Payam Jamili · Senior Product Manager · Tehran
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We all die. The goal isn't to live forever — the goal is to create something that will.

— a belief I try to build products by

Six years shipping product across Tehran, Berlin, and Sydney — AI SaaS for European rail infrastructure, a 40M-user marketplace's B2B platform, and an Australian Securities Exchange-listed consumer brand.

Payam Jamili
§ The Journey

Three regions, six years, one throughline: figuring out what to build before anyone told me how.

Each chapter is a region and what I built there.

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Tehran
Chapter 01 · Middle East

Started in scrappy startups, then took those instincts into new business lines at much bigger companies.

Two early startups, a Q-commerce platform's vendor architecture, and a 40M-user marketplace's B2B platform.

BSc, Industrial Engineering GRADUATED FEB 2021
University of Tehran · Tehran
Product Owner SEP 2020 — SEP 2021
Nabrika & Sepandaar · Early-stage eCommerce and fintech startups · Tehran
  • Supported product development coordination and requirements definition across eCommerce and fintech platform projects in fast-paced startup environments.
  • Managed and prioritised product backlogs, translating business requirements into actionable development tasks and roadmap milestones.
  • Engaged with stakeholders to gather requirements, define KPIs, and maintain alignment between business goals and delivery output.
  • Designed wireframes and presented proposed solutions to clients before implementation.
Technical Product Owner OCT 2021 — JAN 2022
Okala · FMCG Q-commerce, 10M+ active users · Tehran
  • Owned the technical product backlog for a vendor integration platform — writing user stories, acceptance criteria, ERDs, and sequence diagrams in close collaboration with engineering.
  • Designed vendor integration microservice architecture — enabling real-time SKU sync for 1,000+ products at under 1% data error rate, reducing onboarding time by 40%.
  • Authored REST API documentation that reduced partner support queries by 60% and improved first-pass integration success across the vendor network.
  • Partnered with data engineering on integration design and process improvement, continuously refining the onboarding workflow.
Digital Product Owner JAN 2022 — OCT 2023
Digikala.com · MENA's largest eCommerce platform, 40M MAU · Tehran
  • Owned digital product backlog and roadmap across a 40M MAU eCommerce platform — managing epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria for seller tools, product catalogue, inventory management, and customer-facing commerce features.
  • 10% checkout conversion improvement — implemented GA4 event tagging and product analytics, mapping end-to-end customer journeys and identifying drop-off points.
  • Ran a data-analysis initiative that surfaced a merchandising opportunity, then built the Seller's Coach landing page around it — 18,600 units sold in week one. Separately, a self-service publish feature doubled B2B SKUs within 90 days.
  • Implemented Jira product delivery frameworks across 36 engineering and commercial teams (250+ staff) — configuring custom workflows, board structures, and governance standards to improve delivery visibility.
  • Trained and onboarded 250+ staff on the new Jira delivery system, running team-by-team sessions and producing self-serve documentation.
  • Conducted stakeholder interviews and requirements workshops across 36 cross-functional teams to design Jira configurations matching real-world workflows.
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Berlin Amsterdam
Chapter 02 · Europe

Where I learned product judgment has to survive contact with a P&L.

A masters in systems thinking, an AI SaaS product for European rail infrastructure, and a week in Amsterdam that changed how I show up in a room.

Product Manager JAN 2024 — JAN 2025
PANTOhealth GmbH · AI SaaS, predictive maintenance for rail infrastructure · Berlin
  • Owned the AI SaaS product roadmap end-to-end — strategy, discovery, design, engineering collaboration, build, test, and release for government and enterprise clients across EU and Asian markets.
  • Led product discovery and customer research — interviews, discovery workshops, customer journey mapping, and Adobe XD wireframes to validate requirements before engineering began.
  • Raised sprint predictability to 92% and cut repeat bugs 35% by introducing structured Agile practices in an environment with no existing process.
  • 100% qualified lead growth through go-to-market strategy, value propositions, and sales enablement collateral across EU and Asian markets.
  • Presented product vision, roadmaps, and delivery outcomes to senior government and enterprise executives, influencing procurement and investment decisions.
  • Led the InnoTrans 2024 product showcase — coordinating logistics, content, and client engagement for a major international rail industry exhibition.
MSc, Business & Project Management OCT 2023 — OCT 2024
Gisma University of Applied Science · Berlin
  • Thesis: Exploring the Impact of Systems Thinking on Managerial Interaction Quality in Berlin Startups.
  • GPA: 89 average · Overall grade 1.7 · 60/60 credits
  • Most relevant coursework: Innovation Management & Digital Transformation (92), Project Management (96), International Strategic Management (91), Management Consulting (96).
Authentic Leadership 2024
Master Course, Personal Leadership · University of Applied Sciences Europe (UE) · Amsterdam
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Sydney
Chapter 03 · Australia

Where I owned product end-to-end at public-company scale — and rebuilt a platform in 28 days.

An Australian Securities Exchange-listed family safety brand across web, commerce, and MVNO mobile — plus a program that widened what I think business is for.

Senior Product Manager SEP 2024 — MAR 2026
Spacetalk (Australian Securities Exchange: SPA) · Kids smartwatches, family app, MVNO mobile plans · Sydney
  • Owned product vision and roadmap across consumer web, eCommerce (Shopify), CMS (Sanity), and MVNO mobile platform workstreams — translating business and customer needs into delivery plans across product, engineering, marketing, legal, and operations.
  • Led end-to-end delivery across 30+ digital platform projects — user stories, acceptance criteria, Agile ceremonies, QA/UAT, releases, and post-launch iteration.
  • Owned the NPD lifecycle for the children's smartwatch range — hardware specification, supplier liaison, packaging, and compliance review from concept to national retail launch.
  • Delivered a full platform rebuild in 28 days from discovery to go-live, coordinating 5 cross-functional teams under significant time pressure.
  • Managed CRM and lifecycle product delivery through Klaviyo — onboarding flows, retention journeys, and re-engagement sequences.
  • Coordinated 3 external creative agencies across 15 concurrent campaigns and 300+ assets.
  • Managed a product and marketing budget of approximately AUD 2 million across 15 markets and 9+ languages.
  • Ensured 200+ compliance updates met TIO, ACCC, and brand standards across a regulated MVNO environment.
INCO Elevate 2025
Social entrepreneurship & sustainable business program · Sydney
  • Eight weeks with INCO Elevate Australia's first-ever cohort — 25 impact founders working through Business Model Canvas and Theory of Change fundamentals, impact measurement, storytelling, AI tools for social good, impact finance, ESG, and Doughnut Economics.
  • Practiced pitching alongside BNY's Australian team until every founder could own their story with conviction.
  • The curriculum mattered less than what happened around it — 1:1 office hours, hallway conversations, and watching founders push each other further than the syllabus asked for.
§ Now

Back in Tehran. Building product for a market I understand, with tools sharper than the ones I left with.

§ Beyond Work

Side projects and the things I build when nobody's paying me to.

Side Project · Founder · Feb 2025 — Present

Simorgh — AI Tour Guide

A custom GPT-based chatbot built on Replit and the OpenAI API, giving personalised, real-time audio guides for historical and cultural sites.

§ Certifications & Training

The formal record.

ClickUp Admin Certificate of Completion
ClickUp · Issued Aug 2025 · ID 7nb7bqit42yx
Cert Prep: Scrum Master
LinkedIn · Issued Jun 2025 · Agile Methodologies, Scrum
6 Week Virtual Internship
Upkey · Issued Jul 2021 · Leadership, Content Marketing +3
Master Course, Personal Leadership
University of Applied Sciences Europe (UE) · Amsterdam · Issued May 2024
Excel Skills for Business: Essentials
Coursera · Issued Sep 2022
The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Google Digital Garage · Issued Sep 2021 · ID YBF6TPZHN
Product Management
Tose'e Higher Education Institute · Agile Methodologies
Data Driven Marketing
Hamrah Academy · Issued Dec 2020 · ID DDM-VMFWHPZP
§ Contact

Let's talk.