Andrea Sainz-Martinez
Wylie,TX
Summary
Accomplished Lead Technology Product Manager with expertise in product strategy, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement. Proven ability to deliver measurable business value through effective communication and team collaboration. Experienced in fast-paced environments and adaptable to last-minute changes. Thrives under pressure and consistently earns high marks for work quality and speed.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Technology Product Manager
Vistra Corp
Irving, Texas
04.2021 - Current
- Lead the end-to-end product strategy and execution lifecycle, translating business objectives and stakeholder needs into technology products and solutions that deliver measurable business value.
- Develop and communicate product vision, strategy, and multi-phase roadmaps, aligning cross-functional technology and business teams around priorities, releases, and program increments.
- Own and champion product prioritization, balancing stakeholder needs, business value, technical dependencies, risk, investment, and strategic portfolio objectives to guide delivery decisions.
- Define and manage releases and program increments, facilitating execution from discovery and planning through development, demonstrations, launch, deployment, and ongoing enhancement.
- Ensure product completeness, quality, and readiness by establishing clear requirements, acceptance criteria, stakeholder alignment, and feedback mechanisms throughout the development lifecycle.
- Conducted product demonstrations, communicating product capabilities, progress, roadmap, and value to technical and business stakeholders, fostering alignment and driving adoption.
- Partnered with technology and business teams to facilitate solution deployment and ensure successful transition of products from development to sustainable business use.
- Facilitate cross-functional decision-making and resolve competing priorities, dependencies, delivery challenges to maintain momentum toward strategic product outcomes.
- Mentored and coached junior product team members, sharing product management practices and enhancing their professional development and skills.
Director of Business Operations
Vistra Corp
Irving, TX
01.2010 - 04.2021
- Provided leadership and strategic planning for business unit operations, enhancing overall effectiveness.
- Oversaw daily operations to align with corporate strategies, managing call center vendor relationships.
- Developed and implemented process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Identified opportunities for process improvements through data analysis and research methods.
- Provided guidance on process improvements and best practices in order to maintain high levels of product quality.
- Led quality assurance initiatives to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Created and implemented escalation procedures to efficiently and successfully resolve time-sensitive issues.
- Provided guidance on technical implementations related to business operations initiatives.
- Acted as corporate representative, coordinating with multiple departments to drive operational excellence.
Education
Associate of Arts - Communications
Richland College
Dallas, TX05-2008
Skills
- Product management
- Product strategy
- Roadmap development
- Product backlog management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Data analysis
- Process improvement
- Project planning
- Scrum framework
- Team collaboration
- User optimization
- Communication strategies
Certification
- Agile Project Management Certification
- Scrum Master Certification
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Lead Technology Product Manager
Vistra Corp
04.2021 - Current
Director of Business Operations
Vistra Corp
01.2010 - 04.2021
Associate of Arts - Communications
Richland College