Thea Trillanes
About Thea Trillanes
Thea Trillanes is a Junior Product Manager at NextPay, where she has worked since 2023. She has a background in UX design and holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University.
Work at NextPay
Thea Trillanes currently serves as a Junior Product Manager at NextPay, a company that is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch. She has held this position since 2023, working remotely. Prior to her current role, she worked at NextPay as a UX Designer from 2022 to 2023 for a duration of four months. Additionally, she was a UX Design Intern at the same company in 2022 for four months, gaining valuable experience in user experience design.
Education and Expertise
Thea Trillanes has a solid educational background in management and design. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University, completing her studies from 2015 to 2019. In 2021, she pursued further education in User Experience Design at UX+, where she completed a four-month program. Additionally, she studied Business Administration and Management at Korea University in 2017 for eleven months.
Background
Thea Trillanes has diverse work experience in product management and design. Her career began with an internship at First Metro Securities Brokerage Corporation in 2018, where she worked in product development for one month. She later served as a Business Intelligence and Strategy Intern at Edukasyon.ph from 2019 to 2020 for three months. Following that, she worked as a Partnerships Associate at Eskwelabs from 2020 to 2021, gaining experience in collaboration and strategy.
Previous Roles
Before her current role as a Junior Product Manager, Thea Trillanes held various positions that contributed to her skill set. She worked as a UX Design Intern at NextPay in 2022 for four months, where she focused on user experience projects. Her role as a Partnerships Associate at Eskwelabs from 2020 to 2021 allowed her to engage with different stakeholders, enhancing her understanding of business dynamics.