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Manuel Blanco

International Product Manager

About Me

Product Management. Driving innovation and revenue generation for technology solutions and services used globally across different markets like Consumer, Enterprise or Government Telecommunications Engineer with post-grade in Space Technology and executive MBA at IESE business school. Wide-ranging international profile, both academic and professional. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Extensive career of more than 15 years in telecommunications industry across EMEA, Latam and Americas regions. Evolving from technical positions towards managerial and strategy roles, I have had the opportunity to work with the most important B2B and B2C service providers, telcos, suppliers and public institutions along this time

Jurisdiction

Spain

Experience

Seniority LevelMid-Senior level
Years of Experience10-15 years
Current StatusActive
Product ManageriDirect
2022 - Present

Management of iDirect solutions End to End delivery: conceptualization, development, launch, EoL Business case: market need, competitive benchmark, financial analysis Strategic alignment: requirements definition aligned with executive level Roadmap development: collaboration with Engineering, POs, Customer Success and Sales to define MVP, backlog and prioritize HW/SW feature delivery Align forecast and stock with Supply Chain. Define production strategy with partners Certification and Homologation: ensure compliance with regulations to secure market access Go-to-market: sales plan, channel and pricing strategy for products and services Development of Marketing collateral, white papers, FAQs, guides. Organize demos Definition of internal and external solutions portals Business Development. Support Bid Management in RFPs for complex solutions Attendance to key industry worldwide tradeshows. Prepare trainings for Sales Products managed B2C modems (MDM2010): used for Consumer Broadband and IoT markets B2B modems (MDM2510, MDM3315, SMBs): Maritime, Enterprise and Cellular Next-gen B2B Intuition modems (INT2x00): Maritime, Enterprise and Cellular Intelligence Monitoring Receiver (D9100): for Government&Defense applications Commissioning App (Point&Play): for Consumer Broadband customers Management of 3rd Party solutions Develop and maintain strategic partnerships. Act as supplier PoC within iDirect Explore product technical fit, support integration, approve solution GTM: align sales models and pricing of products and services. SaaS introduction Prepare joint marketing campaigns and trainings Products managed Xiplink solutions for traffic optimization in LEO-GEO-MEO SD-WAN deployments Integrasys installation apps and network management RF solutions RF portfolio: BUCs, transceivers, and antennas Cradlepoint LTE modems Areas of expertise Solutions integration, Orchestration, satcom, APIs, RF, Security, Cloud, AI SaaS, Pricing and Financial analysis. Business Development. Agile methodology Acting as Subject Matter Expert for Consumer and Maritime markets

Customer Success Manager LatamiDirect
2015 - 2022

Team Management Transferred from HQ to build and lead a new department in our regional office for Latam Hiring and development: definition of career plan, objectives and incentives Strategy and processes optimization for the region Projects, Support and Customer Management Coordination of projects, installations, support and trainings in Latam region Liaison with HQ: PMO, Solutions, Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain Support company expansion in Latam; Sales support, customer visits, tradeshows Customer management: communication, satisfaction, escalations, improvements

Education

Masters of MBAIESE
2019 - 2021
Masters of Telecommunications EngineerUniversidad Malaga
2001 - Present

Skills

Core skills0
Languages3

Languages

Spanish
Portuguese
English