Allan Carranza
Product Leader @ Microsoft | MBA Candidate @ University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- Role
- Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Allan Carranza
With over nine years of experience in product management, I have successfully led the development and launch of various products across hardware, software, and user experiences. As a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I am focused on scoping opportunities, defining strategies, and delivering new products that delight customers and drive business growth.
Experience
Senior Product Manager
Jun 2020 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
In my current role, I am focused on leading product innovation inclusive of hardware, software, and user experiences. Experiences include: • Led 0 -> 1 product development of new product category. Team growth from 5 to Partnered with hardware, software, user experiences, marketing, and global sales teams to define product vision and architecture, build of prototypes, and test market fit. Aligned with c-suite leadership to stop all development activity based on lack of business model feasibility, and successfully decommissioned project with over contributors. • Leading cross functional, concept-to-market development of unannounced Xbox devices; inclusive of hardware, software, and services. Requires cross-team collaboration with internal teams (hardware and software development, UX design, marketing, finance, sales, etc.) and external partners (custom silicon manufacturers, retail distributors, repair centers, etc.) • Defined product strategy for future media experiences on the Xbox platform through in-depth discovery sessions with internal subject matter experts and top global media partners. • Collaborated with cross functional partners to define multi-year Xbox devices product portfolio strategy by leveraging customer insights and market research to determine product priorities. • Established key metrics for new product introduction success by evaluating different business models and analyzing competitive products. • Championed new concept and development processes to evolve product making for improved scalability and resource efficiency. • Chartered career development initiative to promote short term experience of high potential employees across organizational boundaries. First employee within initiative to lead multiple independent programs within hardware and software organizations. Contributed expected business impact of $25M+ annual revenue and reduced multi-organization headcount requests.
Education
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2022 — 2025
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering
2010 — 2014
The University of Texas at Austin
Business Foundations Certificate, Business
2012 — 2012
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