Raza Hashmi

Senior Product Manager & Technical PM

razahashmi93@gmail.com
razahashmi.github.io
linkedin.com/in/raza-hashmi-4b89a675/
Product Leader (8+ Years) specializing in scaling B2B SaaS from 0-to-1 to enterprise adoption. Proven track record of diagnosing complex user pain points and crafting strategic product solutions that solve critical challenges for thousands of employees globally. Expert in navigating ambiguity, managing cross-functional teams, and delivering high-impact systems that solve critical business problems (HR Tech, Fintech, Compliance).

Core Competencies

Product Strategy
  • Roadmap Planning
  • Agile & Scrum Leadership
  • GTM & Feature Launch
  • Requirements Gathering
  • User Research/UX
B2B / Technical PM
  • SaaS Platform Scaling
  • API & Integration Strategy
  • Enterprise Security/Privacy
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Stakeholder Management
Technical Advantage
  • ML/AI Fluency (PyTorch/NLP)
  • SQL & Data Analytics
  • System Architecture Design
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Technical Feasibility Analysis

Work Experience

Head of Product Jul 2023 - Aug 2025
SHAPE Global Ltd Remote / London, UK
  • Product Strategy: Owned the vision and execution for SHAPE’s transition from a survey tool to a comprehensive HR intelligence platform.
  • Leadership: Managed cross-functional teams (Engineering, Design, QA) to deliver weekly sprints and major quarterly releases.
  • Enterprise Scale: Launched enterprise-grade features including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), multi-level org hierarchy mapping, and admin portals.
  • Commercial Impact: Delivered key integrations and partner portals that enabled B2B customer retention and expansion.
Product Manager (Founding Member) Nov 2024 - Jul 2025
World Flourishing Organization Remote
  • 0-to-1 Innovation: Led the definition and development of a novel compliance framework for measuring organizational health.
  • Requirement Definition: Translated academic research into actionable product requirements and scoring logic.
  • Prototyping: Built functional prototypes to validate the "Flourishing Standard" with early stakeholders.
Technical Product Lead May 2021 - Jun 2023
SHAPE Global Ltd Remote
  • Technical Execution: Architected proprietary privacy algorithms, solving a critical customer pain point around survey anonymity.
  • Performance Scaling: Oversaw the backend optimization (caching pipelines) to support complex real-time reporting dashboards.
  • Feature Delivery: Collaborated with engineering to ship complex multi-layered reporting features on time and high quality.
Product Innovation Manager Sep 2019 - May 2021
SHAPE Global Ltd Remote
  • User Experience: Redesigned user onboarding flows and survey configuration tools, significantly reducing setup time for new clients.
  • differentiation: Pioneered a unique "Scoring" methodology that became a key product differentiator in the market.
Technical & Data Analyst Oct 2017 - Sep 2019
SHAPE Global Ltd Remote
  • Gathered early user feedback to drive iteration of the initial product MVP.
  • Defined the logic for survey analytics and reporting workflows.
Product & Data Analyst Mar 2017 - Nov 2017
Ofono App Remote
  • Worked on core user features for capturing emotional feedback (sliders, emojis).
  • Developed data structures for emotional tagging and sentiment analysis.

Additional Experience & Education

Machine Learning Researcher (Part-Time) 2018 - 2019
LUMS
Published research on Explainable AI (ICLR Workshop), sharpening ability to evaluate AI technologies.
BSc (Hons) in Economics 2016
Lahore University of Management Sciences High Distinction

Publications & Selected Work