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Matthew Barta

Product Manager
User Researcher
Customer Success Manager
Seattle, WA, US
Product Management
Process Improvement
Risk Management
Customer Experience
Process Optimization
Cross-functional collaboration
UX
Agile
Agile Project Management
Scrum Method
Mock-ups
Web3
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Product Manager | Agile, Innovative, Process Improvement | SaaS Product Development
As a Product Manager at Neon One, I leverage my 13+ years of experience and multiple certifications in Agile, Scrum, and SAFe to create software solutions for nonprofits and social good organizations. I am passionate about solving real-world problems and improving lives with impactful and innovative products. I have a holistic and enterprise-wide background in bridging the gap between business and technology stakeholders, defining product strategy, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering user-centric solutions. I excel at applying my expertise in Web3, AI/ML, UX/UI, and SaaS to the unique challenges and opportunities in the social sector. I am also a servant leader and facilitator who values collaboration, communication, and continuous improvement. My mission is to own the product vision and roadmap and to empower my team and customers to achieve their goals.

Projects

Web Portfolio

I've been fortunate enough to be on some amazing teams. As a true servant leader I can only attribute the success of each product to that cross functional team, I am but a facilitator. I've done SaaS products, Community services Products, Fundraising, Finance and that comes with a deep connection to all their subsequent UX. From low to high fidelity projects, and from technical behind the scenes to hands on with customer interviews. I live product up and down.See More

Work History

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Product Manager

Neon OneJul 2023 - Jan 2025 • 1 yr 7 mosled end-to-end product development efforts that help mission-driven organizations connect with their supporters, increase giving, and simplify campaign execution. ✨ Key Outcomes & Focus Areas: Modernized a legacy fundraising platform into a scalable, self-service, and mobile-friendly experience, enabling organizations to better engage their audiences and manage events with ease. Introduced innovative fundraising tools that empowered individuals and teams to creatively engage donors through flexible giving experiences. Improved donor engagement and retention by redesigning core constituent-facing experiences to be more intuitive, accessible, and data-rich. Enabled broader access and inclusivity through language accessibility features and streamlined onboarding for both nonprofits and donors. Boosted platform performance and reliability by prioritizing tech debt reduction, scalability enhancements, and process modernization across key product areas. Led cross-functional teams to ship user-centered solutions and ensure alignment across product, engineering, support, and business stakeholders. I bring a strong bias for action, a deep curiosity about user behavior, and a constant drive to simplify the complex — helping organizations do more good, more efficiently.
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Senior Product Manager

The Solana SanctuaryJul 2021 - Jul 2023 • 2 yrs 1 moMatthew's expertise in product development management shone through during his time at The Solana Sanctuary, a startup focused on Web3 data refinement and development. He successfully launched The Entangler and The Reloader Products, revitalized numerous projects, and engaged with communities to understand market trends and strategies. By securing initial funding and establishing an internship program, Matthew emphasized education and giving back. He fostered employee growth and mentorship, maintained comprehensive product roadmaps, and made crucial decisions to ensure success. His commitment to collaboration and inclusivity led to innovative solutions in both B2C and B2B operations at Sanctuary. Product ethos: In-depth Insights, Vision and ideation, MVP and road-mapping, Continuous iteration, Exceptional communication.
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Project and Program

Genesis Financial SolutionsJul 2019 - Jul 2021 • 2 yrs 1 moAt Genesis, Matthew played a crucial role in the establishment of a comprehensive Project Management space, where he was brought on board to spearhead the development of a Project Management Office (PMO). In this capacity, he successfully streamlined the project intake, management, and execution processes, demonstrating his versatility as both a Project Manager and a generalist PMO. Matthew took the initiative to construct an Operations and Risk Confluence site from scratch and meticulously designed a project intake methodology, as well as a Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC). With his exceptional organizational skills, he managed a vast portfolio of work and implemented a workflow that made projects easily visible to stakeholders, users, and project leads. To further enhance the company's project management efficiency, Matthew led a company-wide training initiative, educating project leads on the PDLC process he had designed.
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BA / PO

Genesis Financial SolutionsNov 2020 - Jun 2021 • 8 mosGenesis reshaped its business with a massive 2-year long changeover of all systems of record. Here the BA's led the charge in converting massive requirements into technical stories, mapping current and future state, as well as performing UAT Testing through sprints.
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Scrum Master

Genesis Financial SolutionsJan 2015 - Jul 2019 • 4 yrs 7 mosMy continued work here at Genesis evolved into taking on SCRUM for our Private Label Platform. In this role, I filled the need for a dynamic leader to help the team navigate the business, its requirements and to create a feedback loop to ensure the best team normality; helping to nurture the team to a more normalized flow.
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Software QA Engineer

Genesis Financial SolutionsMar 2011 - Jul 2019 • 8 yrs 5 mosStrong focus in SQA Testing & Methodologies including: Test plans, cases and acceptance criteria where I was an integral part of a massive, transformation project to create a new platform from the ground up to support a new client which doubled the size of the company (both personnel and revenue) in only six months.
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Unit Manager

HSBCSep 2005 - Jul 2010 • 4 yrs 11 mos

Education

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Portland State University

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies2014 - 2017
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Portland Community College

Associate of Arts (A.A.), Business IT2010 - 2014
M

Minneapolis Community College

Associates of Sound Arts2003

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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Product Manager | Agile, Innovative, Process Improvement | SaaS Product Development
As a Product Manager at Neon One, I leverage my 13+ years of experience and multiple certifications in Agile, Scrum, and SAFe to create software solutions for nonprofits and social good organizations. I am passionate about solving real-world problems and improving lives with impactful and innovative products. I have a holistic and enterprise-wide background in bridging the gap between business and technology stakeholders, defining product strategy, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering user-centric solutions. I excel at applying my expertise in Web3, AI/ML, UX/UI, and SaaS to the unique challenges and opportunities in the social sector. I am also a servant leader and facilitator who values collaboration, communication, and continuous improvement. My mission is to own the product vision and roadmap and to empower my team and customers to achieve their goals.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like Matthew are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Matthew Barta

Product Manager
User Researcher
Customer Success Manager
Seattle, WA, US
Product Management
Process Improvement
Risk Management
Customer Experience
Process Optimization
Cross-functional collaboration
UX
Agile
Agile Project Management
Scrum Method
Mock-ups
Web3
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Projects

Web Portfolio

I've been fortunate enough to be on some amazing teams. As a true servant leader I can only attribute the success of each product to that cross functional team, I am but a facilitator. I've done SaaS products, Community services Products, Fundraising, Finance and that comes with a deep connection to all their subsequent UX. From low to high fidelity projects, and from technical behind the scenes to hands on with customer interviews. I live product up and down.

Work History

N

Product Manager

Neon OneJul 2023 - Jan 2025 • 1 yr 7 mosled end-to-end product development efforts that help mission-driven organizations connect with their supporters, increase giving, and simplify campaign execution. ✨ Key Outcomes & Focus Areas: Modernized a legacy fundraising platform into a scalable, self-service, and mobile-friendly experience, enabling organizations to better engage their audiences and manage events with ease. Introduced innovative fundraising tools that empowered individuals and teams to creatively engage donors through flexible giving experiences. Improved donor engagement and retention by redesigning core constituent-facing experiences to be more intuitive, accessible, and data-rich. Enabled broader access and inclusivity through language accessibility features and streamlined onboarding for both nonprofits and donors. Boosted platform performance and reliability by prioritizing tech debt reduction, scalability enhancements, and process modernization across key product areas. Led cross-functional teams to ship user-centered solutions and ensure alignment across product, engineering, support, and business stakeholders. I bring a strong bias for action, a deep curiosity about user behavior, and a constant drive to simplify the complex — helping organizations do more good, more efficiently.
T

Senior Product Manager

The Solana SanctuaryJul 2021 - Jul 2023 • 2 yrs 1 moMatthew's expertise in product development management shone through during his time at The Solana Sanctuary, a startup focused on Web3 data refinement and development. He successfully launched The Entangler and The Reloader Products, revitalized numerous projects, and engaged with communities to understand market trends and strategies. By securing initial funding and establishing an internship program, Matthew emphasized education and giving back. He fostered employee growth and mentorship, maintained comprehensive product roadmaps, and made crucial decisions to ensure success. His commitment to collaboration and inclusivity led to innovative solutions in both B2C and B2B operations at Sanctuary. Product ethos: In-depth Insights, Vision and ideation, MVP and road-mapping, Continuous iteration, Exceptional communication.
G

Project and Program

Genesis Financial SolutionsJul 2019 - Jul 2021 • 2 yrs 1 moAt Genesis, Matthew played a crucial role in the establishment of a comprehensive Project Management space, where he was brought on board to spearhead the development of a Project Management Office (PMO). In this capacity, he successfully streamlined the project intake, management, and execution processes, demonstrating his versatility as both a Project Manager and a generalist PMO. Matthew took the initiative to construct an Operations and Risk Confluence site from scratch and meticulously designed a project intake methodology, as well as a Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC). With his exceptional organizational skills, he managed a vast portfolio of work and implemented a workflow that made projects easily visible to stakeholders, users, and project leads. To further enhance the company's project management efficiency, Matthew led a company-wide training initiative, educating project leads on the PDLC process he had designed.
G

BA / PO

Genesis Financial SolutionsNov 2020 - Jun 2021 • 8 mosGenesis reshaped its business with a massive 2-year long changeover of all systems of record. Here the BA's led the charge in converting massive requirements into technical stories, mapping current and future state, as well as performing UAT Testing through sprints.
G

Scrum Master

Genesis Financial SolutionsJan 2015 - Jul 2019 • 4 yrs 7 mosMy continued work here at Genesis evolved into taking on SCRUM for our Private Label Platform. In this role, I filled the need for a dynamic leader to help the team navigate the business, its requirements and to create a feedback loop to ensure the best team normality; helping to nurture the team to a more normalized flow.
G

Software QA Engineer

Genesis Financial SolutionsMar 2011 - Jul 2019 • 8 yrs 5 mosStrong focus in SQA Testing & Methodologies including: Test plans, cases and acceptance criteria where I was an integral part of a massive, transformation project to create a new platform from the ground up to support a new client which doubled the size of the company (both personnel and revenue) in only six months.
H

Unit Manager

HSBCSep 2005 - Jul 2010 • 4 yrs 11 mos

Education

P

Portland State University

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies2014 - 2017
P

Portland Community College

Associate of Arts (A.A.), Business IT2010 - 2014
M

Minneapolis Community College

Associates of Sound Arts2003

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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