ILUNGAJorge Velásquez
Growth Product Manager

BUILDING SYSTEMS.
DRIVING GROWTH.

I design products, growth systems and operational workflows that help organizations move forward with greater clarity.
Good growth should create value for the business without losing sight of the people inside it.

01OBSERVE

02UNDERSTAND

03BUILD

04GROW

05IMPACT

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01About

OBSERVATION
BEFORE ACTION

I'm a Growth Product Manager interested in what happens between people, products and systems.

My work usually starts with observation. I look for friction, understand the people experiencing it, and then design the product, process or system that can make things work better.

Sometimes that means growth. Sometimes it means technology. Sometimes it means changing the way a team works together.

Discipline
Product & Growth
Method
Observation-led
Territory
LATAM · Remote
Languages
ES · EN
02Introduction

3 MINUTES WITH JORGE

What I do, how I think, and what I've learned building products and systems.

Video coming soon · 03:00

REEL 01ILUNGA
03What I build

SYSTEMS THAT MOVE BUSINESSES FORWARD

Four parts of one system. Change one and the others respond — which is why I rarely work on only one of them at a time.

  • PRODUCT

    01

    Turning customer observations into better products, experiences and decisions.

    Feeds Growth · Informed by Operations

  • GROWTH

    02

    Designing acquisition, conversion, retention and revenue systems.

    Feeds Operations · Informed by Product

  • AI & AUTOMATION

    03

    Using technology to increase human capacity and reduce unnecessary friction.

    Follows understanding, never replaces it

  • OPERATIONS

    04

    Creating workflows, structures and processes that allow teams to execute with greater clarity.

    Holds the whole system together

  • 05Systems thinking

    GROWTH IS A SYSTEM.

    1. OBSERVATION

      What is actually happening

    2. CLARITY

      What the real problem is

    3. SYSTEM

      How the parts should relate

    4. EXECUTION

      Who does what, and when

    5. GROWTH

      What compounds afterwards

    Forces in play
  • PEOPLEinfluences all others
  • PRODUCTinfluences all others
  • TECHNOLOGYinfluences all others
  • OPERATIONSinfluences all others
  • CULTUREinfluences all others
  • Good growth happens when people, product, operations and incentives become aligned. Not when one part is pushed harder than the rest.
    06Thinking

    FIELD NOTES

  • ARTICLES
  • REPORTS
  • PODCAST
  • INTERVIEWS
  • OBSERVATIONS
  • OBSERVATION01

    When a technology problem is actually an energy problem

    In preparation

  • ARTICLE02

    The Hidden Cost of Operational Friction

    In preparation

  • ARTICLE03

    Building products without losing the human system

    In preparation

  • Field Notes opens soon — writing, reports and conversations published as the work happens.
    07Diagnostic

    HOW READY IS YOUR GROWTH SYSTEM?

    Before looking for another tool, understand what your system actually needs.
    Six dimensions · ~7 minutes · Written summary
  • 01

    Demand

    Do you know why people actually buy?

  • 02

    Product

    Does the product deliver the promise without help?

  • 03

    Retention

    Does value keep arriving after the first week?

  • 04

    Operations

    Can the team execute without heroics?

  • 05

    Data

    Do you measure decisions or activity?

  • 06

    People

    Does the system make good work possible?

  • 08The human system

    PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM.

    • A system can be efficient and still be unhealthy.

    • Every process changes attention.

    • Good systems reduce cognitive load.

    • Technology should increase human capacity, not simply increase speed.

    Technology can remove friction from a workflow while creating friction in people’s lives. So I look at what a system asks of the people running it: their attention, their energy, their ability to do work they can be proud of.
    Leadership
    Responsibility, difficult conversations and decisions made in the open.
    Well-being
    Workloads and rhythms that a team can actually sustain.
    Communication
    Precise when it must be, human when it matters.
    Remote work
    Coordination designed on purpose, not improvised.
    Culture
    What the system rewards is what the culture becomes.
    Sustainability
    Economic, human, social and environmental value are connected.
    09 · Symbol

    THE JAGUAR

    Observe before acting.
    Understand the territory.
    Protect the ecosystem.
    Create abundance.

    The jaguar is capable and highly skilled, yet it watches before it moves. It knows its territory and its place inside an ecosystem. That is the idea behind Ilunga: strength is incomplete without awareness, relationship and responsibility.
  • OBSERVATION
  • RELATIONSHIP
  • AWARENESS
  • STRENGTH
  • ADAPTABILITY
  • RESPONSIBILITY
  • ABUNDANCE
  • 10Who I work with

    GOOD WORK STARTS WITH A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

    I choose collaborators the same way I design systems — by looking at how the parts will work together over time, not only at the opportunity in front of me.

  • 01

    People who care about what they build.

  • 02

    People willing to question assumptions.

  • 03

    People who care about customers and teams.

  • 04

    People who want growth without unnecessary complexity.

  • 05

    People who understand that business can create economic and human value at the same time.

  • 06

    People who care about sustainability and the ecosystems they affect.

  • 11Evidence

    SELECTED RESULTS

  • +400%

    SaaS sales

  • +50%

    Revenue in six months

  • +27%

    Average order value

  • 70%+

    Guest stay extensions

  • ~4h → <10 min

    AI-assisted workflow

  • Figures from work delivered with client teams. Context for each is documented in the case studies.
    12Contact

    WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO BUILD?

    Tell me what you're working on, what isn't working, or what you're trying to understand.

    START A CONVERSATION
    Open to
    • EMPLOYMENT
    • FREELANCE
    • ADVISORY
    • COLLABORATION

    Jorge Velásquez · Growth Product Manager

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