# Selcuk Gonen Selcuk Gonen is a remote worker on Himalayas, Co-Founder & COO at Machine Mode, based in Turkey. Source: https://himalayas.app/@selcukgonen ```text Product leader at Machine Mode building an AI co-pilot that turns football match footage into tactical insights and training sessions. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Turkey | | Authorized to work in | Turkey | | Salary expectations | 50k-72k EUR | | Job categories | Head of Product, Chief Product Officer (CPO) | | Skills | Product Strategy, Product Vision, Product Roadmap, Product Portfolio Management, AI Product Management, Generative AI, Large Language Models, Conversational AI, Computer Vision, Speech Analytics, B2B SaaS, CCaaS, CRM, BPMS, ERP, SQL, Data Analysis, Excel, Stakeholder Management, English, Microsoft Office, AI, Market Research, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Market Analysis, Product Design, Product Launch, Product Knowledge, Product Development, Product Analytics, Product Roadmapping, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Owner, Product Training, Product Positioning, Product Market Fit, Product Discovery, Product Ownership, Product Led Growth, Product Operations, Product Backlog Management, Production Support, Product Presentations, Production Systems, Agile Software Development, Agile Practices, Agile Development, Agile Scrum, Agile, Agile Metrics, Agile Methods, Agile Principles, Agile Product Development, Agile Development Methodologies | | LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/gonenselcuk | | GitHub | https://github.com/sgonen84 | ## What I'm looking for ```text Senior PM, Head of Product or Director of Product role in AI or B2B SaaS. I own products end to end: strategy, discovery, pricing and go-to-market, and stay hands-on (I prototype with Claude Code and pull my own data). Looking for a team that ships fast and decides on evidence. Fully remote across European and Gulf time zones; open to full-time or contract. ``` ## About ```text At Machine Mode, I own the product end to end for an AI co-pilot that turns football match footage into video-backed tactical insights and training sessions. I designed the logic behind its proprietary models and took the product from prototype to a pilot-ready beta, securing pilots with top-flight clubs. At AloTech, I led the product portfolio and built the AI product portfolio from scratch. I took CX Insights from discovery to launch, cutting qualitative analysis time from weeks to minutes and adding 15% to total revenue, and integrated LLMs into the platform with engineering. Earlier, I owned CRM and BPMS product lines at Hermes İletişim and led product and portfolio work across technology, SaaS security and international markets. I’m PSPO I and PSPO II certified, with experience working with customers, partners and teams across countries. ``` ## Experience ### Co-Founder & COO (current) Machine Mode. Feb 2026 - Present ```text Co-founded an AI startup building an AI co-pilot for professional football clubs. Owns product vision, strategy, and roadmap, and leads commercial and investor relations. ``` Skills: AI, Product-Strategy, Product-Roadmap, Market-Research, Competitive-Analysis, Pricing, Fundraising, NVIDIA-Inception ### Head of Product Management AloTech. Oct 2021 - Jan 2026 ```text Led the entire product portfolio and built the AI product portfolio from scratch at a cloud contact center (CCaaS) company. Integrated LLMs into the platform and drove 18% year-over-year ARR growth. ``` Skills: Product-Management, AI, LLM, CCaaS, Product-Strategy, Product-Roadmap, OKRs, Agile, Scrum, Pricing, Go-To-Market, ARR-Growth, Speech-Analytics, Sentiment-Analysis, Conversational-AI ### Senior Product Manager Hermes İletişim. Apr 2020 - Sep 2021 ```text Owned the CRM and BPMS product lines, leading two Scrum teams and building the product roadmap behind a 55% increase in revenue. Improved customer satisfaction and product usage through UX/UI and feedback loops. ``` Skills: Product-Management, CRM, BPMS, Agile, Scrum, Backlog-Management, User-Stories, Acceptance-Criteria, UI-UX, UAT, Evidence-Based-Management, Customer-Feedback, CSAT ### Senior Product Manager Globe Stone / Dünya Taş. Oct 2018 - Mar 2020 ```text Led product and portfolio strategy for a natural stone exporter, setting company-level OKRs and contributing to 25% revenue growth. Led digital transformation including CRM rollout and Scrum team for ERP. ``` Skills: Product-Strategy, Portfolio-Management, OKRs, KPIs, CRM, ERP, Scrum, Digital-Transformation, Vendor-Management, International-Business ### Product Manager Saint-Gobain Weber. Feb 2014 - Aug 2018 ```text Owned the flooring portfolio in Türkiye end to end, tripling revenue and growing market share from 1% to 24%. Led new product development and launches, pricing strategy, and international task forces. ``` Skills: Product-Management, New-Product-Development, Go-To-Market, Pricing-Strategy, Market-Research, Competitive-Strategy, Market-Share-Growth, International-Business ### Product Management Specialist Securitas Turkey. Feb 2010 - Jan 2014 ```text Set up product management for SaaS security solutions, adding 23% to revenue. Introduced Agile/Scrum to software development, raising team velocity by 41%. ``` Skills: Product-Management, SaaS, Agile, Scrum, Go-To-Market, Competitive-Analysis, Sales-Enablement, Partnerships ### Business Development Specialist Polisan Boya. Nov 2007 - Sep 2008 ```text Selected for the headquarters management trainee programme, then appointed Business Development Specialist. Reported industry and competitor analysis and managed point-of-purchase organization. ``` Skills: Business-Development, Market-Research, Competitive-Analysis, Point-of-Purchase ## Education ### University of Exeter Master of Science, Marketing. Grade: Merit ```text MSc Marketing (Merit) from the University of Exeter. Dissertation on Brand Meaning Management in a Self-Expressive Information Society. ``` ### Bilkent University Bachelor of Science, Business Administration ```text BS in Business Administration from Bilkent University in Ankara, Türkiye. ``` ### Bornova Anadolu Lisesi (İzmir Koleji) High School Diploma, Mathematics and Science ```text High School Diploma in Mathematics and Science from Bornova Anadolu Lisesi (İzmir Koleji) in İzmir, Türkiye. ``` ### Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner I and II, Product Ownership ```text Professional Scrum Product Owner I and II (PSPO I, PSPO II) certification from Scrum.org, obtained in March 2023. ``` ## Tech stack - Google Tag Manager - Google Cloud Platform - Google Docs - Zoho Mail - Google Drive - Google Analytics - Mixpanel - Figma - Microsoft Teams - Google Maps - Google Workspace - Microsoft Office 365 - Gemini - Google Sheets - Microsoft Excel - Vercel - Visual Studio Code - Miro - Balsamiq - Microsoft Power BI - Hotjar - Google Ads - Anthropic Claude API - N8N - Zoho CRM - Claude Code - Microsoft Word - Microsoft PowerPoint To contact Selcuk, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Sercan Artut](https://himalayas.app/@sercanartut): Senior Product Manager, AKÖde - [İBRAHİM CAN ERTAN](https://himalayas.app/@icanertan): Senior Product Manager, ETİYA - [Mustafa Ordu](https://himalayas.app/@mustafaordu): Technical Product Manager, Ford Motor Company - [Aysen Bayraktar](https://himalayas.app/@aysenbayraktar): Product Manager, Occicor - [Özkan Özdurmuş](https://himalayas.app/@ozkanzdurmus): Technical Product Lead, Veni Platform - [Mehmet Fehim Acikel](https://himalayas.app/@mehmetfehimacikel): Founder, PAMAS (Project Aware Meeting Action System) - [Dante Isil Ozkan](https://himalayas.app/@danteisilozkan): Founder | Chief Product, UX & Innovation Director | Head of Product, OktoPeople OÜ - [Salar Sardary User](https://himalayas.app/@salarsardaryuser): Head of Product, Sepanta AI - [Pelin ERDEM](https://himalayas.app/@pelinerdem): Senior Technical Product Manager, Gini Talent - [mutlu şakar](https://himalayas.app/@mutluakar): Product Manager, Inodash