Christine van Wyk

Senior Product Manager at LabXchange
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City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, ZA

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Jess Hitchcock

Christiné is a fantastic product manager. For the past few years, Christiné has successfully managed a cross-functional squad consisting of UX and product designers, mobile and backend software engineers as well as analysts. During the time I have known her, she has been tasked with many difficult challenges and every time she succeeds, her scope is increased. I attribute her success to two key traits: curiosity and empathy. Christiné is forever asking questions and, when nobody has the answers, she is not afraid to get her hands dirty and work things out for herself. As an example, she single-handedly conducted the analysis of a pre/post experiment using the analytics tool Amplitude - a task that is usually conducted by a dedicated analyst. Christiné is also an active listener and assimilates ideas and thoughts from people from different parts of the business to develop novel ways to improve the product. Her empathy is evident in the continuous attention she gives to solving both user and team challenges. Christiné adds value, insight and perspective wherever she goes, and I know that she will continue to do so throughout her career. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you.

Clara van Staden

I was an engineer on Christine's squad at GoDaddy. As product manager, Christine was exceptionally capable and ensured that priorities were clear for engineers in an setting with many divergent streams. Our users were always top of mind for Christine and she championed what would be best for our users. When challenges arose, Christine took a pragmatic, reasonable approach that delivered immediate value but kept the long term vision in mind. Any team would be fortunate to have Christine on board.

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Credentials

  • Section4 Certified Data & Analytics
    Section4
    Mar, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Section4 Certified Product Experimentation
    Section4
    Nov, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Section4 Certified Product Strategist
    Section4
    May, 2021
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Product Manager
      • Nov 2022 - Present

      I lead the platform product of LabXchange to drive growth and enable scaling. LabXchange is a Harvard University-based not-for-profit science education project funded by the Amgen Foundation. LabXchange is on a mission to give students everywhere equal opportunities to prepare for and be successful in science. We want to make the best digital science education available to teachers and students worldwide for free through an advanced, flexible, and interactive learning platform. We are a diverse team of 70+ spread globally with clusters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lahore, Pakistan, and Cape Town, South Africa. My employment is through Learning Sandbox (LSB), an education technology consultancy in South Africa. Show less

    • United States
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Core Product Manager
      • Apr 2022 - Nov 2022

      Responsible for creating and capturing value by extending a product's functionality and market into incremental and adjacent areas through building an Instant Video Maker leveraging AI for aesthetic recommendation to help business owners create branded video assets faster to increase engagement on social platforms.I led the mobile experimentation guild of three mobile apps to share insights and foster cross-product and company learning between 80 product managers.

    • Senior Growth Product Manager
      • Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

      GoDaddy acquired Over in February 2020.Responsible for driving user growth (retention and engagement) for Go Daddy Studio, supporting the mission of empowering everyday entrepreneurs to create impactful content faster and grow their businesses online.

    • Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
    • Associate Product Manager
      • Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

      Responsible for increasing New User Activation (connecting more users to value - Growth) on a global content creation app (1.7 MAU, 70% US-based, Android, iOS, Web). Responsible for increasing New User Activation (connecting more users to value - Growth) on a global content creation app (1.7 MAU, 70% US-based, Android, iOS, Web).

    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Product Manager
      • Oct 2018 - May 2019

      Pivoted to Product Management responsible for launching a new insurance product offering (Funeral Cover) to market which increased sales by 45%. Defined the post-sale product strategy and roadmap, including self-service dashboards and transactional communication campaigns.

    • Product Designer
      • Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

      Product Designer assisting with digitising the insurance processes for the leading insurance provider in Southern Africa (Sanlam)

    • South Africa
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Product Designer & Front-End Developer
      • Nov 2013 - Dec 2017

      Product Designer for multiple software and startup clients, and expanded my role to include front-end engineering. Product Designer for multiple software and startup clients, and expanded my role to include front-end engineering.

    • France
    • Travel Arrangements
    • Guest Services Manager
      • Aug 2013 - Nov 2013
    • United States
    • Computer and Network Security
    • UI Designer
      • Feb 2013 - Jul 2013

      Designed the interface, interactions and animations of e-learning courses for this key player in educational software. Designed the interface, interactions and animations of e-learning courses for this key player in educational software.

Education

  • Stellenbosch University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Visual Communication Design
    2009 - 2012

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