
Felipe Salles
Lead Conumer Focused Product Teams | Ex-Toyota, Amazon, Verizon

Cox School of Business
Toyota Financial Services
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About
Felipe’s Product Management Qualifications
Experience level: Director of Product
10+ people coached for Product Management
Welcome to my profile! With over two decades of experience in product management and leadership roles at top companies like Toyota, Amazon, and Verizon, I bring a wealth of knowledge to help you excel in your product management career. I have successfully led multiple product management teams, focusing on AI, connected services, and digital innovations, and have a proven track record of delivering customer-centric solutions. My coaching approach is tailored to your unique needs, whether you're looking to refine your product strategy, enhance your leadership skills, or navigate complex organizational dynamics. Having coached 18 individuals to achieve their career goals, I'm here to guide you on your journey to becoming a standout product manager. Let's connect and create a plan to elevate your career!
Felipe can help with:
AI Product Design
AI Roadmap Development
Behavioral Interview Prep
User Research & Insights Automation
Work Experience
Manager Emerging Channels
Toyota Financial Services
August 2025 - Present
principal product manager
toyotanorthamerica.com
June 2022 - August 2025
Leading multiple product management teams for remote services, AI, connected services, connected safety services , audio, and digital key. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Product Development and +2 skills
Director of Data Governance, Platform and Applications
toyotanorthamerica.com
November 2017 - June 2022
Leading multiple agile teams delivering mobile applications for remote service, electric vehicle services, voice agents and big data platform. Chief Product Owner for the product P&L, product vision and roadmap, collaborating with internal stakeholders and focusing on customer value to write stories and epics, manage backlog, iterative delivery, continuous integration and ongoing DevOps. Work directly with internal and external customers to create a distinguished product line that sets our brands apart from the competition.
SVP, Advanced Technologies
toyotanorthamerica.com
November 2015 - November 2017
Managed internal and external delivery team for customer-facing web and mobile portal that performs account management and service enrollment for all customers across North America. This portal is the entry point into the brand experience and multimedia services. Managed, designed and improved processes for reporting and business intelligence. Oversaw operational readiness of Toyota and Lexus by partnering with divisions, marketing, and training organizations.
Technology Consultant
TopMD
June 2015 - November 2015
Consulting engagement with CLn Skin Care to drive operational and technology improvements. Responsible for improvements to daily business operations, inside sales processes, CRM, fulfillment logistics, business intelligence, and e-commerce platform. Additionally responsible for e-commerce and increasing online sales, systems integration and support, on-premise and cloud technology platforms, and all technology decisions and infrastructure.

Sales Operations Manager
Amazon
July 2014 - June 2015
Managed global team accountable for nationwide lead acquisition and CRM activities to provide lead pipeline to sales team. Collaborated on lead scoring activities with data scientists to improve lead quality and improve sales team efficiency. Delivered strategic initiatives, sales system integrations, and provided nationwide sales center support to decrease lead acquisition costs and improve productivity.

Business Intelligence Manager
Verizon
June 2012 - July 2014
Led team utilizing Six Sigma methodologies to improve cross-functional collaboration, streamline processes, and improve governance structure. Identified opportunities through voice-of-the-customer data analysis to launch process improvement program across the enterprise.

Quality Assurance Manager
Verizon
June 2010 - June 2012
Product Owner for an automated service quality optimization program, improving bandwidth and stability for customers and reducing fixed operations expense. Managed the Quality Assurance Program over 13 locations in 5 countries and over 8,000 vendor and internal representatives

Director, Global Operations and Support
Verizon
February 2007 - June 2010
Led the call center operations support organization, overseeing training, quality assurance, product readiness, procedural excellence, reporting and analytics for global tech support operations. Supported the launch of new products and services across numerous consumer and small business product and service offerings, to improve adoption, minimize support incidents, and focus on customer service.
Education

Cox School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance
2009 - 2011
Graduated Magna Cum Laude

The Wharton School (UPenn)
BS Economics, Dual Concentration in Data Science and Management
1999 - 2003