Strategy Manager at OpenQ

Context

OpenQ is a Github-integrated, crypto-native and all-around-automated marketplace for software engineers. I worked one year with this start up in the early stage, with a small team, where I could dive into the impact and realm of Open Source community.

Approach

My strategic impact helped to execute the product discovery, and developed innovative processes to bring the products from 0 to 1. I facilitated strategic team exercises to understand and define the main target with a “community interaction canvas”. I endorsed the team journey for more transparency in the open source community and fostered a culture of inclusivity, collaboration and care in all project phases. I supported the first product to launch by engaging the team with the “assumptions mapping exercise” and “test cards” to validate decisions. My actions also focused on team-building, for example organising fire side chat on Discord, launching a book club monthly activity within the team. UX feedback loops were part of my weekly engagement.

Outcome

The strategic research led to focus and solve to a specific problem in the hackathons industry. I delivered a knowledge sharing space where I curated and set up strategic content, managed the settings and maintenance of Notion documentation – see below. I published an article to share the journey and lessons learnt. The team workshops – which I delivered: roadmap, mission, test cards, ecosystem and platform design – strengthen collaboration with product management to implement the product life cycle through constructive feedback. Finally, a defined set of hypotheses supported business opportunities which resulted with the product launch at ETH Denver 2023.