About

Sofia Silva

10+ years of experience defining technical vision, scaling platforms, and aligning c-level stakeholders across startups and enterprise.

 

Expert in AI interfaces, Conversational AI, VoC- driven product strategy, and solving complex cross-discipline product challenges.

cembia@gmail.com

+31 618 570 382

Linkedin

Experience

Founding Product and Customer Experience Lead

Levity

Aug 2021 — Present

Remote, Amsterdam

— Owned end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a no-code AI automation platform, scaling it from 0 to $4M ARR in 2 years.

— Designed and delivered AI-powered customer experiences, integrating voice assistants, LLM workflows, and automation.

— Acted as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, influencing product vision and roadmap through data-driven VoC programs and cross-functional collaboration, supporting 20% MoM revenue growth in Q1 2025.

— Led backlog prioritization and set up success metrics and KPIs for product features and modules.

— Built and led a product team and go-to-market development and go-to-market success.

— Managed project budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure on-time and on- budget delivery.

— Mentored and coached team members to develop their skills and achieve their career goals.

Digital Transformation Lead CX Consultant

Backbase

Nov 2018 — Jul 2019

Amsterdam

— Led CX transformation for BRD Bank in alignment with EU regulatory frameworks (PSD2/GDPR), deploying an omnichannel banking platform adopted by 1M+ users; drove 23% YoY user growth.

— Orchestrated cross-functional delivery between engineering, compliance, content, and UX to resolve roadmap blockers and deliver against CX KPIs.

— Initiated a customer feedback program (VoC loop) that influenced roadmap items, achieving 15% growth in upsell opportunities through improved information discoverability and UX.

— Scaled design across Enterprise SaaS platforms and created connected device design.

Product and Research Lead

Creative AI

Dec 2017 — Oct 2019

Amsterdam

— Developed early-stage prototypes for AI-generated content workflows aimed at creative teams in FMCG and advertising.

— Collaborated with design, engineering, and research teams in a fast-growing startup environment to explore product-market fit for AI platform.

Customer Experience Specialist, Global Campaigns

Adidas

Sep 2014 — Aug 2017

Amsterdam

— Led design and implementation of user testing protocols across 50+ markets, improving CTRs by 20% and conversions by up to 8% within 1 month of launch.

— Pioneered the use of user testing in global campaigns, enabling higher click- through rates resulting in increased conversion.

— Created global UX governance and testing frameworks for global digital campaigns, including A/B testing, wireframing, and journey optimizations.

— Defined digital strategy plans for campaigns together with business units and stakeholders based on a wide range of data: Analytics, SEO, Retail, Social, PR and KPI’s.

— Matured UX and project methodologies by creating a Center of Excellence (COE).

Skills

Leadership

 

• Cross-functional Collaboration

• Global Team Coordination
• Thought-Leadership
• Presentations and Workshops

• Knowledge Sharing & Coaching

Communication & Collaboration

 

  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Stakeholder Communication

Strategic & Creative Oversight

 

  • Creative Strategy Development
  • Talent Relations & Management
  • Creative Direction Oversight
  • Brand Alignment

Education

Executive MBA

IE Business School, Madrid

Apr 2024 — Exp. Dec 2025

A globally focused, Executive MBA designed to accelerate path into to C-suite through global business sprints, strategic leadership training, and project-based learning
Honors: Change Management, Sales & Marketing Management, Technology and Innovation Management

MSc. Complexity Sciences

ISCTE, University of Lisbon

Sep 2011 — Jul 2016

Focus on Collective Intelligence and Self-Organizing Systems.
Master thesis: "An experiment about the impact of social influence on the wisdom of the crowd effect"

Comm. Technologies

University of Aveiro

Sep 2003 — Jul 2007

Advanced systems design,HCI, UX evaluation, accessibility and digital media theory.

Recommendations

“Alexandra brings sunshine to creative teams. Her optimism, problem-solving, and clear communication drive success.”

Client, Driftwell

 

“Alexandra is hungry to tackle new challenges. She’s delightful with clients and can diffuse a tense room with her laugh.”

Creative Director, Creative Agency XYZ

Certifications

Six Sigma Black Belt, 2025

Cloud Computing

Change Management Certified

® 2025 Sofia Silva. All rights reserved

cembia@gmail.com   |  +31 618 570 382   |   Linkedin →

About

10+ years of experience defining technical vision, scaling platforms, and aligning c-level stakeholders across startups and enterprise.

 

Expert in AI interfaces, Conversational AI, VoC- driven product strategy, and solving complex cross-discipline product challenges.

Experience

Founding Product and Customer

Experience Lead

Levity

Aug 2021 — Present

Remote, Amsterdam

— Owned end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a no-code AI automation platform, scaling it from 0 to $4M ARR in 2 years.

— Designed and delivered AI-powered customer experiences, integrating voice assistants, LLM workflows, and automation.

— Acted as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, influencing product vision and roadmap through data-driven VoC programs and cross-functional collaboration, supporting 20% MoM revenue growth in Q1 2025.

— Led backlog prioritization and set up success metrics and KPIs for product features and modules.

— Built and led a product team and go-to-market development and go-to-market success.

— Managed project budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure on-time and on- budget delivery.

— Mentored and coached team members to develop their skills and achieve their career goals.

Digital Transformation Lead CX Consultant

Backbase

Nov 2018 — Jul 2019

Amsterdam

— Led CX transformation for BRD Bank in alignment with EU regulatory frameworks (PSD2/GDPR), deploying an omnichannel banking platform adopted by 1M+ users; drove 23% YoY user growth.

— Orchestrated cross-functional delivery between engineering, compliance, content, and UX to resolve roadmap blockers and deliver against CX KPIs.

— Initiated a customer feedback program (VoC loop) that influenced roadmap items, achieving 15% growth in upsell opportunities through improved information discoverability and UX.

— Scaled design across Enterprise SaaS platforms and created connected device design.

Product and Research Lead

Creative AI

Dec 2017 — Oct 2019

Amsterdam

— Developed early-stage prototypes for AI-generated content workflows aimed at creative teams in FMCG and advertising.

— Collaborated with design, engineering, and research teams in a fast-growing startup environment to explore product-market fit for AI platform.

Customer Experience Specialist, Global Campaigns

Adidas

Sep 2014 — Aug 2017

Amsterdam

— Led design and implementation of user testing protocols across 50+ markets, improving CTRs by 20% and conversions by up to 8% within 1 month of launch.

— Pioneered the use of user testing in global campaigns, enabling higher click- through rates resulting in increased conversion.

— Created global UX governance and testing frameworks for global digital campaigns, including A/B testing, wireframing, and journey optimizations.

— Defined digital strategy plans for campaigns together with business units and stakeholders based on a wide range of data: Analytics, SEO, Retail, Social, PR and KPI’s.

— Matured UX and project methodologies by creating a Center of Excellence (COE).

Skills

Leadership

 

• Cross-functional Collaboration

• Global Team Coordination
• Thought-Leadership
• Presentations and Workshops

• Knowledge Sharing & Coaching

Communication & Collaboration

 

  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Stakeholder Communication

Strategic & Creative Oversight

 

  • Creative Strategy Development
  • Talent Relations & Management
  • Creative Direction Oversight
  • Brand Alignment

Education

Executive MBA

IE Business School, Madrid

Apr 2024 — Exp. Dec 2025

A globally focused, Executive MBA designed to accelerate path into to C-suite through global business sprints, strategic leadership training, and project-based learning
Honors: Change Management, Sales & Marketing Management, Technology and Innovation Management

MSc. Complexity Sciences

ISCTE, University of Lisbon

Sep 2011 — Jul 2016

Focus on Collective Intelligence and Self-Organizing Systems.
Master thesis: "An experiment about the impact of social influence on the wisdom of the crowd effect"

Comm. Technologies

University of Aveiro

Sep 2003 — Jul 2007

Advanced systems design,HCI, UX evaluation, accessibility and digital media theory.

Recommendations

“Alexandra brings sunshine to creative teams. Her optimism, problem-solving, and clear communication drive success.”

Client, Driftwell

 

“Alexandra is hungry to tackle new challenges. She’s delightful with clients and can diffuse a tense room with her laugh.”

Creative Director, Creative Agency XYZ

Certifications

Six Sigma Black Belt, 2025

Cloud Computing

Change Management Certified

® 2025 Sofia Silva. All rights reserved

cembia@gmail.com   |  +31 618 570 382   |   Linkedin →

About

10+ years of experience defining technical vision, scaling platforms, and aligning c-level stakeholders across startups and enterprise.

 

Expert in AI interfaces, Conversational AI, VoC- driven product strategy, and solving complex cross-discipline product challenges.

cembia@gmail.com

+31 618 570 382

Linkedin

Experience

Founding Product and Customer

Experience Lead

Levity

Aug 2021 — Present

Remote, Amsterdam

— Owned end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a no-code AI automation platform, scaling it from 0 to $4M ARR in 2 years.

— Designed and delivered AI-powered customer experiences, integrating voice assistants, LLM workflows, and automation.

— Acted as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, influencing product vision and roadmap through data-driven VoC programs and cross-functional collaboration, supporting 20% MoM revenue growth in Q1 2025.

— Led backlog prioritization and set up success metrics and KPIs for product features and modules.

— Built and led a product team and go-to-market development and go-to-market success.

— Managed project budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure on-time and on- budget delivery.

— Mentored and coached team members to develop their skills and achieve their career goals.

Digital Transformation Lead CX Consultant

Backbase

Nov 2018 — Jul 2019

Amsterdam

— Led CX transformation for BRD Bank in alignment with EU regulatory frameworks (PSD2/GDPR), deploying an omnichannel banking platform adopted by 1M+ users; drove 23% YoY user growth.

— Orchestrated cross-functional delivery between engineering, compliance, content, and UX to resolve roadmap blockers and deliver against CX KPIs.

— Initiated a customer feedback program (VoC loop) that influenced roadmap items, achieving 15% growth in upsell opportunities through improved information discoverability and UX.

— Scaled design across Enterprise SaaS platforms and created connected device design.

Product and Research Lead

Creative AI

Dec 2017 — Oct 2019

Amsterdam

— Developed early-stage prototypes for AI-generated content workflows aimed at creative teams in FMCG and advertising.

— Collaborated with design, engineering, and research teams in a fast-growing startup environment to explore product-market fit for AI platform.

Customer Experience Specialist, Global Campaigns

Adidas

Sep 2014 — Aug 2017

Amsterdam

— Led design and implementation of user testing protocols across 50+ markets, improving CTRs by 20% and conversions by up to 8% within 1 month of launch.

— Pioneered the use of user testing in global campaigns, enabling higher click- through rates resulting in increased conversion.

— Created global UX governance and testing frameworks for global digital campaigns, including A/B testing, wireframing, and journey optimizations.

— Defined digital strategy plans for campaigns together with business units and stakeholders based on a wide range of data: Analytics, SEO, Retail, Social, PR and KPI’s.

— Matured UX and project methodologies by creating a Center of Excellence (COE).

Skills

Leadership

 

• Cross-functional Collaboration

• Global Team Coordination
• Thought-Leadership
• Presentations and Workshops

• Knowledge Sharing & Coaching

Communication & Collaboration

 

  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Stakeholder Communication

Strategic & Creative Oversight

 

  • Creative Strategy Development
  • Talent Relations & Management
  • Creative Direction Oversight
  • Brand Alignment

Education

Executive MBA

IE Business School, Madrid

Apr 2024 — Exp. Dec 2025

A globally focused, Executive MBA designed to accelerate path into to C-suite through global business sprints, strategic leadership training, and project-based learning
Honors: Change Management, Sales & Marketing Management, Technology and Innovation Management

MSc. Complexity Sciences

ISCTE, University of Lisbon

Sep 2011 — Jul 2016

Focus on Collective Intelligence and Self-Organizing Systems.
Master thesis: "An experiment about the impact of social influence on the wisdom of the crowd effect"

Comm. Technologies

University of Aveiro

Sep 2003 — Jul 2007

Advanced systems design,HCI, UX evaluation, accessibility and digital media theory.

Recommendations

“Alexandra brings sunshine to creative teams. Her optimism, problem-solving, and clear communication drive success.”

Client, Driftwell

 

“Alexandra is hungry to tackle new challenges. She’s delightful with clients and can diffuse a tense room with her laugh.”

Creative Director, Creative Agency XYZ

Certifications

Six Sigma Black Belt, 2025

Cloud Computing

Change Management Certified

® 2025 Sofia Silva. All rights reserved

cembia@gmail.com   |  +31 618 570 382   |   Linkedin →