How do you turn a complex business challenge into a valuable software product? At Gomibo Platforms, that question is central to the work of a Product Manager.
Our story began with Belsimpel, an online telecom retailer. Selling phones and subscriptions involves much more than running a webshop: behind every order are processes for comparing offers, managing contracts, handling payments and getting products to customers. To connect and improve these processes, we developed our own software. What started as technology for our own business became the foundation for a separate company: Gomibo Platforms. Today, we offer that technology as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, helping other telecom companies manage their online and in-store sales and the operations behind them.
That shift from e-commerce to SaaS brings a new challenge: a solution that works well for Belsimpel must also support companies with different customers, processes and priorities. Our Product Managers help turn those different needs into a shared platform as they decide where to standardise or enable configurability and which improvements will deliver the most value.
As a Product Manager, you connect user needs, business goals and technical possibilities. You investigate problems, weigh competing interests and work with designers and software engineers to decide what to build next. For Engineering students, this brings together familiar themes such as analysing complex systems and improving processes, but also making decisions with limited resources and managing technical and non-technical stakeholders. Product management puts these skills into practice at the intersection of business and technology.
During the event, we’ll introduce Gomibo Platforms and the fundamentals of the Product Manager role. You’ll then work in small groups on an interactive case inspired by our own practice. By gathering information, discussing trade-offs and presenting your choices, you’ll experience how a Product Manager approaches a challenge and how your IEM/ME/SC background can be applied in practice. At the end of the event, you can chat with some colleagues who can answer any questions you have while enjoying a cold beer!
What: Borrel Lecture with Gomibo Platforms
Where: Belsimpel Hoofdkantoor, Grote Markt 21, 9712 HR Groningen
When: 4th of December | 16:00 - 18:00
Who: Master's students have priority
