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Mike Menini

Product Owner

€400/day
Barcelona, ES
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Mike

Senior Product Owner and Business Analyst specialising in AI-powered products and digital transformation programmes across pharmaceuticals, financial services, insurance, and e-commerce.
10+ years operating as an independent contractor across the UK, Germany, France, the US, Spain & Latam — owning product backlogs, translating complex business and technical requirements into structured delivery, and governing programmes in fast-paced multi-stakeholder environments.
Recent focus on AI-powered platforms: conversational AI, competitive intelligence tools, and ML-assisted workflows — bridging business intent and technical delivery across cross-functional teams.
Trilingual: English (C2), Spanish (C2), Italian (C1).


Available for Fractional, Interim Mandates & Expert Network Consultations

🎯 CORE ROLES: Senior Product Owner | Proxy PO | Fractional Product Leader

💡 EXPERT CONSULTING & STRATEGIC DELIVERY FOCUS:
• AI & GenAI Product Ownership (LLMs, NLP, AI Assistants, Model Governance)
• Regulated Product Delivery (GxP Pharma, MiFID / PSD2 Banking, GDPR Compliance)
• Core Platform Migrations & Cross-Functional Agile Governance (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)

EU VAT · B2B contractor (Benelux · DACH · Med)
UK Outside IR35 (UK LLC)
US Independent Contractor (W-8BEN / B2B LLC)
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • Italian

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • AstraZeneca [Global]
    Proxy Product Owner & Business Analyst - Competitive Intelligence Platform & AI
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    February 2026 - June 2026 (4 months)
    Barcelona, Spain
    Contributing proxy product ownership and business analysis to a strategic Competitive Intelligence programme at AstraZeneca's Global Digital Hub — a GxP-regulated environment serving global executive and commercial audiences.


    Working alongside a Product Lead, with day-to-day coordination across a distributed team spanning the US, India, continental Europe and the UK.


    Key focus areas:


    • Defined requirements and interaction logic for a purpose-built AI Assistant designed to query multiple internal and external data sources and surface competitive insights dynamically for executive users.

    • Maintained and refined the product backlog; facilitated sprint ceremonies, dependency tracking, and stakeholder alignment across business, data engineering, and AI/ML teams.

    • Translated complex business intelligence needs from commercial and medical stakeholders into structured product specifications within a GxP-regulated delivery context.

    • Supported platform governance and compliance documentation across a unified CI platform consolidating Alerts, Congresses, Landscapes, and Reports into a single integrated experience.
    Scrum Business analysis Technical project management Product management Digital Transformation
  • Kave Home
    Product Manager, CX & AI Customer Operations
    E-COMMERCE
    August 2025 - January 2026 (5 months)
    Barcelona, Spain
    Product Ownership:
    • • Conversational AI & Customer Success — Owned the evolution of ADA, Kave's AI powered assistant, delivering intelligent self-service and seamless escalation workflows. Coordinated integration requirements with AI teams.
    • • My Account & Post-Purchase Experience — Shaped the authenticated customer journey: order tracking, purchase history, product care, and groundwork for personalization and loyalty engagement.
    • • Checkout & Payments — Optimized basket-to-conversion flows and payment method strategy across European markets.
    • • B2B Trade Program — Designed post-sales fidelization journeys for interior design professionals, including project support tools and dedicated account experiences.
    • • Voice of the Customer — Owned CX measurement frameworks informing product priorities. Achieved +35% NPS improvement within the first month through targeted journey optimizations.
    product owner Product management customer success Customer Journey Product Development
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (AE)
    Product Management Consultant | Digital Products Program Manager
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    June 2023 - June 2025 (2 years)
    Germany
    Served as an orchestration leader at the intersection of product management, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence within a complex, regulated environment. Drove the strategic integration of AI technologies and agile delivery practices for both human pharma clinical research and digital product portfolios in animal health. Focused on bringing together business and technology teams, enabling innovation and compliance, and optimizing end-to-end product lifecycles for measurable business impact.

    Responsibilities:
    Initiative: Digital Products Portfolio (B2B2C, Animal Health)
    • • Led high-impact business analysis and product lifecycle management for Digital and Data Products Portfolios.
    • • Facilitated and led the end-to-end digital products lifecycle—from discovery through delivery—including cross-functional coordination across UX, digital factories, product managers, marketing, legal, and platforms.
    • • Worked closely with C-suite stakeholders to ensure compliance, governance, and risk management across digital portfolios.
    • • Facilitated process mapping strategies to optimize operations and technology integrations.
    • • Led cross-functional, agile teams—including UX, digital factories, product managers, marketing, legal, and tech platforms—ensuring the seamless adoption of AI-powered tools for process automation, regulatory compliance, and enhanced decision-making across both pharma and animal health product lines.
    • • Implemented key performance metrics (KPIs, OKRs) to evaluate investment product performance and process efficiency.
    Digital Transformation Product management Portfolio Management Program Management Product Discovery

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Education

  • MBA
    Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
    2024
    MBA
  • Executive Master
    ITBA
    2016
    Executive Master

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