Martin Mandjek

About Martin Mandjek

Strategic and resourceful seasoned Agile and Product Transformation leader with 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Product delivery and Product Operations. I have a successful track record of designing, deploying and optimizing processes and strategies that enhance teams’ abilities to communicate effectively and deliver value to customers consistently, reliably and predictably by leveraging Agile principles, methodologies and data insights. My success is grounded in my leadership style which is an effective blend of mentoring, coaching, and mutual accountability that fosters trust, high performance and collective growth. Optimized Product Development Life Cycle at Equinix by 50% for 5 flagship products, leading 19 Products & teams across 3 geographies (America, Asia & Europe) at Equinix. Redefined Portfolio Management approach to a Customer Centric strategy, and drove implementation and adoption of new workload management tools (AHA, Jira, Github) resulting in a 32% increase in Customer engagement with the PDLC. Increased Customer Engagement with the PDLC at Equinix leading to a 27% increase in product quality. Decreased tech debt backlog by 42% on average across 5 flagship products at Equinix. Designed, built and launched the first customer virtual community for Equinix adopted by 72% of customers within 6 months. Built Agile Product Management Center of Excellence supporting 40+ Product Managers, 600+ Engineers at Equinix. Designed and operationalized Agile Portfolio Program Management Center of Excellence across 37+ Program Managers and 12+ high profile programs at Equinix Strategic LeadershipCross-functional Team EngagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTeam ManagementProduct OperationsOperational ExcellenceProcess Design & OptimizationAgile TransformationDigital TransformationProduct ManagementProduct StrategyProduct Delivery Program ManagementChange ManagementRisk ManagementOKR DefinitionGo-To Market StrategySoftware EngineeringAI/MLDevOpsCI/CDSaaS/PaaSCustomer EngagementTeam BuildingDesign ThinkingSystem ThinkingHuman Centered DesignData Management & ReportingSaaS/PaaSSDLC & PDLCJira | Aha | Tableau | Azure Devops | GithubMiro | Slack | Teams | Confluence | Trello | Java | Python | C#| C++| GenAI | AI/ML | App Engine | Kubernetes | Anthos | Azure DevOps | Github | GitLab

Experience

1. Director, Agile Transformation Programs

   Equinix

   Oct 2020 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• T.I.M.E University - Tunis

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering

• George Fox University

  MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2012 — 2014

• T.I.M.E Universite - Tunis

  Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering

Skills

• Cloud Computing
• Program Management
• Public Speaking
• Management
• Leadership
• Software Development
• Sql
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Training
• Leadership Development
• Process Improvement
• Agile Methodologies
• Enterprise Software
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Team Building
• Saas
• Business Process Improvement
• Software as a Service (Saas)