ANIL AYVAZ
Innsbruck
Summary
Customer-centric and accomplished Advanced Product Manager with over five years of experience in healthcare technology, specializing in stakeholder requirements, product development, and market analysis. At MED-EL, I have successfully overseen the requirements elicitation, development and global launch of multiple innovative products. Currently spearheading the launch of next-generation audio processors, achieving significant improvements in usability and battery life. With a solid technical background from my education as a biomedical engineer and my experience as a product manager, I excel in transforming customer needs into actionable requirements, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering market-leading technology solutions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Advanced Product Manager - External Systems
MED-EL
01.2023 - Current
- Main responsible product manager of MED-EL's next-generation audio processor platform that is being developed. Elicited stakeholder requirements for the project, and validated them from key stakeholders. Collaborating with the R&D, overseeing the correct implementation of the requirements that will result in 20% reduction in size, 85% increase in battery runtime, increased usability and increased robustness.
- Worked on the creation of a new internal stakeholder requirements procedure to support better and more efficient product development in the future.
- Collaborated with sales teams to develop effective training materials that drove increased product knowledge among staff members, resulting in higher close rates.
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
- Conducted competitive analysis resulting in the identification of key market opportunities and USPs, potentially increasing market share by 10% over the next multiple fiscal years.
- Oversaw the development of AudioStream Adapter for RONDO 3 and successfully launched it globally, resulting in 4% increased sales for RONDO 3.
- Taking care of multiple products such as RONDO 2, RONDO 3, AudioStream Cover and AudioStream Adapter during their 'in-life' stage.
Product Manager - External Systems
MED-EL
09.2019 - 12.2022
- Took over the responsibilities of RONDO 3 as the main product manager, worked with marketing and the sales departments for the successful global launch and roll-out of the product in more than 100 countries, resulting in a 8% increase in first-year sales compared to the previous generation.
- Implemented a customer feedback loop that led to a 7% improvement in user satisfaction scores and informed 4 key product enhancements.
- Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
- Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
Biomedical Software Engineer
2M Engineering Ltd.
07.2018 - 06.2019
- Design and development of non-diagnostic healthcare products
- Developing the firmware for a Raspberry Pi based biomedical monitoring system in Python that includes multiple sensors which will be used in a medical research
- Consistently met project deadlines by effectively managing time and prioritizing tasks according to importance.
- Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
- Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering, Neural & Motor Systems Track
University of Twente
Enschede03.2018
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering
Yeditepe University
Istanbul08.2014
Skills
- Preparing Stakeholder Requirements
- Product Development With A Customer Focus
- Excellent Communication & Presentation Skills
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Portfolio Management
- Product Strategy
- Collaboration
- Strategic Thinking & Analytical Skills
- Market Research & Competitive Analysis
- Agile Methodology
- Aha!
- Jira
Websites
Certification
Product Focus Certified Product Manager, ID: 1815, 2019 November
- IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, ID: 21-CPREFL-192898-20, 2021 July
Languages
Turkish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
German
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Advanced Product Manager - External Systems
MED-EL
01.2023 - Current
Product Manager - External Systems
MED-EL
09.2019 - 12.2022
Biomedical Software Engineer
2M Engineering Ltd.
07.2018 - 06.2019
- IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, ID: 21-CPREFL-192898-20
- Product Focus Certified Product Manager, ID: 1815
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering, Neural & Motor Systems Track
University of Twente
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering
Yeditepe University
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