About Syed
Senior Product Leader | FinTech, Onboarding & Self-Serve Automation
A results-driven Senior Product Manager with over 7 years of experience building B2B SaaS platforms, AI-powered products, and marketplaces from 0 to launch. I have a proven track record of transforming complex, manual processes into streamlined, self-serve systems that drive significant growth.
I work with startups and growth-stage companies that need a senior PM perspective without the full-time commitment.
Whether you need to scope a new product, write PRDs, integrate AI into your stack, or unblock your roadmap, I bring product craft, technical fluency, and a ship-first mindset.
Proven Results:
- 31% Increase in User Activations by leading the transformation of a sales-assisted onboarding process to a self-serve model.
- 80% Reduction in Delivery Time by building a self-serve configurable tool that empowered clients to update data directly.
- Scaled to 200+ Businesses in 4 months by ideating and building a new self-serve loan origination system.
- Improved Risk Management by designing loan eligibility scores, integrating TransUnion CIBIL, and incorporating fraud-checking logic.
How I Can Help You:
Product discover & building backlog: Turning high level goals into specs that engineering can execute; 0-to-1 MVP scoping and launch; AI product strategy, identifying where AI and LLMs create real value with prompt iteration and evaluation.
Product Strategy: I build and scale products in regulated environments, from client onboarding to risk and compliance features.
Strategy & C-Level Roadmapping: I develop and communicate C-level-ready product strategies and annual roadmaps, ensuring alignment with your business goals.
Data-Driven Decisions: I build the analytics dashboards (Amplitude, Amazon Quicksight) required to monitor metrics and measure success.
English
Native or bilingual
Hindi
Native or bilingual
Tamil
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km), Newcastle upon Tyne (up to 10km), Staines-upon-Thames (up to 20km)
Experience
- MaghilAI Product ConsultantTECHDecember 2025 - Today (6 months)London, United KingdomMaghil is a US-based POS software company for restaurants. I led the AI/ML and Business Intelligence charter as a freelance consultant, managing a cross-functional team of 10.What I did
- Spearheaded LLM-powered Restaurant Assistant where customers query complex restaurant data via conversational interface
- Built a Natural Language to Insights bot where merchants generate real-time analytics via text queries
- Directed R&D on AI Voice Ordering System to automate phone-based orders
- Implemented Spec-Driven Development via Claude, transforming engineering culture
- Developed end-to-end product strategy and pricing for the full AI product suite
- YubiProduct Manager IIJanuary 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)India• Joined as an associate product manager in the onboarding team and was promoted to Product Manager I and subsequently to Product Manager II to lead onboarding & platform teams simultaneously.• Owned and scaled the client onboarding module for a regulated FinTech platform, ideating and building a self-serve loan origination system that onboarded 200+ businesses in 4 months.• Enhanced risk and control frameworks by designing a loan eligibility score feature and a user verification feature; collaborated with data scientists, integrated TransUnion CIBIL scores, and incorporated fraud-checking logic to improve data validation and user activation by 8%.• Led a significant change and transformation project by converting a sales-assisted onboarding process for a credit marketplace to a self-serve model, improving user activations by 31 % and optimizing business team efforts by 10%.• Developed the strategy and vision for onboarding and platform teams, creating and communicating quarterly and annual roadmaps to senior stakeholders, including the CPO, to ensure alignment with business goals• Built analytics dashboards in Amazon Quicksight and Amplitude to monitor metrics and effectively communicate progress and insights to stakeholders.
- MagilhubProduct OwnerJanuary 2020 - January 2022 (2 years)• Led an 11-member product development team, collaborating directly with founders to define the product strategy and vision for a new online food ordering marketplace.• Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation and go-to-market strategy to the successful launch and onboarding of over 100 restaurants in just two months.• Fostered a trusting and collaborative team environment, directly managing two associate product owners and working closely with sales and marketing on product launches.
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Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)Newcastle University2025Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Electronics and Communications EngineeringAnna University2016Electronics and Communications Engineering