Tiago Valente
@tiagovalente
Fractional product leader driving growth for B2C and B2B2C digital products with cross‑functional teams.
What I'm looking for
I am a results-oriented product leader with 13+ years delivering scalable B2C and B2B2C digital products—marketplaces, eCommerce, SaaS and mobile apps—across startups, scale-ups and corporates. I specialize in product strategy, digital transformation, agile delivery and team mentoring, and have led distributed teams across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to achieve measurable outcomes like uplifts in sales and faster ROI approvals.
I founded RemoteCPO.com to offer fractional product leadership and ProductWise Middle East Consulting to support startups and SMEs with product strategy, MVPs, audits and growth. I also founded the NOSHAME Movement to advance men’s mental health through community, partnerships and public engagement.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Fractional Product Leader
RemoteCPO.com
Jul 2025 - Present (3 months)
Provide on-demand fractional product leadership and strategy for B2C and B2B2C digital products, driving MVPs, product-market fit assessments, and growth initiatives across global remote clients.
NGO Founder & Advocate
NOSHAME Movement
Mar 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Founded NOSHAME Movement to combat stigma around male depression through sports, community programs and partnerships, and led scaling efforts toward NGO status and public campaigns.
Founder & CEO
ProductWise Middle East Consulting
Feb 2024 - Nov 2024 (9 months)
Led a consulting practice delivering product strategies and agile frameworks for startups and SMEs in the Middle East, increasing client operational efficiency by 20% through product assessments.
Head of Omnichannel Products
Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Jul 2023 - Feb 2024 (7 months)
Built and led the B2C omnichannel product function, managing CAPEX/OPEX and a team of 5 product managers to drive 29 websites, 6 apps and a marketplace, achieving a 15% uplift in tenant sales.
Senior Product Manager
Majid Al Futtaim Properties
Jul 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year)
Defined B2B PropTech product strategy and delivered three major digitisation products in four months, securing executive approval for a process digitisation business case with ROI under two years.
Consumer IT Business Partner
Majid Al Futtaim Properties
May 2018 - Jul 2022 (4 years 2 months)
Acted as the liaison between consumer business units and IT to align digital initiatives and support product delivery across retail and property services.
Head of Product - Heavy Machinery
Tradus - OLX Group
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 (11 months)
Led product for the heavy machinery vertical, owning roadmap and go-to-market initiatives across Amsterdam and Lisbon to grow vertical engagement and transactions.
Head of Product - Global Verticals
OLX Group
Apr 2016 - Jul 2017 (1 year 3 months)
Owned product strategy for global verticals, coordinating cross-market teams to standardize vertical offerings and improve marketplace performance.
Mobile Product Manager
OLX Group
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016 (4 months)
Managed mobile product initiatives for global verticals, delivering mobile features and improvements to increase user engagement and conversion.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Nova School of Business and Economics
Executive Program, Leadership
2024 - 2025
Completed the Executive Program in Peak Performance Leadership at Nova SBE to develop advanced leadership and performance skills.
Prod.MBA School
Product MBA, Product Management
2023 - 2023
Completed the Product MBA program focused on product management, strategy, and execution.
Harvard Business School (Online)
Certificate, Strategy
2019 - 2019
Completed the Disruptive Strategy online course to gain frameworks for competitive strategy and innovation.
Scrum Alliance
Scrum Master Certification, Agile / Scrum
2013 - 2013
Earned Scrum Master certification to formalize agile facilitation and team leadership capabilities.
IPAM - Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing
Executive Master / Post-Graduation, Digital Marketing
2010 - 2010
Completed an Executive Master/Post-Graduation in Digital Marketing with focus on digital marketing strategies and channels.
ISTEC — Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas
Bachelor of Science, Multimedia Engineering
2005 - 2009
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Engineering covering multimedia systems, software, and digital media technologies.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
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