Kymberli A. Schiavone
Toyota North America
Orange,CA
1
Certification
15
years of professional experience
Group Product Manager with 12+ years leading 0→1 product development, retention platforms, and cross-functional teams. Turning ambiguous, high-stakes problems into structured roadmaps that move the needle on revenue and customer lifetime value.
- Systems thinking: Holistic organization-wide data-driven and evidence-based approach
- Energized by ambiguity: Creating structure and clarity where none exists and bringing others along
- Thinking in platforms, not features: Uncovering underlying capabilities that unlock value across multiple products, consumer segments and verticals, not just the next release
- Continuous discovery and user empathy: Deep user understanding through ongoing insights, interviews and observation that ensure product relevance
- Shipping products at scale: Leading teams through complexity and delivery outcomes that move the needle
- Cross-functional force multiplier: Building trust and influence without authority across engineering, design, data, marketing and executive leadership
- Leading people, not just projects: Investing in the growth and excellence of my team, demonstrated in the multiple successful leaders I’ve developed
- Industry Depth: Automotive OEM, Fintech, Luxury, Biotech, Retail, B2B, B2B2C
Work History
Product Strategy Manager
5 Years 5 Months- Defined retention product portfolio vision and multi-year roadmap spanning digital experiences, marketplaces, data platforms, and 0-to-1 product development — anchored to OKRs and KPIs across B2C, B2B, and B2B2C segments
- Stood up an internal startup, navigating ambiguity to connect siloed teams and ship net-new products within a large enterprise
- Transformed fragmented data ecosystems into cohesive, revenue-driving SaaS-aligned digital experiences across the full customer lifecycle — from engagement to long-term loyalty
- Converted customer insights into personalized shopping journeys, bridging online-to-in-store conversions and accelerating funnel progression
- Drove feature prioritization and GTM execution across marketing, CRM, data science, and operations — reducing cross-functional friction
- Managed executive stakeholder relationships and secured buy-in for multi-product initiatives
- Led cross-functional teams through full product lifecycle while developing direct reports into product owners with clear ownership and visibility
- B2C, B2B, and B2B2C
Product Manager
2 Years 10 Months- Owned digital channel strategy and product roadmap, driving feature prioritization, trade-off decisions, and cross-team dependency management
- Facilitating strategic buy-in and alignment with leadership, engineering, design, product, and marketing teams
- Coaching product owners to deliver clearly defined requirements, epics, features, user stories, and measurable success criteria
- Ongoing evolution of experience to support expanding business and customer needs
- Selection and management of agency partners across UX, creative, SEO, analytics, and research
Product Owner
1 Year 7 Months- Led end-to-end product development from discovery and ideation through launch and post-launch iteration; running scrum ceremonies, writing user stories, managing agency partners, and coordinating cross-team delivery
Associate Digital Account Director
3 YearsAccount Director
2 YearsSkills
Data and predictive modeling strategy
Executive and stakeholder management
Data and experience transformation
2-in-a-box business/technology operating model
Team leadership and development
KPI development and tracking
Product roadmaps
Product vision and strategy
Cross-functional leadership
Data analytics
ROI analysis
Customer empathy
Go to market
training and monetization
Accomplishments
- Revenue growth: Contributed to record sales and a 3x increase in vehicle trade-ins
- Portfolio performance: 25% increase in win backs and F&I contract renewals
- Conversion: 20% increase in offer redemption
- Lead generation: 21M+ unique leads per year with an 85% engagement rate YOY
Certification
- CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) – Scrum Alliance, 2016
- AI Fluency Framework & Foundations
- Introduction to agent skills
Timeline
Product Strategy Manager
Toyota North America
04.2020 - 09.2025Read More
Product Manager
Toyota North America
06.2017 - 04.2020Read More
Product Owner
Toyota North America
11.2015 - 06.2017Read More
Associate Digital Account Director
Saatchi & Saatchi
08.2012 - 08.2015Read More
Account Director
Magnetic Creative
08.2010 - 08.2012Read More