Ricardo Motta

Entrepreneurial Product Leader with 14+ years scaling high-impact products | Strategy, Growth & Go-To-Market | 360º Product Vision

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

About

I am a product leader passionate about building and scaling digital products that drive real business growth. My work sits at the intersection of strategy, AI, and data — connecting vision with execution to transform how companies create value through technology. I bring an entrepreneurial mindset, combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution to deliver measurable outcomes in fast-paced environments. Throughout my journey, I’ve led product strategy and execution across high-growth Paas, SaaS and B2B2C companies such as Distrito, OmniChat and Blip. I’ve helped teams and organizations evolve from early-stage operations to scalable platforms, enabling stronger customer engagement, efficiency, and revenue impact. My experience spans AI-driven innovation, SaaS growth, and digital transformation — always grounded in understanding users, aligning cross-functional teams, and turning insight into action. What drives me is the challenge of turning ideas into scalable business value. I believe great products are built at the intersection of empathy, data, and strategy — and I’m committed to shaping the future of digital growth through this lens.

Experience

  • Senior Staff AI Product Manager (Growth & New Revenue) at Blip
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Driving the strategy and evolution of Blip Go, a revolutionary WhatsApp-based customer service automation solution. Acting as an internal entrepreneur, I focus on growth and new revenue opportunities in a largely untapped market. I prioritize high-impact initiatives, align the product with customer needs, and deliver tangible business results, combining innovation, operational management, and market insight to expand Blip Go's presence and impact.

  • Head of Product, Design and PMM at OmniChat
    Nov 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Lead OmniChat’s transition from conversational commerce to an AI-first strategy, scaling the platform to deliver higher sales impact and operational efficiency. Actions & Results: Drove the AI-first transformation, designing a multi-agent AI strategy covering the full sales funnel — from SDR automation to closer support. Launched and scaled Whizz by OmniChat, with autonomous bots handling 30% of customer interactions, reducing human workload by 45%. Boosted sales campaigns with an average 12× ROAS, achieving +12% conversion growth and +9.16% sales influence; in top campaigns, results reached 86× ROAS and +18% conversion uplift. Led 11 cross-functional squads (Product Managers & Designers), integrating the platform with e-commerce systems, CRMs, and partners to deliver a 360° omnichannel sales journey.

  • Chief Product Officer at Distrito
    Apr 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Reposition Distrito’s platform to an AI-first operation, expanding its impact across startups, corporations, and venture capital funds. Actions & Results: Repositioned the product portfolio with a focus on Data & AI Intelligence, transforming the platform into a reference for corporate innovation management. Consolidated the PaaS platform, connecting +38k startups, +90 corporations, and +120 VC funds in an integrated innovation network. Boosted corporate clients’ results, enabling them to achieve up to 2× more outcomes in innovation through data and AI. Structured and led a cross-functional team (product, design, data), driving monetization strategy and expansion of partnerships.

  • Blip (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Head of Product
      Nov 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Scale BLiP during a period of high growth in messaging and automation, preparing the company for new investment rounds and M&A-driven expansion. Actions & Results: Structured the Product Growth area, focusing on PLG, conversational automation, and chatbot intelligence. Contributed to customer base growth from ~1,200 in 2020 to +3,500 in 2022, driving retention and upsell. Supported a platform that processed +10 billion messages in 2020 and reached a monthly record of 1.87 billion messages in 2021. Led product evolution up to Series A, ensuring scalability and robustness to attract investors. Prepared the platform for M&A integrations, supporting the absorption of new technologies into BLiP’s core product.

    • Group Product Manager
      Mar 2020 - Nov 2020 · 9 mos

      - Structured the Product Growth area and led multiple strategic fronts. - Launched key functionalities in PLG, chatbot, and conversational automation. - Expanded BLiP adoption and increased revenue via upsell and retention.

    • Senior Product Manager | BLIP
      Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Founder - CPO at Avisa Câmbio
    Aug 2011 - Sep 2018 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    Create Brazil’s first digital foreign exchange platform, disrupting a traditional and highly regulated market. Actions & Results: - Conceived, launched, and scaled the platform, reaching +100k users nationwide, with a strong presence in the South and Southeast regions. - Oversaw the full product lifecycle: ideation, design, technology, growth, and user experience. - Led the company for 7 years, establishing it as a recognized reference in digital FX services. - Managed the business end-to-end: strategy, partnerships, customer acquisition, and monetization.