Juan S. Granados

LinkedIn: /juansgranadosceballos

Product leader with 8 years driving 0-to-1 launches, strategic roadmaps, and team leadership across blockchain, retail/e-commerce, and infrastructure products. Turns ambiguous problems into aligned roadmaps, building and mentoring high-performing teams while driving measurable business outcomes.

Professional Experience

Thrackle Inc. | Remote

Technical Product Manager October 2024 - Present

• Led strategy, roadmap, and 0-to-1 launch of Forte Perpetuals and the Forte AMM across four asset classes, aligning a 30+ person team behind the roadmap. Directly manage an analyst, researcher, and designer.
• Authored the spec for the Forte Perpetuals SDK and API, detailing ~25 methods across trading, market data, account-state streaming, and order lifecycle. Benchmarked against incumbents to convert P0 parity gaps into engineering-ready PRDs.
• Drove a 40% increase in user conversion on the Perpetual DEX trading UI via UX optimizations sourced from trader interviews, backed by an analytics framework tying funnel data to product requirements.
• Closed Thrackle’s first paying customer, sourcing the lead and partnering with Marketing, Engineering, and Legal to close the deal.

Amberdata Inc. | Remote

Senior Product Manager
October 2023 - October 2024

• Owned the strategy and roadmap for Blockchain and DeFi products, launching Portfolio Management and Blockchain API initiatives that contributed a new $1MM revenue stream.
• Led a project to ingest, decode, and standardize blockchain data, cutting time to deliver new protocol support by 100% and improving operational efficiency.

Algorand Inc. | Boston, MA

Technical Product Manager
October 2022 - October 2023

• Led a key initiative to fully decentralize access to the Algorand network, eliminating reliance on “trusted” nodes and positioning Algorand as a leading decentralized platform.
• Optimized Algorand’s internal cloud infrastructure, reducing costs by 30% through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and process automation.

New Balance (NB) | Boston, MA

Digital Product Manager (Market Expansion)
July 2021 - October 2022

• Directed the vision and strategic roadmap for New Balance’s Market Expansion product vertical, integrating NB products into third-party marketplaces to unlock a $500M revenue stream. Directly managed an analyst.
• Launched and managed New Balance’s e-commerce APIs, achieving p99 uptime and building observability infrastructure to monitor and enhance API service quality.

Digital Associate Product Manager (Product Information)
November 2020 - July 2021

• Led the build of a Product Information Management (PIM) system and canonical data model across NA, APAC, EMEA, and LATAM, unlocking $5M in organizational value and cutting time-to-list by 66%.

Accenture Consulting | Charlotte, NC

Lead Product Owner / Product Owner
August 2018 - November 2020

• Led implementation of an enterprise asset management (EAM) platform, serving as primary client liaison and driving a $2MM reduction in operating costs through process automation.
• Led a 10-person Agile team managing a 200+ Story Point backlog for a material traceability platform, delivered ahead of schedule and sourcing a $19M implementation opportunity for Accenture’s Utilities practice.

Education

Duke University | Durham, NC

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Biology
August 2014 - May 2018

• Duke University Scholar Award Recipient

Skills & Interests

Skills: Team Leadership, People Management, Strategic Roadmapping, Executive Communication, 0-to-1 Product Launch, DeFi, Blockchain, Agile Methodologies, Cloud Infrastructure, API Design, SQL, Python, Git, Grafana, Databricks

Interests: Art History, Cryptography, Colombian Cuisine, DeFi, Startups, Algorithms