
Nito Buendia
Product and Engineering Leader in Singapore
Senior Director of Product Management at PayPal
About Me
Product and Engineering Leader with a balanced technical, business and leadership skill set. A highly accomplished leader and problem solver, with a proven track record in the Tech industry, across Ads, Commerce, Cloud, Finance and Payments; in multiple organizations from Solutions Engineering to Product Management; and relevant experience in AI and launching 0-to-1 products.
Professional Summary
Leadership and Management
Leading a product organization through a team of Directors and Group Product Managers driving the next generation of AI-first risk and compliance core platforms for payments and financial services at PayPal. Managed a team of senior Engineers and Product Managers who led and developed technical solutions and API integrations with the largest partners in APAC leading to a portfolio growth worth 100s of millions (USD) at Google. Defined team strategy and objectives (OKRs) aligning with the business and organizational goals. Hired, coached and managed the teams, fostering inclusion and career progression, while meeting business results.
Software Engineering and Architecture
Developed applications as a software and pre-sales engineer and software architect at Google. Developed and open sourced solutions in multiple coding languages including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, SQL, HTML and CSS. Architected and developed software using Google Cloud including technologies like SQL and NoSQL databases, compute like containers or cloud functions and leveraging multiple other products to connect them. Designed and developed big data pipelines working with Apache Beam and Apache Airflow. Reviewed code as an official Google reviewer for JavaScript, Python and SQL, where I mentored other engineers on best practices in the code base and coding languages.
Technical Product and Program Management
Managed a product organization, leading a portfolio of product roadmaps for the risk and compliance core platform for payments and financial services at PayPal. Built and led roadmaps to launch and improve API integrations with the largest APAC Tech partners (like Alibaba, Shopify or Shopee) for Google. Launched multiple products to market from inception to success (from 0 to 1), including Performance Max for Marketplaces as the first Google Ads product for marketplaces, worth billions of dollars. Project managed the execution of these roadmaps through their Product and Engineering teams. Tasks involved defining and aligning the roadmaps and timelines, project managing them through execution and adding governance structures to ensure timely delivery. Launched a new course platform to increase the product catalog and revenue of an online business school. Led Agile-like reviews with engineering, quarterly business reviews with C-levels and unlocked roadblocks through cross functional collaboration. Managed developer teams to build and launch tech solutions in the advertising and cloud ecosystems. Improved processes to achieve 60% faster delivery on roadmaps for the team.
Partnerships and Customer Technical Consulting
Led consulting engagements with business and technical stakeholders, including C-level executives. Connected business and Tech; communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and translating business goals into technical requirements. Worked with companies of all sizes from Enterprise to SMB customers; landing deals worths 10s to 100s of millions of dollars (USD). Worked across industries including but not limited to Retail, Marketplaces, Gaming, Finance, Apps or FMCG.
Outstanding Performance
Outstanding manager and individual contributor performance. Most ratings on the top 25% of the company, with half of those being on the top 4%, and promotions every 2 years. As a leader, 100% positive feedback on the manager survey across all areas including coaching the team, defining strategy and delivering work.
Recent Work Experience
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Education
Professional Skills
Leadership skills
Team building and management, Strategy planning and delivery, Cross functional collaboration.
Business skills
Problem solving, automation, quick learning.
Cloud certifications and skills
Cloud Architect, Data Engineering, Database Engineering and Digital Leader. AI/ML, Apache Beam, Airflow, BigQuery.
Coding languages
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL.
Languages
Spanish, English, French, Catalan.
Recent Projects
Travel Track
Travel Track is a self-hosted tool to track which countries and territories you have visited.
Technologies: JavaScript, Vue, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Docker
Lazy Shortcuts
Lazy Shortcuts is a Chrome Extension that allows you to create URL shortcuts for your local browser.
Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, Vibe Coding
Gmail Filter Manager
Gmail Filter Manager is a utility to manage your Gmail Filters through Apps Script using YAML files.
Technologies: JavaScript, Apps Script, Gmail API
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Recent Blog Posts
How Grab increased their conversion rate by 30% with Marketing Automation
Growing the digital economy with Shopee: launching Google Ads with Shopee
The Impact of Automation
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Speaking
Using BigQuery for Large Data Processing
Company workshop on innovation, technology and machine learning
Personalized learning with virtual reality, xAPI and the Internet of Things
Things I Enjoy
Tech hobbies
Coding, gaming, home automation.
Other hobbies
Coin collecting, Muay Thai, scuba diving.
International experience
Lived in 7 cities, 5 countries and 3 continents.