Productized Podcast

Tanja is an entrepreneur, product leader and working mum based in Switzerland. After co-founding and scaling several start-ups in Madrid, Munich and Zurich, she is now leading her own company Product Academy as part-time CEO (40%) while also taking care of her two toddlers. Like Alice in Wonderland, Tanja usually thinks of "as many as six impossible things before breakfast" and can't go one day without eating chocolate.

Listen to this interview and discover how Tanja balances part-time entrepreneurship and family time in order to find a sustainable work-life balance.

Passionate Product Leader and entrepreneur Katerina Suchkova has worked across various B2C and B2B product areas during her 10+ year career in both startups and large organizations. Applying design thinking in Product Management has become her passion and expertise. When she is not thinking design and product, Katerina advises at #BUILTBYGIRLS, coaches Product Managers at HireClub, explores the world, reads books, appreciates cinema, teaches yoga, and enjoys sunsets.

Listen to this interview and discover how we can help the product community in an inclusive way.

Be inspired by Lilly and her experience of taking a sabbatical. She was Managing Director and has co-established the Pioneers Festival for its first 5 years. In 2017, after her sabbatical, she found out she wanted a different thing and decided to launch her own business...

Listen to Lilly Beyond, Confidence Coach & Strategy Consultant @ BEYOND Consulting

Heather Samarin, Rebel Leader for ProductRebels.com, has over 17 years of experience in the trenches; delighting customers through the design, development, and management of kick-ass customer experiences within both B2B and B2C marketing and product management. She's held the customer flag from both senior and C-Level roles at start-ups within the social gaming and healthcare markets where she led product strategy and new product development. In this interview to Productized, Heather shares her experience in coaching product managers and opens the secret doors to a successful career.

Listen to this interview and discover why change is better than stability.

Elize has been working in tech for over 10 years and currently leads the product team at Spideo. She has directed the development and launch of rumo.co - the first SaaS recommender system for creative industries. A natural speaker, she likes to empower other women to share the stage with her. She is one of The Inspiring Fifty Netherlands 2019, an initiative that aims to increase diversity in technology by making female role models more visible.

Listen to this interview and discover how surfing, DJ-ing and creative writing help Elize become a better leader.

After having worked on several projects that delivered outputs, yet no tangible outcomes, Melanie has decided to move into a Product role at Zalando, Berlin. A mother of 6-year old twin girls, Melanie manages to balance together a happy motherhood with her personal passions and new challenges in the product profession.

Listen to this interview and discover how achieving balance in a family can help you become a good professional.

A few years ago Lana quit her comfortable job to transition from behavioral economics to design. Her journey took her to San Francisco and now back to Berlin where she works as a Design Manager. When Lana is not gaming or doing yoga, she gives back by volunteering at the refugee code school ReDI.

Listen to this interview and discover why empathy is an important core capability of a designer.

Alison Jolly is a Product Owner in one of Europe's leading fashion retailers, Zalando. With over 10 years of experience in the technology space across multiple industries - from mining to government to e-commerce, Alison has wide expertise on solving customer problems with diverse solutions. Diversity and inclusion advocate, melanoma survivor and travel & photography enthusiast - Alison brings her passion for enriching every day to everything she does.

Listen to this interview and discover how photography helps creating balanced and mindful products.

#GirlsWhoProduct is a series of interviews with women that have been able to beat the 'product' ceiling and get into the profession. Our mission is to inspire, connect and empower more women to get into product roles and help them consider 'product' as a venue of personal and professional growth.

This project was made possible by Zalando.

Vydia Dinamani is one of the founders of Product Rebels, a company designed to work with product leaders, founders and product teams (at all levels) to fundamentally change the way they work to make fast, clear and effective customer-driven decisions with measurable outcomes. She's also a partner at Ad Astra, an accelerator designed to help scale and grow startups, early businesses through a strong product, financial and leadership curriculum that pays particular attention to female founders.

Listen to this podcast to learn how to grow in your career, speak up for your rights, find mentors, become a successful executive and a product leader, lead teams and projects with confidence.

💃About #GirlsWhoProduct:

#GirlsWhoProduct is a series of interviews with women that have been able to beat the ‘product’ ceiling and get into the profession. Our mission is to inspire, connect and empower more women to get into product roles and help them consider ‘product’ as a venue of personal and professional growth.

This project was made possible thanks to our partnership with Zalando.

Claire Vo is the SVP of Product Management at Optimizely, the world's leader in digital experience optimization. Previously, she was the CEO and co-founder of Experiment Engine which was acquired by Optimizely in 2017. Claire is an expert in high-velocity experimentation programs, product strategy and user experience, and a passionate advocate for women in technology. In this interview, we've discussed such important questions as women in management, creating new opportunities and balancing motherhood with the senior position. 

Listen to this interview and learn how to stop underplaying your own abilities.

💃About #GirlsWhoProduct:

#GirlsWhoProduct is a series of interviews with women that have been able to beat the ‘product’ ceiling and get into the profession. Our mission is to inspire, connect and empower more women to get into product roles and help them consider ‘product’ as a venue of personal and professional growth.

This project was made possible thanks to our partnership with Zalando Tech.