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Belal Riyad

Sammamish,WA

Summary

Innovative Director of Product Management with 15+ years of experience at top-tier companies. Proven track record leading mobile platform product teams and scaling platforms to support over 2,000 developers. Expert in cross-functional leadership, product strategy, and driving time-to-market improvements by 60%. Adept at balancing customer-centric solutions with cutting-edge technical innovations.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director of Product Management

Workday
Seattle, WA
05.2023 - Current
  • Spearheaded the mobile platform’s next-generation development, supporting over 2,000 developers and maintaining a 4.7 rating on both iOS and Android platforms
  • Delivered 37 custom features and 200+ generated features in the first year, unblocking 10 teams by introducing 7 new frameworks, reducing framework gaps by 40%
  • Managed an annual budget of $10M for tooling investments, growing the team by 25% after the first year
  • Increased mobile market share by 8%, focusing on frontline and diskless workers in response to market shifts toward mobile usage
  • Reduced build failures by 30%, improving CI/CD pipeline stability and saving 500 developer hours per month
  • Led a team of 7 senior and principal product managers and 50+ engineers, driving a 3-year roadmap focused on customer feedback and innovative technologies
  • Reduced time-to-market by 60%, accelerating feature delivery and improving customer satisfaction
  • Introducing new AI-based features to improve user experience through an AI user assistant, predictable form completion, smart flow logic, a focus on reducing task drop-off by 25%, and increasing task completion by 50%.
  • review/consult for the ethical AI usage practices and policies across products effort.
  • Established the 'Security30' initiative, addressing cybersecurity challenges and enhancing platform security
  • setting the 1,2- and 3-years strategic planning, vision and millstones settings for the mobile organization

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft
Seattle, WA
01.2009 - 05.2018
  • Launched compliance-focused enterprise products, optimizing team efficiency and serving 200+ Microsoft enterprise products like Office, Windows, Dynamics, and Skype
  • Review and consult on the ethical AI usage practices and policies across product efforts.
  • Unblocked $300 million in seats expansion by resolving compliance inconsistencies across the product suite.
  • Collaborated with top 300 Microsoft customers to ensure regulatory alignment for private and government sectors over 3 years
  • Drove product development for Skype integration, increasing product adoption and revenue in key markets within 2 years
  • Led internationalization efforts for Arabic and Hebrew markets, boosting customer satisfaction and retention.
  • Build Scrum teams and set up operational procedures for planning and execution.
  • set Team wide KPI and 1- and two-years strategic goals

General Manager

CheckGateway, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
08.2007 - 08.2008
  • Led the IT department, achieving a 30% revenue increase by managing the PCI-DSS certification process and redesigning core business components
  • Focused on security and customer privacy to ensure business success and compliance

Education

Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) -

Quantic School of Business And Technology
01.2024

Master of Science (MS) - Computer Software Engineering

University of Advancing Technology
01.2006

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Computer Science

Al Ahliyya Amman University
01.2002

Skills

  • Product Strategy & Vision
  • Cross-Platform Mobile Development
  • Agile Methodologies & Scrum
  • DevOps & CI/CD Pipeline Optimization (Reduced build failures by 30%)
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy
  • Cybersecurity & Risk Management
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Customer-Centric Design
  • Stakeholder & Executive Leadership
  • Financial Budgeting & Headcount Growth
  • AI/ML based product features design

Certification

  • Scrum Master Certificate of Proficiency
  • Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
  • Oracle Certified Professional, Java EE 5 Web Services Developer (OCP)

Languages

  • Arabic (Native)
  • English (Native)

Awards

  • High Performance Award, Microsoft, 2015
  • High Performance Award, Microsoft, 2018

Timeline

Director of Product Management

Workday
05.2023 - Current

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft
01.2009 - 05.2018

General Manager

CheckGateway, Inc.
08.2007 - 08.2008

Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) -

Quantic School of Business And Technology

Master of Science (MS) - Computer Software Engineering

University of Advancing Technology

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Computer Science

Al Ahliyya Amman University

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