Product Agilist

Hello, I’m
Balázs
Szamaranszký,

I help teams improve delivery flow, strengthen product thinking and adopt AI responsibly.

How I help

Improve delivery flow

I help teams visualise and manage work, reduce excessive work in progress, identify bottlenecks and improve predictability using flow metrics such as cycle time, throughput, work item age and service level expectations.


Strengthen product thinking

Drawing on my experience as a Product Owner and Requirements Engineer, I help organisations connect customer needs, business outcomes and delivery. I use product discovery, user story mapping, prototyping and evidence-based prioritisation to turn complex ideas into testable increments.


Develop effective teams

I coach teams and leaders to build trust, psychological safety, accountability and sustainable ways of working. My aim is not merely to implement Scrum events, but to help teams understand and improve the system in which they work.


Make decisions with evidence

I replace false certainty with transparent forecasting. I use historical delivery data, probabilistic forecasts and explicit policies to support more realistic planning and better stakeholder conversations.

Enable responsible AI adoption

I support the introduction of generative AI through practical education, governance, policies, use-case discovery and product ownership. My focus is on creating measurable organisational value while managing security, privacy and operational risks.

Certifications

Professional Scrum with Kanban I (2026)

ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Coaching (2025)

Professional Scrum Master™ (2022)

Project Management Institute – Agile Certified Practitioner (2022)

Professional Scrum Product Owner™  (2021)

Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Advanced Level (2021)

Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Foundation Level (2019)

Experience

AI Lead

October 2025 – Present

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  • Leading the company-wide AI Community of Practice and supporting practical AI adoption across teams.
  • Acting as Product Owner for Gemini Enterprise and coordinating its rollout and continuous improvement.
  • Facilitating the AI Governance Board and helping define governance principles, policies and responsible-use guidelines.
  • Designing and delivering foundational AI training for employees.
  • Identifying high-value AI use cases and supporting teams in turning them into practical solutions.
  • Connecting business needs, technology, security and compliance to enable responsible and measurable AI adoption.

Scrum Master
June 2023 – Present
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  • Coaching multiple product teams in applying Scrum and Kanban to improve flow, ownership and delivery predictability.
  • Introducing flow metrics, service level expectations and probabilistic forecasting to support evidence-based decision-making.
  • Facilitating team and cross-team planning, retrospectives, root-cause analysis and conflict-resolution workshops.
  • Coaching Product Owners and Business Analysts in product discovery, requirements engineering, user story mapping and evidence-based prioritisation.
  • Establishing and leading Communities of Practice for Product Owners, Project Managers and other delivery roles.
  • Contributing to organisational agility through explicit policies, improved release processes and reduced process overhead.
  • Supporting teams in managing technical debt, dependencies and sustainable delivery.

IT Product Owner
September 2021 – June 2023
iLogistics IT Solutions (cargo- partner)

  • Led agile development teams delivering digital logistics products.
  • Worked with business stakeholders to define product vision, roadmaps, user journeys and release priorities.
  • Applied user story mapping, prototyping and product discovery to identify MVPs and test product concepts.
  • Established new product teams, clarified roles and introduced effective ways of working across multiple teams.
  • Improved requirements and technical documentation through non-functional requirements, C4 models and diagrams as code.
  • Contributed to organisational agility through scaled retrospectives, Communities of Practice and improvements to release and product rollout processes.
  • Introduced practices including Design Sprints, Figma prototyping, OKRs and evidence-based product prioritisation.

Proxy Product Owner
March 2018 – September 2021
Siemens Healthcare, s.r.o

  • Led a product team working with Scrum, Kanban and Lean practices.
  • Evaluated feature proposals, business value and implementation options with stakeholders, architects and developers.
  • Conducted product discovery through Design Sprints, user interviews, prototyping and MVP definition.
  • Managed product roadmaps and backlogs based on business priorities, team capacity and technical constraints.
  • Translated product needs into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria and Gherkin scenarios.
  • Defined product KPIs and reported progress, risks and delivery status to management and steering boards.
  • Supported release planning, testing, documentation and production rollout.

Business Analyst
April 2016 – March 2018
Erste Group IT International

  • Close contact with clients, understanding their needs, priorities and creating good relations.
  • Analyzing, processing client requests and translating them to a form, which is comprehensible for the development team.
  • Responsibility for successfully closing of all client requests in time and in proper quality.
  • Analyzing the cost-effectiveness of the solutions and their technical realization.
  • Responsibility for creating correct estimates, solve budget issues and having correct project metrics.
  • Support with planning and leading product releases.
  • Making sure that all technical documentation is up-to-date and correct.
  • Delivering correct financial data for operational and project expenses.
  • Operating help-desk – solve client issues and questions

GTT Program Manager
Business Development Lead 
Web Production Lead
June 2014 – April 2016
IBM

  • Managed a global innovation programme, including planning, budgeting, metrics, governance and coordination across international teams.
  • Identified business opportunities, analysed client needs and supported solution development through the contracting process.
  • Translated business goals and digital strategy into web solutions, coordinating requirements, delivery teams, budgets and reporting.
  • Prepared and facilitated meetings with management and governance boards.

Education

Doctoral Studies in Advanced Theological Studies
2014 – Interrupted – Universität Wien, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät


Master of Hussite Theology, graduated with distinction
2011 – 2013 – Charles University in Prague, Hussite Theological Faculty


Bachelor of Evangelical Theology, graduated with distinction
2007 – 2010 – Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Department of Evangelical Theology

Language skills

Slovak and Hungarian – Native
English – Fluent, C1
German – Basic working proficiency, A1