Product Manager for delivery operations.
Turning courier and driver workflows into reliable products.
PM @ Getir
Ankara, TR
“TALK, PLAN AND BUILD”
- 7 yrs in tech
- Cross domain
- QA → Product
01 — About
Hi, I'm Bulut. I started out in QA and moved into product a few years ago. Today I'm the product manager for Getir's delivery app, the one our couriers and drivers use every day.
My work is cross-domain, so I deal with a lot of business teams every day. Most of my days are spent with backend, mobile and QA engineers, figuring out what to build next so the delivery operation keeps running.
I like hard problems. Honestly, when things get too quiet I get a bit bored. I make mistakes along the way, I see what they cause, and that usually shows me what to do next. What happened, happened. You learn and move on.
Lately I've been learning Generative AI and building things with AI tools. This site is one of those experiments.
“It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” — Rocky Balboa
Why I Chose to Become a Product Manager
I was never the kid who just used things. I wanted to know how they worked and how they could work better. That curiosity is pretty much what brought me to product management.
Growing up I played basketball and dreamed about the NBA. I knew it probably wouldn't happen, but I kept going anyway: extra practice, injuries, then back to practice. Quitting never really crossed my mind.
Product work feels a lot like that. There's never enough time, never enough people, and always more requests than you can handle. I enjoy that part, and I like seeing what my decisions actually change for the people using the product. Still, if you ask me, I'd rather be playing in the NBA :D
Interests
Professionally
- 0 to 1
- Data-driven product
- Mobile
- Internal tools & panels
- Generative AI
Beyond work
- Basketball
- Music production
- Dancing with chaos
02 — Experience
Jan 2024 — PresentGetirProduct Manager
- Strategic Roadmap & Performance Management: Managing product roadmaps and tracking OKRs and KPIs to align product goals with business outcomes.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders to drive continuous product and business development.
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Collaborating directly with Mobile, Backend, Frontend, and Data teams to manage and scale products with a holistic, 360-degree perspective.
Jun 2021 — Dec 2023GetirSoftware Quality Assurance Engineer
- Elevating Product Quality: Driving continuous improvement to significantly enhance the overall quality and reliability of the products.
- Test Documentation & Design: Preparing comprehensive quality-related documentation and designing detailed test cases for end-to-end coverage.
- Scaling Test Automation: Integrating automation frameworks into the testing lifecycle to expand test coverage and accelerate delivery.
Aug 2019 — Jun 2021EricssonSoftware Test Engineer
- Manual Testing & Methodologies: Thorough Manual, Blackbox, and Whitebox testing to minimize software defects.
- Automation & API: Strong API Automation solutions to verify integration and system stability.
- Process Management: Efficient Test Planning and Release Management focused on minimizing risks and meeting project deadlines.
Jan 2019 — May 2019Türk TraktörBusiness Development Associate
- Conducted data analysis, data gathering, and market research to support strategic decision-making and product optimization.
- Created a heat map visualization to identify trends and guide business decisions.
- Applied optimization techniques using advanced Excel tools such as Solver and VBA automation.
- Utilized SAP and Microsoft Office for data processing, reporting, and performance tracking.
- Tools & technologies: Microsoft Excel (Solver, VBA), SAP.
03 — Education
2013 — 2019Cankaya UniversityBachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
- Undergraduate studies in industrial engineering (systems, optimization, and operations).
04 — Skills
- I'm doing
- Roadmap Planning / KPI Tracking / Cross-functional Collaboration / Lead cross-domain products / Build 0 to 1
- I'm using
- JIRA / Confluence / Mixpanel / Newrelic / Braze / Figma / Firebase
- I'm learning
- Vibe Coding / Generative AI