Barbara Bermes

Director of Product at Deel
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, CA
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Native or bilingual proficiency

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Annie L. Lin

It has been such a joy to work with Barbara. Barbara has taken on a myriad of big, complex challenges at Lever that have profound impact on the whole company and our customers. Whatever challenge came her way, she tackled it with a level of professionalism, level-headedness, grit, and integrity that I have so much respect and admiration for. As a leader, she takes full ownership of responsibility, demonstrates clear care and support for her team, and prioritizes what's best for the company. Lever is very much a stronger org and product because of Barbara!

Betty Fleming

Barbara was such a joy to work with. She was dedicated and knowledgeable in her role as Sr. Product Lead for Mobile at Mozilla, and brought a warmth and care for others to her role. I especially appreciated her reliability and willingness to help 'do what it takes' to get the job done. I hope our career paths cross again!

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Credentials

  • Stanford Introduction to Food and Health
    Stanford Online
    Dec, 2022
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Human Resources Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director of Product
      • Mar 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • VP of Product
      • Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

      Empower every professional to reach their full potential through learning • Hire and build a diverse and inclusive team of 8 ICs (PMs, PDs) including two managers • Build out product and design leveling and career path for equal career growth opportunities resulting in internal mobility/promotion • Lead with psychological safety, clear communication and context to drive business outcomes in a high-performing environment • Plan and build out quads/pods and verticals in collaboration with CTO and CEO for improved execution of projects and business goals • Establish solid data-driven product / feature framework to track progress and success per feature/release • Build out customer escalation and feature request prioritization framework to help increase NPS and CSAT • Voice of WorkRamp’s product strategy across all cross-functional teams and customers, frequent roadmap and strategy presentations • Foster strong partnership and alliance with cross-functional leaders to align on business goals Show less

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Head of Product
      • Jul 2020 - Nov 2021

      • Hired, retained and lead product, design and BI team with psychological safety, trust and transparency (total 14 people team)• Evangelized and enabled teams to execute on outcome-driven roadmaps with heavy focus on data-informed product decisions• Defined and communicated Lever's product strategy across all cross-functional teams• Served as a liaison between the product team and company’s stakeholders with great cross-functional empathy• Embody Lever's value in everything that I do daily, as much as I can: Know why, Raise the bar, Don't trust comfortable, Choose Reality, and Champion XFE Show less

    • Principal Technical Product Manager
      • May 2019 - Jul 2020

      • Build up and support team in Toronto to enable Lever as a competitive platform player• Work closely with partnership manager and partners to identify most imminent needs for integration• Understand evolving needs and challenges of Lever's customers, partners, and developers to ensure our APIs are tailored to meet their needs• Manage joint product development and roll-out with partners• Build and execute strategy for Lever's platform and ecosystem of apps to allow integrations to enable high-performant talent acquisition Show less

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Product Lead, Mobile
      • Sep 2018 - May 2019

      • Managing a team of Senior Product Managers to grow mobile browser portfolio• New user-centric product development, e.g. Firefox Preview, newest browser on Android • Qualitative and quantitative research to seek opportunities and needs of modern mobile users• Defining product strategy, key performance indicators and metrics for newproducts and features with measurable success criteria

    • Senior Product Manager, Firefox Mobile
      • Jun 2015 - Sep 2018

      • Successfully launched and grew new Firefox mobile products, e.g. leadingFirefox Focus, Firefox for FireTV from idea to creation• Working with stakeholders to identify, experiment with, and execute onnew opportunities that drive Firefox usage and distribution on Mobileplatforms• Collecting, gathering, evaluating and prioritizing feature requests based onqualitative and quantitative data• Press-trained as product spokesperson for Mozilla Germany

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Product Manager | Platforms (API, Partner & Mobile)
      • Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

      Managed OANDA's platform-wide products (API & Developer Program, Partner Program, Mobile)

    • Product Manager | API & Developer Program
      • Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

      • Launching OANDA’s first REST API and previously dormant APIs• Planning and execution of REST API beta program• Managing and implementing customer request during beta program• Launching dedicated developer portal• Engaging and liaising with individual traders and trading partners (B2B) via forums, Twitter and Github (e.g. converted forum trolls into supporters)• Serving as the internal and external evangelist for the API

    • Canada
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Architect | Mobile Web
      • Jan 2013 - Nov 2013

      • Being responsible for successfully designing and managing the integration of mobile web solutions and technologies• Being responsible for product architecture, design, requirement gathering, documentation and making technical recommendations• Advocating mobile web performance and hands-on lead advising the mobile web strategy and performance• Being responsible for the overall planning, execution and success of complex technical projects• Leading and driving the architecture of the hybrid mobile web foundation• Advancing and advocating standards for mobile products• Acting as a technical bridge between vendor products and developers• Defining and analyzing technical requirements for the implementation of mobile web solutions• Performing a technology assessment on each new product requirement• Collaborating with, and assisting product manager to define and create roadmap and communication plans including prioritization of feature requests and their delivery Show less

    • Senior Mobile Web Developer
      • Sep 2011 - Jan 2013

      -Enforcing mobile web performance guidelines and mobile web frameworks-Optimization of web and test workflows-Analysis of mobile web technologies as they apply or benefit CBC's infrastructure-Working closely and acting as internal consultant for project, account managers and content areas to produce and deliver mobile web products on time-Creating mobile web application prototypes

    • Programmer, Syndication & Mobile
      • Aug 2008 - Sep 2011

      Digital Programming & Business Development, Syndication Team. Responsible for implementing and supporting applications that acquire, re-purpose and distribute CBC content in various formats (multiple platforms, including web sites and portals, mobile and other portable devices, video on demand, and private and public display screens) to external clients

    • Programmer/Analyst
      • Sep 2007 - Jul 2008

      • Designing and developing News/Archive applications• Maintaining and enhancing election coverage systems and its communication to sophisticated graphic systems like VizRT and Inscriber• Decommission of Lotus Notes databases/ designing export/import functionalities using LotusScript• Technical support during election live coverageLanguages/Technologies used: VB.NET, VB6, LotusScript, PL/SQL and Oracle databases

    • Web Developer
      • Feb 2006 - Aug 2007

      • Designing and implementing web applications, e.g. newsletter tool, reporting tools, and web 2.0 sites including RSS/podcast capability • Enhancing, extending and modifying existing web and relational database applications • Client scripting with JavaScript • Bug fixing, tuning and cross-browser testing • Server maintenance, on-call duty Languages/Technologies used: ASP.NET, AJAX, ASP, CSS, HTML, C#, Javascript, MS SQL server, stored procedures, MS Access with VSS • Designing and implementing web applications, e.g. newsletter tool, reporting tools, and web 2.0 sites including RSS/podcast capability • Enhancing, extending and modifying existing web and relational database applications • Client scripting with JavaScript • Bug fixing, tuning and cross-browser testing • Server maintenance, on-call duty Languages/Technologies used: ASP.NET, AJAX, ASP, CSS, HTML, C#, Javascript, MS SQL server, stored procedures, MS Access with VSS

Education

  • Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
    Honours Bachelor, Computer Science
    1999 - 2004
  • Ryerson University
    Continuing Education, IT Project Management
    2011 - 2011
  • University of Toronto
    Certificate, Information Architecture - Basic (The iSchool Institute: Faculty of Information)
    2010 - 2010

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