About

Daniel Mihaylov

Tech Support → Team Lead → Product Owner → Product Manager.

For most of the last nine years I've worked on B2B software for the US auto transport industry. I joined as an early support team member and quickly progressed to lead both the Customer Support and Success teams. I moved into Product while still leading both teams. I earned this because I treated each customer interaction as a discovery opportunity.

My responsibilities evolved and for 5 years I owned strategy, user journeys, and growth for a portfolio of three products: a marketplace, business operations software, and a mobile app. I have worked with two engineering teams, design, and machine learning to take opportunities from discovery through launch and beyond.

Career layers
  • Customer support
  • Leading people
  • Product management
  • Design & prototyping
  • Strategy & growth
  • Building with AI

About

Daniel Mihaylov

Tech Support → Team Lead → Product Owner → Product Manager.

For most of the last nine years I've worked on B2B software for the US auto transport industry. I joined as an early support team member and quickly progressed to lead both the Customer Support and Success teams. I moved into Product while still leading both teams. I earned this because I treated each customer interaction as a discovery opportunity.

My responsibilities evolved and for 5 years I owned strategy, user journeys, and growth for a portfolio of three products: a marketplace, business operations software, and a mobile app. I have worked with two engineering teams, design, and machine learning to take opportunities from discovery through launch and beyond.

Career layers
  • Customer support
  • Leading people
  • Product management
  • Design & prototyping
  • Strategy & growth
  • Building with AI

About

Daniel Mihaylov

Tech Support → Team Lead → Product Owner → Product Manager.

For most of the last nine years I've worked on B2B software for the US auto transport industry. I joined as an early support team member and quickly progressed to lead both the Customer Support and Success teams. I moved into Product while still leading both teams. I earned this because I treated each customer interaction as a discovery opportunity.

My responsibilities evolved and for 5 years I owned strategy, user journeys, and growth for a portfolio of three products: a marketplace, business operations software, and a mobile app. I have worked with two engineering teams, design, and machine learning to take opportunities from discovery through launch and beyond.

Career layers
  • Customer support
  • Leading people
  • Product management
  • Design & prototyping
  • Strategy & growth
  • Building with AI

Career path

Detailed bio

May 2024 – Oct 2026

Product Manager

Ship.Cars

Owned strategy, user journeys, and growth for a portfolio of three products: a marketplace, business operations software, and a mobile app. Worked with two engineering teams, design, and machine learning to take opportunities from discovery through launch and measurement.

Mar 2021 – May 2024

Product Owner

Ship.Cars

I moved into Product while still leading Customer Support and Success. We had no dedicated PM at the time, so I was working alongside the Chief Product Officer on discovery, analysis and product direction.

  • Translated customer problems and business needs into workflows, requirements, and delivery scope.

  • Worked with engineering and design to resolve trade-offs, clarify expected behavior and make complex requirements practical to implement.

  • Used support insights and real customer scenarios to inform product decisions and customer education.

Feb 2018 – Jul 2022

Customer Support and Success Team Lead

Ship.Cars

I joined in customer support while the company was scaling. By the time I got into Product, DAU and MAU both grew more than 20 times, and the customer-facing team only doubled. To sustain the scale, I introduced self-service resources, targeted communications, and integrated plenty of internal tools.

  • Managed hiring, onboarding, training, performance, and daily operations; served as the final escalation point for critical customer issues.

  • Selected and integrated the support systems, including telephony, CRM, live chat, help center, and email.

  • Built customer activity dashboards and database integrations to help the Customer Support and Success teams act on user behavior and churn signals.

  • Used patterns from thousands of monthly customer interactions to identify recurring product problems and inform product discussions.

Dec 2017 – Feb 2018

Dispatch Coordinator

Montway Auto Transport

Coordinated vehicle transport and supported customers before moving to Ship.Cars, then a new division within Montway.

Aug – Sep 2017

Recruitment Trainee

HRS Bulgaria

Supported candidate recruitment and developed skills in CV screening and interviewing.

Sep 2016 – Jun 2017

Coordinator

Erasmus Student Network, Svishtov

Helped establish the Svishtov chapter and coordinated local mentors supporting international students.

Nov 2013 – Jun 2015

Marketing & PR

AIESEC Svishtov

Handled communications for the local chapter of the world’s largest student-led organization.

Based in

Bulgaria

Languages

Bulgarian (native),
English (fluent)

Education

Business and Informatics,
D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics