Farrukh Jamal

Senior Product Manager

Rawalpindi, Pakistan · farrukh.jamal91@gmail.com · LinkedIn · Download PDF

Summary

Senior Product Manager with 8+ years of experience driving 0-to-1 product development, discovery, and delivery across EdTech, FinTech, and eProcurement SaaS products. Strong foundation in user research, stakeholder management, and cross-functional delivery — from scoping and discovery through launch and post-launch iteration — with growing fluency in AI-augmented rapid prototyping. Scaled a flagship product to 71K+ users and 4.5M+ questions answered across three international markets.

Experience

2025 — Now

Product Management Consultant

Lead Pursuits · Remote, US

  • Led product strategy and execution for an AI-native eProcurement SaaS platform, directing a cross-functional squad of 10+ across engineering, sales, cold outreach, data enrichment, and content teams.
  • Drove 0-to-1 product development across two core SaaS verticals: a natural-language procurement capture agent and a Shipley-framework-aligned multi-agent proposal builder — from discovery and scoping through prototype and delivery.
  • Defined MVP scope in collaboration with solution architects and AI engineers, aligning prototype delivery with product goals and stakeholder priorities.
  • Built two AI-powered PM productivity tools using Claude Code: a competitive intelligence agent (automated competitor discovery, SWOT, strategic gap recommendations) and a daily competitor changelog agent (morning briefings tracking product changes across competitor portfolios).
  • Partnered with cold outreach and marketing teams to review email copy for clarity and deliverability, analyse daily campaign results, and iterate messaging in real time.
2021 — 2026

Product Lead

Knowledge Platform · Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Owned full product lifecycle for Bonzo (Pakistan) — rebranded as Shupavu Games in Kenya under a Safaricom telco partnership — executing 0-to-1 discovery, MVP definition, and multi-market launch, scaling to 71K+ users, 4.5M+ questions answered, and 32,000+ hours of engagement.
  • Led complete LMS redesign through structured user research across 4 stakeholder types (learners, teachers, principals, parents), design sprints, and persona-driven prioritization — stripping unused features and replacing feel-good KPIs with weighted average performance scores to surface class-level and grade-level intervention needs.
  • Delivered offline clicker-based desktop LMS for low-connectivity schools, replacing a high-friction USB courier and local server process with an intelligent 30-day sync model.
  • Built self-serve campus admin system enabling schools to bulk-upload and manage users independently, removing 100% of manual user creation from the internal team.
  • Conducted 50+ structured discovery workshops and stakeholder interviews with enterprise clients including Beaconhouse, AKUEB, LAPIS Communications (UAE), and 21st Century (UK), translating pain points into prioritized product roadmaps.
2019 — 2021

Product Design Engineer

Knowledge Platform · Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Co-led 0-to-1 development of a Virtual School and Homework Center during COVID-19, supporting 100K+ students through rapid prototyping and cross-functional execution.
  • Conducted 30+ user research interviews and synthesized insights into 100+ Figma design artifacts, informing product decisions and MVP scope across multiple product tracks.
  • Grew 1-on-1 platform to 252K+ users, 4.9M+ questions answered, and 19,000+ hours of usage through iterative gamification improvements and continuous UX refinement.
  • Reduced design-to-development bug rate by 50% through structured handoff processes.
  • Redesigned hierarchical dashboards for 5 stakeholder levels — Teacher, Principal, School Owner, Regional Head, and Network Head — providing leadership with faster and clearer visibility into school performance.
2018 — 2019

Product Owner

Discretelogix · Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Scoped and delivered Soaran Loan Management System — a FinTech credit decisioning platform connecting to major credit bureaus to automate loan approval decisions and generate repayment plans; $70,000 project.
  • Scoped and delivered Lead Envy (now Tekambi) — an automated lead management and loan decisioning platform for US short-term lenders, enabling real-time lead qualification, underwriting routing, and ping-tree distribution.
  • Managed client-facing product roadmaps and Agile sprint delivery for SaaS and eCommerce platforms across 5+ concurrent client engagements.
  • Oversaw Magento eCommerce builds for Aeroshop (10M+ parts, 7,000+ brands) and ExcalDrives (15M+ parts, 6,000+ brands).
2016 — 2018

Scrum Master

Discretelogix · Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies and sprint delivery coordination across a 15+ person cross-functional squad spanning QA, development, and product.
  • Implemented structured retrospective processes that reduced recurring sprint blockers and improved on-time delivery rates across a SaaS client portfolio.

Education

2013

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics

Bahria University, Islamabad

Certifications

2025

Product Management: Building a Product Strategy — LinkedIn Learning

2025

Become a Product Manager — Udemy

2025

Technology for Product Managers — LinkedIn Learning

2021

UX Design Fellowship — AssemblyF

2020

Creating Habit Forming Products — LinkedIn Learning

Skills

Product Management
Product Strategy, Roadmap Planning, Feature Prioritization, User Research, Stakeholder Management, 0-to-1 Product Development, MVP Scoping, Discovery & Ideation, Agile Delivery, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Gamification Design
Methodologies
Agile (Scrum), Sprint Planning, Design Sprints, Persona Development, HMW Mapping, Funnel Analysis, User Interviews, Competitive Analysis
AI & Rapid Prototyping
Google AI Studio, Lovable, Claude Code, Stitch (Google), Figma Make
Design & Collaboration
Figma, FigJam, Draw.io, Lucidchart
Project Management
Jira, Trello, Asana, Slack, Mattermost, Google Workspace, MS Teams