Zain Yousaf
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since May 22, 2020
Zain is a product leader with 15 years of experience, specializing in building new businesses from concept to launch and product-market fit. His areas of expertise include business strategy, market research, digital innovation, design thinking, lean startup, and agile software development. Zain's worked with Fortune 500 clients in industries like banking, telecom, payments; his most recent role was with BCG Digital Ventures, where he launched multiple new businesses in fintech and healthcare.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Digital Transformation
- Financial Services
- New Business Ventures
- Product Management
- Product Strategy
- Product-market Fit
- Telecommunications
Work Experience
Head of Product, Multiple Ventures
BCG Digital Ventures
- Launched two new digital businesses in fintech and healthcare from concept to market for Fortune 500 firms.
- Developed a playbook and training on product-market fit.
- Presented to a Fortune 500 executive team and board of directors on product strategy and direction.
- Led cross-functional venture teams of 10-20 people from the product, design, engineering, strategy, and client stakeholders.
- Coached and mentored junior PMs on product processes and best practices.
Lead Product Manager, Identity and Trust
Verizon
- Partnered with key stakeholders to develop multiple new concepts around data and identity in collaboration with multiple carriers.
- Conducted extensive user research around privacy, trust, and data to inform overall data monetization strategy.
- Developed the go-to-market strategy and prototypes.
- Built a cross-industry consortium of banks and data providers to partner on digital identity and develop a pilot.
Lead Product Manager | Managing Consultant
LeanCog
- Led product concept, development, and launch of new mobile payments apps (iOS and Android) for the under-banked on behalf of a Fortune 500 financial services firm.
- Facilitated innovation and design-thinking workshops with Fortune 500 product/innovation teams and executives.
- Led technical design and development teams using a sprint-based, agile software development process.
- Collaborated with cross-functional product and technical teams to define user stories, requirements, and product roadmap based on user research and insights.
- Brought in over a $1 million in consulting revenues for the firm in approximately 12 months.
Project Manager
MassMutual Financial Group
- Launched a new information risk management function at the firm.
- Selected as a Gen Y thought leader to work with senior executives on a ten-year vision plan.
- Partnered with Asian subsidiaries on a new risk-reporting framework.
Project History
Mobile Payments App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xerox.epc.way2go&hl=en_USLed product concept, development, and launch of new mobile payments apps (iOS and Android) for the under-banked on behalf of a Fortune 500 financial services firm
I led the concept and development of the app for a Fortune 500 client and was able to launch to market within 13 weeks. The app had a 5-star rating in the iOS app store at launch, and today, it has over 500,000 installs on Android.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Business Adminstration
New York University - New York, NY, United States
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY, United States
Skills
Tools
Jira, Google Docs, Slack
Paradigms
Agile
Industry Expertise
New Business Ventures, Financial Services, Telecommunications
Other
Product-market Fit, Product Management, Digital Transformation, Product Strategy, Digital Strategy, Microsoft Office
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