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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
Interests
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Monica Avendaño

Sr Product Manager
San Rafael,A
Monica Avendaño

Summary

Passionate, user-focused and experienced Product Manager with a deep love for building exceptional products. I thrive on understanding user experiences and translating insights into clear, actionable strategies for development teams. I’m driven to continuously enhance both customer satisfaction and internal workflows—creating products people love and processes teams enjoy working with. Dedicated to bridging the gap between users and technology through thoughtful, collaborative product development.Demonstrated expertise in agile methodologies and effective stakeholder communication.

Overview

11
years of professional experience
7
years of post-secondary education
8
Certifications
3
Languages

Work History

Service Now
Santa Clara, California

Senior Technical Product Manager
08.2024 - 04.2025

Job overview

  • Executed the roadmap vision by ensuring content accuracy, improved documentation and consistency across engineering and UX teams for seamless development. Applied this integration for two different teams in the Risk and Workplace Services areas.
  • Successfully monitored and achieved all KPIs related to the effectiveness of the assigned product, fulfilling all requirements per FY24 Q4 and FY25 Q1
  • Championed cross-functional collaboration for seamless product integration of Ambient AI, a product on standstill from POC since FY24 Q2 to rollout in FY25 Q1. This led to accomplishing a yearly departmental goal, enhancing the company's security with artificial intelligence and diminishing security costs by more than 40% expected by FY25 Q4.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership in two different teams to foster a product mindset focused on enhancing customer experience
  • Led a team of architects, developers and designers to create innovative technical solutions, resulting in increased market share.
  • Increased overall daily project efficiency by identifying bottlenecks, reallocating resources, and implementing process improvements.
  • Built strong relationships with key stakeholders, facilitating communication between development teams and senior leadership.
  • Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.

Appvance
San Jose, California

Senior Product Manager
01.2023 - 08.2024

Job overview

  • Led and executed the migration of the primary product's UX/UI to React, enabling the integration of four new technologies such as AI script generation
  • This resulted in a 57% increase in customer acquisition over 6 months
  • Established practices like competitive research allowing the product department to study, create and update information on more than 20 competitors
  • Taught product management training to two Junior Product Managers empowering them to handle double the workload and achieve successful outcomes
  • Enhanced the system to establish KPIs for assessing the efficacy of product management in the company
  • This elevated the role of product management within the company in decision making, strategizing and roadmapping

Clicklease (& Sister Company Snap Technology)
Salt Lake City, Utah

Product Manager
01.2014 - 01.2023

Job overview

  • Established the inaugural product department, providing a foundation in which to build upon and rapidly advance the product within a two-month timeframe
  • Launched a new product from inception, enabling the business to generate additional income gathering information for 8,206 applications and securing funding totaling $382,000 in a few months
  • Optimized the UX and UI of our primary application flow through continuous user engagement and A/B Testing
  • This iterative process resulted in a remarkable 316% growth compared from the original user flow

Education

Universidad Latina
San Jose, Costa Rica

Master of Business Analytics
01.2024 - Current

Universidad San Marcos
San Jose, Costa Rica

Bachelors of Business Administration
01.2017 - 01.2021

Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, NV

General Studies
01.2007 - 01.2009

University Overview

Phi Theta Kappa

Skills

Evidence-based decision making

Certification

Product Mgmt

Languages

  • English, Native
  • Spanish, Native
  • French, B1

Interests

Triathlon

Timeline

Senior Technical Product Manager

Service Now
08.2024 - 04.2025

Universidad Latina

Master of Business Analytics
01.2024 - Current

Senior Product Manager

Appvance
01.2023 - 08.2024

Universidad San Marcos

Bachelors of Business Administration
01.2017 - 01.2021

Product Manager

Clicklease (& Sister Company Snap Technology)
01.2014 - 01.2023

Truckee Meadows Community College

General Studies
01.2007 - 01.2009
Monica AvendañoSr Product Manager