Adrian Panait
About Adrian Panait
Adrian Panait is a Senior User Experience & Product Manager at Procter & Gamble, with extensive experience in IT and project management roles.
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Adrian Panait is the Senior User Experience & Product Manager at Procter & Gamble.
Current Position at Procter & Gamble
Adrian Panait currently works at Procter & Gamble as the Senior User Experience & Product Manager. His role involves employing strategic thinking and design thinking approaches to create product roadmaps in collaboration with IT and business teams since 2016.
Previous Roles at Procter & Gamble
Adrian Panait has held numerous positions at Procter & Gamble. He served as the IT Budget Manager for IT Manufacturing and IT Service Manager from 2016 to 2017 in Bucharest, Romania. From 2013 to 2016, he managed the Project Management Center of Excellence in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also led the Application Development Quality Management Team from 2010 to 2013 and was the Internal Controls Quality Manager from 2009 to 2010, as well as the IT Quality Manager from 2008 to 2009. Additionally, he served as the IDS Balkans Decision and Support Solutions Manager in 2007 and as the IT Distributors Team IT Manager from 2004 to 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
Experience at Erste Bank
Before his tenure at Procter & Gamble, Adrian Panait worked at Erste Bank as an SME Loans Officer based in Constanta, Romania, from 2000 to 2004. In this role, he focused on managing loans for small and medium-sized enterprises in the region.
Education and Expertise
Adrian Panait studied at Universitatea OVIDIUS din Constanta, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from 1996 to 2000. He is proficient in ideation techniques, prototyping, and conducting end-user interviews to enhance user experience and product development. His approach is informed by Gallup Strengths Finder to maximize both team and personal excellence. He has a strong focus on strategic thinking, with a commitment to identifying patterns and issues rapidly in the realm of product development.