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Felipe Cordovés

I'm a Product Manager

📍 Madrid, Spain · remote worldwide

Product leader passionate about solving meaningful problems through technology, strategy and human-centered design. With over a decade in tech and deep product experience, I thrive at the intersection of business, innovation and impact — aligning vision with execution, driving outcomes over outputs, and building scalable, value-driven products for startups and global enterprises alike.

Nationalities Uruguayan Italian
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At a glance

12+
Years in tech & product
Top 100
ADPList mentor

Experience

  1. Product Portfolio Manager

    Dec 2024 — Present
    FIFA (Globant) · Montevideo, UY

    Strategic partner to internal areas, turning technology into productivity and business outcomes.

    • Manage a portfolio of multiple digital products, coordinating cross-functional teams and external vendors.
    • Own delivery cycles end to end — discovery to deployment — aligned with business objectives.
    • Define go-live strategies and lead vendor management, negotiations and performance tracking.
  2. Senior Product Manager

    Jul 2024 — Dec 2024
    Seven Parks (Globant) · Montevideo, UY

    Led a complex web experience project from research through execution.

    • Aligned stakeholders on requirements, strategy and deliverables.
    • Ran competitive analysis and market research; secured executive buy-in.
    • Ensured a seamless handoff to development teams.
  3. General Manager & Head of Product

    Feb 2023 — May 2024
    Fair (Globant X) · Montevideo, UY

    Built and scaled a marketplace connecting hiring managers with top independent contractors sponsored by their former employers.

    • Owned product vision, roadmap and GTM — scaled to 1,000+ users and 5+ companies.
    • Pitched to 30+ SMEs and 3 top-tier tech corps; closed ⅔ of them as partners, owning C-level relationships.
    • Led a cross-functional team across engineering, design, marketing, ops and sales.
    • Owned financial forecasting & budgeting — OPEX, CAPEX, EBITDA, revenue and C-level reporting.
  4. Product Manager

    Feb 2021 — May 2024
    Globant X · Montevideo, UY

    Built AI-powered platforms for design and recruiting solutions.

    • Led product discovery with C-level stakeholders to define strategy.
    • Designed business models and go-to-market strategies.
    • Drove innovation in AI-based product development.
  5. Project Manager & Product Owner

    Feb 2020 — Mar 2021
    Globant X · Montevideo, UY

    Managed AI-powered recruitment and testing platforms with a 30+ member team.

    • Defined product roadmaps and delivery strategies.
    • Led OKR-driven execution and Agile co-creation across multiple locations.
  6. Technical Leader & Scrum Master

    Feb 2019 — Mar 2020
    Autodesk (Globant) · Montevideo, UY

    Led Agile transformations and coaching for teams and clients.

    • Ran backlog management, planning and stakeholder communication.
    • Delivered workshops on Agile, Scrum and Design Thinking.
  7. Software Developer (Java & .NET)

    Aug 2014 — Mar 2017
    Quanam · Montevideo, UY

    Built full-stack applications for government institutions.

    • Developed the first Electronic Headquarters for the Latin American Cadastre system.
    • Conducted functional analysis and system architecture design.

Teaching & community

Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Mar 2022 — Present
Universidad de Montevideo

Pushing students past theory into their intuitive, creative side to spark a greater flow of innovative ideas — their first contact with the entrepreneurial world via Lean and the Business Model Canvas.

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Professor of Product Management

Apr 2021 — Jul 2022
Senpai Academy

Taught techniques to find creative solutions and apply them to the design and execution of digital products — the notions and tools to grow into the product manager role.

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Product Tank Montevideo — Co-organizer

Mar 2023 — Present
Mind the Product

Growing a vibrant local product community.

Author — "The Role of Product Owner from the Practitioner's Perspective"

Jul 2018
SERP'18 · Int'l Conf. on Software Engineering Research & Practice, Las Vegas

Peer-reviewed exploratory study on the product owner role in practice.

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Education & certifications

BS, Computer Science

Universidad ORT

Montevideo, Uruguay.

2011 — 2017

Foundations in Design Thinking

IDEO U

San Francisco, CA (online).

2020

Designing a Business

IDEO U

San Francisco, CA (online).

2021

Certified Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance

Montevideo, Uruguay.

2019

Certified SAFe 5 Agilist

Scaled Agile, Inc.

Montevideo, Uruguay.

2019

Skills

Lean / Agile Business Strategy Go-to-Market Brand Positioning Human-Centered Value-Centered Design Thinking OKRs Product Roadmap Pricing Definition Servant Leadership User Interviews SQL Google Analytics Kanban JIRA / Confluence Sales Customer Success

Industries

Human Resources Marketplaces B2B2C Design Recruiting Talent Marketplaces Education Sports Entertainment

Languages

Spanish Native
English C1 — Advanced

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