Syed Irfan

Product Manager

Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom6 yrs 7 mos experience

AI Enabled

Key Highlights

Increased user activation by 22% at Yubi.
Independently launched DragnflyAI application.
Awarded 'Rising Star' at Yubi for exemplary performance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in Fintech and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyMarket ResearchFinancial AnalysisUser ResearchUser Experience (ux)

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AnalyticsTeam LeadershipCompetitive AnalysisProject ManagementJiraGrowth InitiativesProduct RequirementsProduct VisionProduct Road MappingGo-to-Market StrategyBusiness AnalysisUser StoriesAmplitude AnalyticsMySQL

About

Product Manager with 7 years of experience, with a track record of enhancing user experience and driving key business metrics in fast-paced tech environments. I bridge the gap between user needs and company goals through data-driven decisions, user-centric design, and a founder's mentality. Key Highlights: 🚀 Drove Growth at a Unicorn: As a Growth PM at Yubi (India's fastest fintech unicorn), I increased user activation by 22% by redesigning the onboarding experience to enable self-service. ✨ Founder & Builder: Independently built and launched DragnflyAI, an AI-powered travel and local discovery application. 🏆 Award-Winning Performance: Received the 'Rising Star' award at Yubi and was a winner of the GrowthX (Cohort 10) capstone project, selected from over 200+ participants for building a winning Product-Led Growth (PLG) solution. 🎓 Scholarship-Backed Education: Completed my MBA at Newcastle University, fully funded by the prestigious MBA Sustainable Leader Scholarship. Core Competencies: Product Strategy | Growth & Onboarding | User Research (Qualitative & Quantitative) | Data Analysis (Quicksight, Amplitude, SQL) | Wireframing & Prototyping (Figma) | Backlog Prioritization | Stakeholder Management

Experience

6 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Maghil

Product Manager - AI & Analytics

Nov 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Surrey, England, United Kingdom · Remote

I lead three critical charters that sit at the intersection of operational efficiency and innovation:
🤖 AI/ML & Innovation
I spearhead our AI roadmap, developing intelligent solutions that solve real-world restaurant challenges—from predictive labor scheduling to automated guest engagement. Beyond customer-facing tech, I optimize our internal workflows using ML to ensure we’re as efficient as the kitchens we serve.
📊 Analytics & Reporting
Data is only as good as the decisions it inspires. I own the end-to-end strategy for our analytics suite, building intuitive dashboards for restaurant operators to track performance and robust internal BI tools that guide our product and business strategy.
🤝 Strategic Third-Party Integrations
I manage our external ecosystem, identifying and onboarding best-in-class partners to expand our platform's capabilities. This includes everything from initial market research and technical vetting to negotiating contracts and overseeing the integration lifecycle.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Product ManagementProduct StrategyAnalyticsTeam Leadership

Newcastle university business school

Research Internship

Oct 2024 – Dec 2024 · 2 mos · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

I worked as a research intern to identify and list the top 250 businesses in the North East Region of the United Kingdom. The output was verified by PwC, and the results are published in the North East Times Magazine.
We researched 350 businesses in the North East region for this initiative covering various parameters like influence on the region, decision making power, etc.
I worked alongside 3 students from the Newcastle University Business School from various disciplines and nationalities. It was an enriching experience in teamwork, research, analysis, and decision-making.

Market ResearchFinancial AnalysisCompetitive Analysis

Career break

Professional development

Sep 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Pursued an MBA degree from the Newcastle University Business School
Received the full tuition fee scholarship for sustainable leadership.
Studied with a diverse cohort from 12 nationalities and industries like Telecom, Banking & Investment, Pharma, Energy, Technology, etc.
Completed a research internship for the North East Times Magazine group.
Represented the University in the European Summer School for Advanced Management (ESSAM) Program in the Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow, in the summer.
Won the UK Nationwide marketing challenge - DMA's 2025 challenge for the Costa Coffee's (a coca cola brand) Marketing initiative

Yubi

3 roles

Product manager 2

Apr 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

Managed the onboarding and platforms & integrations pods
I changed the sales-assisted onboarding experience to self-onboarding experience for our customers (businesses), which increased user activation by 22%.
Improved user experience by understanding the pain points of users by performing extensive customer research, and reduced TAT of onboarding by 1/3rd, where I identified and integrated with 3rd party API vendors.
Received ‘rising star’ award for exemplary performance.
Built dashboards in quicksight and amplitude to track the usage of the product. Performed extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis to build backlog, prioritise features and make decisions.

User ResearchProject ManagementJiraGrowth InitiativesProduct StrategyProduct Requirements+14

Product Manager

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Apr 2023 · 9 mos

Managed the onboarding module, and tweaked it to improve the conversions by 11% MoM
Built a new product for the B2B2C partnership channel and led the product-led growth initiative, which resulted in a new acquisition channel with the share of 10% of total acquisitions at the end of the year
Attended product-led growth training from GrowthX, along with several co-founders, leaders in product, marketing, design and sales. We won the capstone project as part of 10th cohort among 200+ participants where we built a product-led growth solution for a B2B product.
Created wireframes and mock-ups in figma to visualise the requirements and validate with users and stakeholders.

User ResearchUser Experience (UX)Growth HackingCritical ThinkingProduct MarketingProduct Strategy+11