Akif Özbent

Product Manager

Salary / Daily rate

İstanbul, Türkiye

Mobility: İstanbul, Ankara, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Product StrategyProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipScrumScrapingData AnalysisMicroservicesC#JavaAzureSQL databasesSQL Queries.NETAWSMachine LearningKafkaAWS LambdaMicrosoft SQL ServerSeleniumServiceNowSplunkSAP ABAPCopilotKubernetesSAP BasisSAP PPMicrosoft 365SharePointSAP MMProduct MarketingJiraScrum MasterAzure ADUser ResearchA/B TestingAmplitudePostgreSQLPower BIMicrosoft TeamsProduct OwnerFigmaMySQLSAP S/4HANAConfluenceProduct ManagerRabbitMQOracle DatabaseOneDriveKanbanAsana

Languages

English

About me

Intro

With 7+ years of professional expertise, I have taken key roles in Product Management, Business Analysis, and Digital Transformation across both local and global projects. I transform business needs into actionable product strategies, lead end-to-end product lifecycles, and coordinate cross-functional teams. I’m certified in Scrum (PSPO I & PSM I) and experienced with Agile delivery, SaaS development, REST API architecture, and data-driven decision-making.

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Work experience

Business Analyst

BGTS

May 2025 - Present

1 year 6 months

Skills: IT Business Analysis · User Stories · Oracle Database

Business Analyst

ID Software and Information Technologies

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

7 months

Collaborated with stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements, translate them into clear documentation, and align technical solutions with strategic goals.

Product Manager

Omega Bigdata

Jan 2023 - Oct 2023

10 months

Ankara, Türkiye · Remote

Dramatically increased development efficiency by streamlining project management, backlog prioritization, business analysis, and QA processes. Eliminated years of technical debt within six months, significantly improving system stability and lowering maintanence costs. Successfully led an international integration project across three countries, directly enabling the acquisition of multinational customers.

Product and Service Manager

DefineX-ConsultingITechnologyILabs

Feb 2022 - Dec 2022

11 months

Istanbul, Turkey · Hybrid

Outsource for Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart - Product and Service Manager, Subject Matter Expert Dramatically reduced ITSM costs and enhanced usability by overseeing the modernization, refactoring, and migration of infrastructure for a mission-critical legacy product. Led cross-functional teams in developing an in-house product from concept to global rollout across 34 countries and five continents. Designed and implemented a strategic user migration framework that significantly increased active user count while greatly improving customer satisfaction.

Business Analyst / Product Owner

Fibabanka

Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

2 years 1 month

İstanbul, Türkiye

In Fibabanka R&D Cash Management Business Analysis Unit Took responsibility for backlog management as a liaison between multiple business units. Worked as the sole business analyst in my unit for 8 months. Stepped up and took responsibility, researching the code, infrastructure and business on my own and delivered many projects successfully, which proved that I can deliver successfully under extreme pressure. Achieved great customer acquisition rates within “Customer Acquisition Through Incoming Electronic Fund Transfers” project which is currently used widely.


Education

Marmara University

Bachelor's degree

2019 - 2019

1 month

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