
Bilal Colak
Senior Product Manager | Agile Project Management
Salary / Daily rate
Ankara, Türkiye
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Product Manager with 11+ years at Udemy, specializing in Agile project management and cross-functional team leadership. Led automation transformation reducing manual efforts by 50% and built Quality Platform Tool for centralized metrics. Expert in product development, test automation, and driving process improvements that enhance user experience and operational efficiency.
Work experience
Udemy
Mar 2018 - Present
8 years 8 months
Hybrid
Senior Product Manager
Jan 2024 - Present
2 years 10 months
Hybrid
Engineering Project Manager - Agile Project Management
Apr 2022 - Jan 2024
1 year 10 months
Ankara, Turkey · Hybrid
- Managed cross-functional software teams, ensuring high-quality deliverables. - Led Agile project management initiatives, improving efficiency and collaboration. - Analyzed partner and user feedback to identify new product development opportunities and collaborated with technical teams to deliver solutions. - Contributed to product development processes by integrating user-centric quality metrics into the product roadmap. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Data, Engineering) to lead feature development processes. - Oversaw third-party tool integrations, enhancing automation and system interoperability. - Developed the Quality Platform Tool to centralize and improve quality metrics. - Analyzed user needs during the development of the Quality Platform Tool and contributed to the creation of the product vision and backlog. - Established and enforced compliance standards across engineering processes. - Led software testing efforts, ensuring high coverage and effectiveness. - Drove process improvements to optimize software testing and quality assurance. - Ensured SOX compliance and regulatory adherence across software processes
Senior Staff Engineer
Sep 2021 - May 2022
9 months
Ankara, Turkey · Remote
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to improve quality strategies. - Led automation transformation projects, reducing manual efforts by 50% - Prioritized testing initiatives based on customer feedback and usage data to support product improvement decisions. - Collaborated closely with product teams to support A/B testing and user testing processes with technical expertise. - Developed test automation frameworks for web and mobile applications. - Ensured compliance with security regulations, conducting periodic audits. - Focused on software automation to improve accuracy and efficiency.
Senior Software Quality Engineer
Apr 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 7 months
Ankara, Türkiye
- Designed and implemented test automation strategies to improve release cycles. - Conducted API and UI testing for web and mobile applications. - Worked with Product Owners to define acceptance criteria for new user stories. - Analyzed testing results impacting user experience and contributed to planning feature enhancements. - Participated in sprint planning and retrospectives, contributing quality insights that influenced product prioritization - Led software testing processes to enhance quality assurance efforts. - Collaborated with business stakeholders to refine acceptance criteria, ensuring that test coverage matched user expectations - Tracked and reported defects using Jira and test management tools.
Test Automation Engineer
Mar 2018 - May 2020
2 years 3 months
Türkiye · On-site
- Developed automated test scripts and improved testing efficiency. - Led test automation transformation projects, optimizing workflows. - Provided technical input to product owners and designers during early development phases to align quality with user needs. - Used analytics from test results to recommend improvements in product behavior and user interaction - Conducted end-to-end testing with a focus on real-world user scenarios to validate product performance and usability.
Software Test- Business Analyst Consultant
Innova
Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
2 years 3 months
Türkiye · On-site
- Led test planning, execution, and defect tracking efforts. - Performed mobile, web, and API testing, ensuring comprehensive coverage. - Created and analysed test plans and automated test cases using SOAP UI and Appium. - Tracked defects using JIRA and HP ALM. - Mobile UI Automation by using Appium.
Test Engineer
Atos
Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
10 months
On-site
- Performing testing process for AirC2IS (NATO) Project. - Managing functional and API testing activities - Preparing test plans, executed test cases, and tracked defects using TFS. - Joining the FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) , SIT (System Integration Test), SAT (System Support and - Maintenance Acceptance Test), UAT (User Acceptance Test) test events with customers. - Automated tests using Telerik Test Studio
Software Test Engineer
Innova
Jul 2013 - May 2015
1 year 11 months
Türkiye · On-site
- Analyzing Requirement Analysis and Design document - Preparing Test Cases for System Tests, System Integration and User Acceptance Tests - Daily reporting of the System Test execution to the customer and participating in the daily meetings with the customer. - Follow up of defects during the life cycle by using Jira - Reported defects, progress and test execution results.
Commercial Relationship Assistant Manager
Akbank
Sep 2011 - Jul 2013
1 year 11 months
On-site
- Managed corporate banking relationships and conducted financial analysis. - Provided financial solutions, credit analysis, and risk assessments. - Conducted financial risk analysis to assess corporate client portfolios and develop risk mitigation strategies - Developed and implemented business strategy framework to support corporate banking growth - Managed corporate client portfolios and optimized business growth strategies.
Education
Hacettepe University
Mathematics
2004 - 2009
5 years 1 month
Yıldırım Beyazıt Anatolian High School
1999 - 2002
3 years 1 month