RESUME

"The only source of knowledge is experience."
- Albert Einstein

Farbod Jahan

PRODUCT MANAGER & TECHNOLOGIST

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ABOUT

• 12 years of professional experience in large scale, hyper-growth technology companies.
• Technical expertise based on 10 years of digital product design and development.
• Passionate about solving complex problems and driving cross-functional teams in dynamic environments.

Skills

Product Management
Strategy & Roadmap Creation
Requirements Gathering
Go-to-Market Planning
Digital Marketing
Agile Software Development
Front-End Development
Product Design
Web • Mobile • App Design
Experience Design (UX & IXD)
Information Architecture (IA)
Digital Analytics

PROCESS

DISCOVER

Competitive Analysis
Personas & Segmentation
User Research & User Stories
Journey & Flow Mapping
Customer Interviews
Feature Definition
Requirements Gathering

DESIGN

Sketching • Wireframing
Figma • Sketch • InVision
Low & High Fidelity Mockups
Adobe CC Suite (Ps, Ai, Id)

BUILD

Functional Prototyping
Browser Developer Tools
HTML • CSS • Javascript
REST APIs • AI • ML
Pytorch • OpenAi • SQL
Jenkins • AWS • Python
Salesforce • XML
GIT • Slack • Github
Quality Assurance (QA)

LAUNCH

Go-to-Market Strategy
Pricing & Packaging
Sales & Support Training

MEASURE

A/B & Multivariate Testing
Usability Testing
Usage Analytics

EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Abbvie (Allergan Aesthetics Tech) • San Francisco, CA
OCT 2024 •
PRESENT

• Launched 10+ AI driven features (search, personalization, chat), contributing $48M in new revenue
• Consolidated 7 internal tools into a unified sales enablement platform with IAM & JITA, boosting sales productivity by 35% and revenue by 15%
• Introduced company wide A/B testing infrastructure; increased DAUs by 28% and engagement by 17%
• Scaled product team from 6 to 15; implemented OKRs, data first rituals, and coaching systems, improving output by 20%
• Built cross functional alignment with 40+ stakeholders across engineering, legal, compliance, and design to deliver enterprise grade features

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Swiftly • San Francisco, CA
AUG 2023 •
AUG 2024

• Scaled product team from 4 to 12 PMs; launched 3 new 0 to 1 platform products, growing revenue and customer base by 35%
• Designed and shipped a self serve onboarding platform with IAM; reduced setup time by 80% and added scalable revenue stream
• Delivered standardized platform components; accelerated feature delivery by 22%
• Built cross functional operating model across engineering, design, and product; reduced delivery cycle time from 6 to 3 weeks
• Defined and launched real time analytics suite for retailers; adopted by 60% of clients and drove $5M in new revenue in 4 months

• Reduced coordination overhead by 15% through process redesign and async collaboration practices

GROUP PRODUCT MANAGER

Paypal • San Francisco, CA
OCT 2021 •
AUG 2023

• Managed 7 PMs across B2B/B2C platform products serving over 300M users globally
• Rebuilt Developer Dashboard UX; increased new developer sign ups by 23% and logins by 18%
• Launched real time transaction dashboards; reduced SLA breaches by 40% across core payment workflows
• Redesigned onboarding flow and authentication setup; cut developer onboarding time by 37%
• Unified mobile and web product flows; lifted engagement by 30% across platforms

SR. TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

ScreenMeet • San Francisco, CA
DEC 2018 •
OCT 2021

• Launched 0 -> 1 audio & video screen sharing software product, generating ARR $1.25m and customer growth 200%
• Managed a team of 2 PM’s to oversee remote support and cobrowse ScreenMeet product offerings
• Initiated the pilot to signed partnership with Dell Technologies increasing ARR by 400%
• Generated new recurring revenue, reducing costs of revenue, increasing support efficiency, and empowering customers by delivering 18 new features in less than 3 quarters leveraging the mobilized efforts of 15 developers
• Oversaw the life cycle of 3 SaaS products integrated within CRM/ITSM platforms and as standalone from concept, design, development, and GA, securing 280% growth in revenue and 500% growth in customer base
• Launched v1 of Android and iOS mobile applications in less than 6 months, capturing cross-platform support

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Guidewire Software • San Jose, CA
DEC 2017 •
NOV 2018

• Owned the technical design and implementation of features from start to finish, worked with product, design, and QA partners at every step of the way
• Translated customer needs and wants to clear and concise engineering requirements increasing efficiency by 13%
• Led an internal team of 4 engineers throughout the project lifecycle by monitoring progress and providing support
• Created scripts to increase performance up to 25% in 6 months, saving $15,000 in development costs

PRODUCT MANAGER

Spell Train • San Jose, CA
DEC 2017 •
NOV 2018

• Owned the technical design and implementation of features from start to finish, worked with product, design, and QA partners at every step of the way
• Translated customer needs and wants to clear and concise engineering requirements increasing efficiency by 13%
• Led an internal team of 4 engineers throughout the project lifecycle by monitoring progress and providing support
• Created scripts to increase performance up to 25% in 6 months, saving $15,000 in development costs

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Audible Magic • Los Gatos, CA
Aug 2013
JUN 2015

• Provided support for 150+ customers during software implementation, which ensured 98% customer retention
• Analyzed complex problems, created reports and generated potential solutions for software, systems and processes

EDUCATION

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

Masters of Business Administration

2019 •
2021

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering

2012 •
2016