How does your usual day look like?

I wake up at around 7 am. My day starts with breakfast. I cannot operate without proper breakfast, and a croissant with coffee won't do the trick. On a typical Monday, I head to the office to be there by 9 am. 

The usual day will always have a few meetings, internal and/or customer ones. If there is a planned interview with the customer, I can travel to their location that day.As I am the most productive in the mornings, ideally I plan to do the hardest tasks before lunch. Should it be deck preparation, data analysis, or learning more about product capabilities, I focus on those in the first half of the day. A typical lunch in our team starts at 12:30 pm. 

In the second part of the day, I analyze the data on progressing opportunities in Salesforce and update the records (if relevant). During this part of the day I also often browse through the materials shared by my team members either as part of knowledge sharing or working on internal innovation projects. Usually, meetings end by 5 pm.

After that, I am heading home and will take a short walk if the weather is nice. After dinner, I often watch some courses or read books. I am trying to go to bed by 10.30 pm.

What are the things you like the most about your job?

I am fascinated by how a cloud security product might drive the business toward its wider strategy and observe tangible results. And people, of course. It's invaluable to be surrounded by people, who you can learn from and get an inspirational boost.

What are some of the skills you utilise the most in your day-to-day?

Communication and strategic thinking.

What was one of your happiest days in your career and why?

The most joyful days were those when I got unsolicited feedback from people whose careers or perceptions about work I was able to transform. To hear that I set a new bar for them was a gem.

What was the toughest career decision you’ve ever made?

The first switch from a consultant job at EY to a software-related role in IT. That was a completely new world with vocabulary, processes, and methods that were unknown to me.

What is something you had to learn to become better at your job?

Listen without strong assumptions upfront. It's valuable to have hypotheses before the conversation, but I learned to uncover more by genuine listening.

How did you get to become a Senior Value Advisor?

I must say that I did not know that a job title like that existed until I got one. But in essence, it combined all the things that I did in my previous experiences - customer advisory, go-to-market strategies, IT experience, and financial analysis. All at once! So it seemed that I was building a path to this position the years before.

Professional networking for women matters, because….

It heavily helps to broaden the perception horizons and find supportive allies.