Paulo Andrade-Founder and Product Lead
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Founder and Product Lead
Muvuca Solutions
- Lead a climate tech consultancy end to end, coordinating cross-functional teams, owning client strategy and project management, and delivering ESG strategies and AI-first products.
- Stay hands-on across discovery, analytics, roadmapping, architecture, and QA to safeguard execution quality.
- Designed, developed, and launched Jody, an AI travel planner (demo credentials provided).
Senior Product Manager
Plan A
- Built and led the decarbonisation squad from inception to a high-performing team, shipping target setting (including SBTi alignment), an action plan with quantified CO₂e reduction potential, and scenario modelling.
- Drove cross-company initiatives like platform localization into three new languages.
- Supported fundraising by framing decarbonisation as a core USP.
- Remained hands-on with product analytics, stakeholder workshops, and delivery processes.
Senior Product Manager
Finiata
- Owned the end-to-end lifecycle of credit decisioning, orchestrating AI/ML models, PSD2 Open Banking data, and risk policies to automate SME credit decisions and cut time-to-funding from weeks to minutes.
- Partnered with risk, finance, underwriting, and design to scale decisions.
- Contributed to discovery, design, and go-to-market of an embedded finance BNPL product.
- Remained hands-on with data flows, KPIs, and release planning.
Program Manager
Sabá Project
- Planned and implemented fundraising actions to expand the project’s social interventions.
Product Manager
Delivery Hero
- Managed the RPS Core team powering global order transmission, centralizing orchestration across 40+ countries.
- Supported services processing roughly two million orders per day by integrating restaurants, logistics, and customers.
- Balanced roadmap and reliability with deep technical collaboration on APIs, event flows, and partner integrations to sustain scale and uptime.
Inbound Product Manager
SAP
- Supported design, roadmap, and delivery of APIs and UI for SAP Consumer Insight 365, integrating geospatial, sociodemographic, and behavioral data from carrier partnerships.
- Worked closely with engineering and customers to translate insights into actionable cohorts, footfall, and digital footprint analytics.
- Maintained hands-on focus on data quality and performance.
API Development Leader
SAP
- Led a distributed engineering team across multiple countries to design, build, and operate Consumer Insight 365 APIs.
- Instituted delivery and quality practices that scaled data access for global clients.
Software Engineer
SAP
- Developed data-intensive backend services in Java and databases (SAP HANA, Sybase IQ) for Consumer Insight 365.
- Contributed to market insights features and high-volume ETL pipelines.
Computer Lab Technician
University of São Paulo
- Maintained networks and institutional information systems to support computer labs.
Web Developer
Freelance
- Delivered mass email marketing software and professional websites for healthcare clients as a full-stack LAMP developer.
- Used frameworks like CakePHP and Yii, owning discovery, build, and launch.
Coordinator for the Global Internship Program
AIESEC
- Promoted exchange programs and partnerships with IT companies to fund social work.
Volunteer
Rondon Project by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense
- Planned and executed social interventions in a low-income and remote community.
Web Developer
Leadmedia Publishing
- Built front-end and back-end for a price and coupon aggregator powering mass email marketing.
- Ran early A/B tests to lift engagement before scaling buscadescontos.com.br and blackfriday.com.br.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Government and Administration, Healthcare, Energy, Professional Services, and Banking and Finance.
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Experienced in Product Development, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Strategy, and Sustainability Management.
Summary
I'm a founder, product manager, and computer scientist with an MBA and 15 years of experience in the SaaS industry. For the past four years, I've been deeply immersed in the AI and sustainability spaces, and now I'm focused on creating planet-friendly products and strategies. I'm passionate about sustainability, AI solving problems, and coordinating people around common objectives.
Skills
Product Management: Okrs, Sql, Roadmaps, Go To Market Strategies, Hypothesis Validations, Usability Evaluations, Prioritization Frameworks, Analytics, Mixpanel, Hotjar, Productboard, Typeform, Balsamiq, Miro, Looker, Tableau, Figma, Airtable, Bm Canvas, Value Prop. Canvas.
Project Management: Jira, Confluence, Scrum, Slack, Localisation Tools, Google Suite, Ms Office.
Software Engineering: Rest Apis, Uml, Microservices, Web Development Using Mvc Frameworks (Django, Kohana, Laravel), Database Development (Sap Hana, Mysql, Postgres), Responsive Design Using Ui/Ux Frameworks (Foundation, Vuejs, Jquery), Automated Tests, Datadog, Sentry.
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Education
University of São Carlos (UFSCar)
MBA · Innovation and Lean Startup · São Carlos, Brazil
University of São Paulo (USP)
Bachelor’s degree · Computer Science · Brazil
Eastlake High School
High School · Chula Vista, United States
Certifications & licenses
Certificate of Proficiency in English (C2, CEFR)
University of Cambridge
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Paulo is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Paulo speaks the following languages: Portuguese (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced), German (Intermediate), Italian (Intermediate).
Paulo has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Paulo has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Paulo may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Paulo would be well-suited for roles such as: Founder and Product Lead, Senior Product Manager, Program Manager.
Paulo's most recent position is Founder and Product Lead at Muvuca Solutions.
In recent years, Paulo has worked for Muvuca Solutions, Plan A, Finiata, and Sabá Project.
Paulo is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Healthcare. Paulo also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Energy, and Professional Services.
Paulo is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Project Management, and Business Intelligence. Paulo also has some experience in Information Technology, Strategy, and Sustainability Management.
Paulo has recently worked in industries like Government and Administration, Information Technology, and Banking and Finance.
Paulo has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Strategy.
Paulo holds a Master in Innovation and Lean Startup from University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and a Bachelor in Computer Science from University of São Paulo (USP).
Paulo has 1 certificate: Certificate of Proficiency in English (C2, CEFR).
The availability of Paulo needs to be confirmed.
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