Vanessa Costa

Overview

Based in Rio de Janeiro. I lead onboarding and activation at Petrobras. Grew growth revenue from $8 million to $55 million ARR. Killed 5 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for. Before that: Embraer and PwC. Most at home with HIPAA and growth.

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Experience

1. Group Product Manager

   Dec 2025 - Present
   Petrobras · 11 mo · Full-time · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   • Grew growth revenue from $9 million to $51 million ARR.
   • Launched the growth product in 6 markets.
2. Associate Product Manager

   Dec 2022 - Dec 2025
   Embraer · 3 yr · Contract · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   • Took growth activation from 20% to 42% in three quarters.
3. Senior Product Manager

   May 2019 - Dec 2022
   PwC · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new growth customers from 15 days to 1.
4. Associate Product Manager

   Sep 2015 - May 2019
   Clip · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   • Ran 149 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Launched the growth product in 4 markets.
5. Associate Product Manager

   Oct 2014 - Jul 2015
   Natura &Co · 9 mo · Full-time · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   • Ran 139 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.

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Education

1. Universidad de Chile

   Ingeniería, Design
   2010 - 2014