Martin Lajda

Head of Product | Product leader | Beauty, Travel, Streaming & Education | Driving Growth in Products

Brno Metropolitan Area

About

As a dynamic and results-driven product person and leader, I specialize in fostering innovation and guiding product development from inception to maturity. With a keen eye for detail and a strategic mindset, I excel in shaping ideas into actionable product strategies while adeptly addressing potential technical challenges. My approach is rooted in collaboration and adaptability, allowing me to seamlessly navigate evolving landscapes and deliver optimal solutions. I thrive on continuous learning, constantly seeking new insights to enhance problem-solving efficiency and drive impactful outcomes. Let's connect to explore opportunities for synergistic collaboration and transformative product initiatives.

Experience

  • Head of Product - Innovations, Customer, & Personalization at Notino
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    Leadership & Strategy - Scaling High-Performance Product Teams: Lead and mentor a department of 10 Product Managers, fostering a culture of radical ownership and data-driven experimentation across the customer lifecycle. - Strategic Vision for Innovation: Define and execute the product roadmap for Notino’s Innovation Hub, focusing on bridging the gap between traditional e-commerce and future-tech (AI and immersive experiences). - The "North Star" Alignment: Synchronize product quality and innovation initiatives with Notino's global strategic objectives, ensuring that experimental features scale into core business drivers. - Scaling Brand-Partner Value Streams: Overseeing the development of advanced product features that bridge the gap between customer intent and brand discovery, driving significant incremental revenue through native e-commerce integrations. Product & Technology - Pioneering Agentic Commerce: Leading the transition from passive search to active assistance by implementing Agentic Commerce frameworks and LLM-powered conversational models to simplify complex customer decision-making. - Hyper-Personalization at Scale: Overseeing the evolution of Customer Profiles and Loyalty systems to deliver unique, real-time e-commerce journeys for millions of users. - Data-Informed Opportunity Mapping: Utilizing advanced analytics to uncover friction points in the customer journey, turning abstract data into prioritized, high-ROI features for the innovation backlog. Execution & Operations -Operational Excellence: Optimizing the product specification and discovery process to increase team velocity, ensuring high-quality output without resource burnout. - Stakeholder Synthesis: Building cross-functional bridges between Engineering, Marketing, and C-suite executives to secure buy-in for high-risk, high-reward innovation projects.

  • Senior Product Manager: Viewing at Showmax
    May 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    * Own end-to-end product management for the Viewing Platform and Content Discovery experience across Showmax. * Led user research, roadmap definition, and cross-functional collaboration with UX, analysts, and engineering teams. * Established monitoring frameworks and cross-business unit ways of working, enabling faster decision-making and alignment. * Delivered initiatives that increased user engagement by ~20% within the first year. * Champion data-driven decisions to continuously improve the streaming experience and content discovery journey.

  • Health and well-being at Career Break
    Mar 2024 - Apr 2024 · 2 mos

  • Kiwi.com (7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Product Manager / Product Lead – Ancillaries
      Jun 2020 - Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      * Directed a multinational team of 5 direct reports and 2 indirect reports, managing strategy and execution for ancillaries products. * Co-led product planning and development across 10+ agile teams and 60+ engineers, ensuring alignment between product vision and engineering execution. * Drove innovation in ancillaries, optimizing product performance and unlocking new revenue streams. * Fostered a culture of collaboration, accountability, and high performance across product and engineering units.

    • Product Manager
      Jan 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Strategy & Vision * Lead product vision and strategy aligned with business objectives. * Collaborate on goal setting, leveraging Agile Methodologies to ensure adaptability. * Drive organizational alignment on vision, goals, and strategy. Roadmap & Initiatives * Utilize Business Analysis and Data Analysis to gather and analyze customer needs, guiding product improvements. * Employ Agile Methodologies to maintain and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with SMART value definitions and budget constraints. * Develop comprehensive product roadmaps, incorporating AB testing to refine feature prioritization. * Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver customer-centric solutions. * Conduct competitive feature comparisons and benchmarking to enhance product differentiation. Product Functionality & Development * Translate user feedback into actionable insights, prioritizing enhancements to optimize User Experience (UX). * Employ Agile practices to break down complex functionality into deliverable work items. * Craft clear and concise product descriptions, emphasizing problem-solving, value proposition, and cost. * Facilitate a continuous feedback loop between development and customers to iteratively improve product features. Leadership & Mentoring * Provide leadership and mentorship, leveraging the knowledge of Product Management and Agile Methodologies to guide team members. * Initiate, plan, and oversee project execution, ensuring adherence to scope, timeline, and budget. * Track and report feature status, scope changes, and budget adherence to stakeholders, fostering transparency and accountability.

    • Product and Project Manager
      Jun 2017 - Jan 2018 · 8 mos

      * Scoped and led projects from inception to delivery, ensuring budget and timeline adherence. * Supported transition toward a more structured product organization, driving alignment across stakeholders.

  • Localization Engineer at JONCKERS
    Aug 2015 - Apr 2016 · 9 mos

    • project management support for various international customers • technical troubleshooting, technical support, • technical process innovation, optimization, automatization • desktop publishing and visual quality assurance • project analysis and preparation • technical quality assurance, localization postprocessing • testing, bug fixing • documentation writing