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Daniel Lefco

Product Manager
Portland, OR, US
Prioritization
Product Strategy
Agile
Scrum Method
Product Management
Testing
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Senior Product Leader | Strategy, Roadmap & Agile Delivery (10+ Years)
Senior Product Leader with 10+ years of product strategy, roadmap development, and agile delivery—often acting as the primary/sole product voice to translate business goals into executable product requirements (epics, user stories, acceptance criteria) and drive execution through delivery and UAT. Builds product structure and practices in early-stage and ambiguous environments, balancing immediate operational needs with longer-term platform vision. Currently pursuing fractional, part-time senior product leadership roles, with a strong recent track record including hands-on leadership at ChargerHelp! for a B2B SaaS platform and roles across customer platforms and data/print product initiatives at HP Inc., plus customer-facing digital product leadership at Portland General Electric (PGE).

Work History

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Data Product Manager, Print Software Platform

HP Inc.Own inbound product management for a platform initiative spanning instrumentation, product requirements, and downstream consumption, translating business needs into a structured, actionable backlog across multiple scrum teams. • Lead discovery and requirements gathering with engineering and business stakeholders, translating ambiguous asks into scoped epics, stories, and acceptance criteria across multiple scrum teams. • Structure and maintain a multi-layer product backlog (Jira Epics and Stories) under a broader platform Initiative, organizing work across instrumentation, product, and consumption/dashboard layers. • Facilitate alignment across engineering, data science, and business stakeholders on platform priorities, ensuring requirements reflect real user and business needs. • Partner with engineering to translate business and technical requirements into product specifications built on the team's underlying architecture. • Navigate a cross-functional tool ecosystem—Jira, Atlan, Databricks, Microsoft Copilot—to support day-to-day product management and cross-team coordination.
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Senior Product Manager

ChargerHelp!Jun 2023 - Oct 2025 • 2 yrs 5 mosServed as the primary product voice for EMPWR, a B2B SaaS platform powering core operational workflows across utilities, OEMs, site hosts, and service partners—setting direction and roadmap while remaining hands-on through delivery. • Owned the full product lifecycle—discovery, MVP definition, backlog prioritization, launch, iteration, and scale—for a live platform used by multiple external stakeholder groups. • Set product strategy and roadmap direction in a small, fast-moving organization, translating leadership priorities into requirements the engineering team could execute against. • Partnered directly with engineering to translate operational needs into structured requirements and reliable features supporting day-to-day decision-making in the field. • Prioritized a live backlog based on business value, user impact, and technical risk, and defined the KPIs and dashboards used to measure adoption and workflow efficiency. • Led development of AI-assisted workflows for diagnostics, issue triage, and recommended next-best actions using telemetry and historical performance data.
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Senior Product Manager, Customer Platforms

Portland General Electric (PGE)Jan 2021 - May 2023 • 2 yrs 5 mosOwned requirements and roadmap for customer-facing mobile app, mobile web, and portions of desktop web, serving millions of utility customers. • Led digital experiences spanning billing, energy usage insights, outage reporting, and program enrollment, translating business and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable product direction. • Partnered with analytics and business stakeholders to define customer metrics, usage dashboards, and performance reporting used by product, operations, and leadership. • Introduced scalable, self-service digital flows that reduced call-center dependency and improved operational efficiency. • Balanced regulatory requirements with user needs and business priorities in a highly regulated environment. • Defined KPIs including digital adoption, call deflection, and program enrollment performance.
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Senior Product Manager, HP Smart (HP App)

HP Inc.Nov 2018 - Dec 2020 • 2 yrs 2 mosOwned requirements and roadmap for HP Smart (now the HP app)—a global, cloud-connected platform spanning mobile and desktop—translating stakeholder and customer needs into product direction across millions of users and devices. • Led product initiatives across onboarding, account creation, and engagement, translating customer and business needs into requirements that improved conversion, activation, and retention. • Partnered across cloud, firmware, and data teams to align stakeholders and deliver reliable, scalable capabilities for device connectivity, identity, and cross-device experiences. • Contributed to the strategic evolution of HP Smart into a broader customer platform, coordinating closely with product, engineering, design, and marketing to deliver cohesive, multi-surface experiences at global scale. • Defined KPIs, dashboards, and instrumentation strategies supporting product decisions and customer lifecycle measurement.
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Chief of Staff / Senior Program Manager, Print Big Data & Analytics

HP Inc.Nov 2016 - Oct 2018 • 2 yrsPartnered directly with senior leadership to set strategy and direction for HP's internal Big Data & Analytics platform serving multiple business units. • Helped define data strategies, source-of-truth dashboards, and analytics products used by executives and product teams. • Coordinated across engineering, analytics, and product stakeholders to prioritize platform capabilities, align priorities, and improve execution discipline.
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Business Product Manager, Wearables & IoT Incubation

HP Inc.Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 • 2 yrsProduct manager for consumer wearables integrating hardware, software, and data services, in an early-stage incubation environment without established product processes. • Partnered with engineering and analytics teams to support connected product experiences and data-driven insights. • Contributed to early-stage product development and go-to-market strategy for emerging IoT solutions.
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Product Line Manager, Digital Sport

Nike, Inc.Nov 2011 - Mar 2015 • 3 yrs 5 mosManaged lifecycle of connected digital products combining hardware, software, and consumer data. • Partnered with cross-functional teams to translate consumer and business needs into integrated digital and physical product experiences. • Used performance and engagement data to inform roadmap decisions and product strategy.

Education

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Purdue University — Krannert School of Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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Senior Product Leader | Strategy, Roadmap & Agile Delivery (10+ Years)
Senior Product Leader with 10+ years of product strategy, roadmap development, and agile delivery—often acting as the primary/sole product voice to translate business goals into executable product requirements (epics, user stories, acceptance criteria) and drive execution through delivery and UAT. Builds product structure and practices in early-stage and ambiguous environments, balancing immediate operational needs with longer-term platform vision. Currently pursuing fractional, part-time senior product leadership roles, with a strong recent track record including hands-on leadership at ChargerHelp! for a B2B SaaS platform and roles across customer platforms and data/print product initiatives at HP Inc., plus customer-facing digital product leadership at Portland General Electric (PGE).

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Top Talent like Daniel are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Daniel Lefco

Product Manager
Portland, OR, US
Prioritization
Product Strategy
Agile
Scrum Method
Product Management
Testing
Available for hire fromNegotiable

Work History

H

Data Product Manager, Print Software Platform

HP Inc.Own inbound product management for a platform initiative spanning instrumentation, product requirements, and downstream consumption, translating business needs into a structured, actionable backlog across multiple scrum teams. • Lead discovery and requirements gathering with engineering and business stakeholders, translating ambiguous asks into scoped epics, stories, and acceptance criteria across multiple scrum teams. • Structure and maintain a multi-layer product backlog (Jira Epics and Stories) under a broader platform Initiative, organizing work across instrumentation, product, and consumption/dashboard layers. • Facilitate alignment across engineering, data science, and business stakeholders on platform priorities, ensuring requirements reflect real user and business needs. • Partner with engineering to translate business and technical requirements into product specifications built on the team's underlying architecture. • Navigate a cross-functional tool ecosystem—Jira, Atlan, Databricks, Microsoft Copilot—to support day-to-day product management and cross-team coordination.
C

Senior Product Manager

ChargerHelp!Jun 2023 - Oct 2025 • 2 yrs 5 mosServed as the primary product voice for EMPWR, a B2B SaaS platform powering core operational workflows across utilities, OEMs, site hosts, and service partners—setting direction and roadmap while remaining hands-on through delivery. • Owned the full product lifecycle—discovery, MVP definition, backlog prioritization, launch, iteration, and scale—for a live platform used by multiple external stakeholder groups. • Set product strategy and roadmap direction in a small, fast-moving organization, translating leadership priorities into requirements the engineering team could execute against. • Partnered directly with engineering to translate operational needs into structured requirements and reliable features supporting day-to-day decision-making in the field. • Prioritized a live backlog based on business value, user impact, and technical risk, and defined the KPIs and dashboards used to measure adoption and workflow efficiency. • Led development of AI-assisted workflows for diagnostics, issue triage, and recommended next-best actions using telemetry and historical performance data.
P

Senior Product Manager, Customer Platforms

Portland General Electric (PGE)Jan 2021 - May 2023 • 2 yrs 5 mosOwned requirements and roadmap for customer-facing mobile app, mobile web, and portions of desktop web, serving millions of utility customers. • Led digital experiences spanning billing, energy usage insights, outage reporting, and program enrollment, translating business and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable product direction. • Partnered with analytics and business stakeholders to define customer metrics, usage dashboards, and performance reporting used by product, operations, and leadership. • Introduced scalable, self-service digital flows that reduced call-center dependency and improved operational efficiency. • Balanced regulatory requirements with user needs and business priorities in a highly regulated environment. • Defined KPIs including digital adoption, call deflection, and program enrollment performance.
H

Senior Product Manager, HP Smart (HP App)

HP Inc.Nov 2018 - Dec 2020 • 2 yrs 2 mosOwned requirements and roadmap for HP Smart (now the HP app)—a global, cloud-connected platform spanning mobile and desktop—translating stakeholder and customer needs into product direction across millions of users and devices. • Led product initiatives across onboarding, account creation, and engagement, translating customer and business needs into requirements that improved conversion, activation, and retention. • Partnered across cloud, firmware, and data teams to align stakeholders and deliver reliable, scalable capabilities for device connectivity, identity, and cross-device experiences. • Contributed to the strategic evolution of HP Smart into a broader customer platform, coordinating closely with product, engineering, design, and marketing to deliver cohesive, multi-surface experiences at global scale. • Defined KPIs, dashboards, and instrumentation strategies supporting product decisions and customer lifecycle measurement.
H

Chief of Staff / Senior Program Manager, Print Big Data & Analytics

HP Inc.Nov 2016 - Oct 2018 • 2 yrsPartnered directly with senior leadership to set strategy and direction for HP's internal Big Data & Analytics platform serving multiple business units. • Helped define data strategies, source-of-truth dashboards, and analytics products used by executives and product teams. • Coordinated across engineering, analytics, and product stakeholders to prioritize platform capabilities, align priorities, and improve execution discipline.
H

Business Product Manager, Wearables & IoT Incubation

HP Inc.Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 • 2 yrsProduct manager for consumer wearables integrating hardware, software, and data services, in an early-stage incubation environment without established product processes. • Partnered with engineering and analytics teams to support connected product experiences and data-driven insights. • Contributed to early-stage product development and go-to-market strategy for emerging IoT solutions.
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Product Line Manager, Digital Sport

Nike, Inc.Nov 2011 - Mar 2015 • 3 yrs 5 mosManaged lifecycle of connected digital products combining hardware, software, and consumer data. • Partnered with cross-functional teams to translate consumer and business needs into integrated digital and physical product experiences. • Used performance and engagement data to inform roadmap decisions and product strategy.

Education

P

Purdue University — Krannert School of Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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