Manuel Arrabal

Head of Product @ CHECK24 ES based in Madrid, Spain

✉ Email / 🌎 Website / 💼 LinkedIn / 💻 GitHub

💭💻🚀 Experience

Director of Product @ CHECK24

Dec 2019 - Present, MADRID
As Product Manager, my responsibilities cover a wide range of key functions. These include:

Reporting directly to the CEO
Responsible for product execution in a KPI-driven environment
Define and share the product vision with C-Level
Define the Product Roadmap for 3 teams
Lead Product Managers and Data Analytics teams
Align priorities of all teams
Translate business KPIs into product KPIs

Achievements

Launch Finance vertical as POC for the business in Spain
Launched comparison sites for 7 insurance lines of business
Integration of more than 20 insurers
+40pp 100% online insurance bookings May 2021 vs. May 2024 (50%)

CPTO @ Kleding.nl & Fashiola part of Lifull Connect

Jun 2017 - Dec 2019, POZULEO DE ALARCÓN - AMSTERDAM
As CPTO for Fashiola (fashion marketplace with a presence in over 23 countries), my responsibilities encompassed the intersection between product and technology, ensuring strategic and operational alignment to drive growth and innovation.

Achievements

Migration of the platform after the acquisition of Fashiola from the Netherlands to Spain and consolidation of international expansion, growing from 12 countries to 23.
+130% annual visits July 2017 vs. July 2019
Acquisition and integration of the main competitor: StyleLoungeGroup
Integration of the transactional platform in Vanitatis, fashion, beauty and celebrities headline of El Confidencial

Mobile & APP Director @ Rastreator.com

Oct 2012 - Jun 2017, MADRID - GURGAON (INDIA) - CARDIFF
My responsibility consisted of defining the company’s mobile first strategy, developing and growing the APP, and coordinating the Front-end team.

Multi-product Team Manager (2016)
As Director of the Multiproduct team, managing a team of 8 people, I was responsible for defining the strategy and implementing new products.

Business Analyst (2012-2014)
In this position, my responsibility consisted of gathering requirements, writing functional specifications, and reviewing and ensuring the quality of the applications developed.

Achievements

Launch and expansion of 4 new verticals (Telephony, Finance, Travel and Shopping) and more than 15 comparators
Design and implementation of the Rastreator Move APP, an online comparator of car-sharing and alternative mobility services
Integration of Línea Directa Aseguradora in the car, motorbike and home insurance comparison sites

CCO @ Marvel informática

2007-2012, GETAFE
I started as responsible for the management and supervision of the assembly line and equipment configuration, as well as warehouse administration and inventory control. After becoming COO, I was responsible for the operational management and maintenance of the business in the new offices.

Grupo de Análisis de Seguridad y Sistemas (UCM) @ UCM

2004-2006, MADRID
Member of the GASS research group belonging to the Complutense University of Madrid.

📌 On The Side

THIGA Academy / Entrenador en el Curso de Product Manager
2024 - Present, MADRID

The hero camp
2023 - Present, MADRID

Co-founder - Dulces & Co @ Dulces & Co Dec 2019
Caterinng, pastry and bakery workshop🍰🍪

Assitant @ International Congress of Mathematicians (2006)

Collaborate with the organization, helping the Congress attendees.

Sport assistant @ F.E.D.C. (2001-2006)

Collaborate with the athlete, taking charge of setting up the adaptation of the stand and helping him/her with the location of the target, the remaining time, etc.

🎤 Public Speaking

PM Summit 2024 - MÚNICH
Cloud Leadership Forum 2014 (Madrid & Barcelona, Spain, 2014)
IX Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información RECSI 2006 (Barcelona, Spain, 2006)