Hi there, my name is
(pronounced [ˈtɒmaːʃ ˈsɒboː])
I am a product manager with diverse experience who also created a profitable software business from scratch.
I am open to new opportunities in Vienna, Austria.
Experience
Lensa
May 2025 - Present
• Owning product strategy for two key growth areas: traffic acquisition and the job recommendation engine.
• Managing and mentoring two Product Owners as direct reports, coaching them on team leadership and product delivery.
• Overseeing how Product Owners manage their respective cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
Crossover
Oct 2024 - May 2025
• Acting as the Product Manager for the talent sourcing and screening platform, overseeing changes and improvements.
• Managed sourcing processes, including vendor selection and advertising platforms.
• Directed the optimization of Google Ads campaigns, sourcing 20% of high-quality applicants.
• Led the creation of the mobile version of the AI Interview Bot, achieving a 50% increase in pass rates for that segment.
• Designed and oversaw the development of new solutions on the Salesforce platform to enhance business operations.
Smart Oxen Tech
Jun 2021 - Apr 2023
• Built a software business that gained great traction and served over 200 accountants who paid monthly subscription fees.
• Focused on customer acquisition and making small but meaningful product additions.
• Explored the possibilities of utilizing SEO, Google Ads and Facebook Ads to grow a software product's audience
• Sold this software company to a leading competitor.
Lensa
Dec 2018 - May 2021
• Worked on nearly the entire stack of the job board system.
• Increased conversion on landing pages (AB tests)
• Optimized the job seeker matching engine
• Conducted technical SEO-related experiments, optimizing for Google Jobs
• Job posting acquisition system building from the ground up
• Information extraction from job postings for better matching and searchability
• Worked closely with the R&D team to discover new opportunities and turn the findings into scalable, reliable parts of the system
Apertus Nonprofit
May 2016 - Nov 2018
• Largest project managed: building a learning management system for a postgraduate specialist training course for public servants from the ground up in 5 months, leading a 15-person team in cooperation with the National University of Public Service.
• Built a content management system to manage 20 websites simultaneously
• Created and maintained a system for faculty performance evaluation system
Atoll Technologies
Oct 2014 - Apr 2016
• Contributed to diverse client projects across industries, focusing on business processes and software configuration.
• Assisted project managers by reviewing requirement specifications.
• Introduced CMDB solutions for large companies, including UPC, ERSTE, Vodafone, and Magyar Telekom:
- Conducted interviews with service owners.
- Facilitated business process changes to maintain datasets.
- Configured software to meet specific client needs.
• Tested new developments on the K&H insurance portal.
Sometimes I write about the parts of the job that don't come with a playbook: the decisions, trade-offs, and occasional dysfunction that shape how products actually get built.
The Beginnings of My Accidental Entrepreneur Journey by Tamás Szabó
Read on Substack