
Akif Özbent
Product Manager
Salary / Daily rate
İstanbul, Türkiye
Mobility: İstanbul, Ankara, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
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.
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