will receive a weekly newsletter providing insights on how you should think in terms of automation, some use cases, tool showcases, and much more. I see this publication as a living organism that will evolve based on people’s needs and requests.

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The end of online anonymity

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As discussions about the impact of digital anonymity grow, and platforms like TikTok come under scrutiny, we are faced with a crucial question: Should we regulate the digital space more strictly? This is not just a question of cybersecurity or freedom of expression, but also one of social responsibility.
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Build a business for exit

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There are more and more businesses that have a technological component, whether we are talking about tech products (even in new fields such as proptech, fintech or health tech), or whether we are talking about service companies (such as software development or RPA).
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Ghid practic pentru un startup:
24 de pasi pana la business plan

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In ultima perioada exista din ce în ce mai multa concentrare pe conceptul de startup, exista din ce in ce mai multe comunitati care vorbesc despre acest subiect (un exemplu bun ar fi chiar acest site), exista din ce in ce mai multe conferinte care dezbat ...
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Cum alegi platforma de ecommerce

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Daca in articolul anterior discutam despre cele 3 tipuri de optiuni pentru platforma de ecommerce si anume custom, hosted sau open-source, in acest articol as vrea sa aprofundez partea de open-source fiind una din cele mai discutate si folosite.
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Get in touch

l'd love to meet you. Drop me a line.
Phone: +64 27 388 5692 | +40 730 093 669
Email: cristian@filimon.tech
LinkedIn: cristianfilimontech