Sumaiya Noor

Award-winning Product & Strategy Leader | Product Management & Growth-PLG | AI driven B2B & B2C Products | 40Under40 | ex-IBM | Startup Advisor | Fulbright Scholar | Advisory Board Member, Judge, Coach & Keynote Speaker

In the end, we all become stories. Mine is about building products, AI solutions and ecosystems across the globe.

Outcome-driven AI, Technology & Product leader with 14+ years of experience leading product, data science, design and engineering teams. I love building transformative products and high-performing teams for solving customers' pain points. Specialized in AI based B2B, B2C & B2B2C SaaS products, User Experience & Engineering.

Adept in deriving optimal value from Applied AI, Data, Cloud applications, Web 3.0 and other emerging technologies. Technical, people and business experience with distinctive ability to utilize multi-functional expertise. Growth mindset with focus on execution utilizing analytical skills, agile and design thinking to deliver business results. 

Board Member, Startup Advisor, Author and graduate of IBM Leadership Development Program. Experienced in managing teams across 6 continents (being based in 4 continents) with Fortune100 companies and startups. C-suite leadership experience of collaborating with global cross-functional teams to drive innovation for high-growth organizations.

I attended Purdue University, USA on full scholarship (Fulbright - one of the most competitive scholarships in the world) for my MS/MBA. INSEAD certified Digital Strategy consultant, Certified AI Product Manager and a Software Engineer.

I speak frequently at multiple forums globally. Spoken at US State Department with delegates from 47 countries including US Congress members. Also gave a talk at Grace Hopper Conference, attended by more than 30K technologists world-wide.

In life, grit has enabled me to overcome adversity. Beyond work, avid supporter of women & human rights, education, and DEI.

EXPERTISE 
PRODUCT & TECH: Product Strategy and Development (0-1, 1-n) • Product-Led Growth (PLG) • Product Management • Product-Market fit • Product Roadmap • A/B Testing • SDLC • Experimentation • Applied AI & Digital Strategy • Agentic AI
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE/UX: Human-Centered Design • User Research 
BUSINESS & PEOPLE: Strategic Partnerships • Mergers & Acquisitions • Talent Strategy • Talent Acquisition • People Management • GTM Strategy 

VALUES & SKILLS
• Grit • Humility • Empathy & Kindness • Authenticity & Integrity • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Curiosity & Continuous Learning  

Looking for data-driven and customer-centric full stack Product & AI expert with global cross-functional leadership experience for taking your business to the next level or interested in hearing me speak, please reach out at sumaiyan@gmail.com.

Advisor - Product & Growth

I have been collaborating with multiple startups across the globe as an advisor mostly on Product and Growth for past few years. Some notable highlights of my work so far are:

• Enabled a startup to close $11.5Million of Round A funding.
• Helped an early stage startup in finding Product-Market fit for enhancing MVP and adding new features which finally resulted in 30% increase in conversion rate.
• Collaborated with founders to formulate a Product Strategy and Pricing Model for a 20% increase in retention rate over the period of 4 months. 
• Designed and helped the company to implement go-to-market strategy (PLG) for 45% MoM growth.
• Last and one of the most important ones is helping these startups to build highly effective teams responsible for delivering all these great results.

Please feel free to reach out if you want to take your startup to the next level.

YWCA Metro Vancouver

With a vision of building better futures for women and their families, YWCA serves over 46,000 clients and program participants annually, with 72 programs and services in 66 locations across metro-Vancouver.

Tech Connect is an employment program for visible minority newcomer women searching for work in the Tech Sector. It is funded by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

As a Tech Connect Career & Mentorship Advisor, my primary focus is:
● Workshop planning & facilitation
● One-to-one career advising & goal setting, and action planning
● Connecting clients with mentors who are industry professional
● Curriculum development and facilitate workshops on resume and cover letter writing, mock interview preparation, career development & planning, BC tech industry landscape and job search strategies etc.

Career and Mentorship Advisor - Tech Connect

MOSAIC

MOSAIC is one of the largest settlement non-profit organizations in Canada. serving immigrant, refugee, migrant and mainstream communities in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley as well as throughout the province of BC and overseas via online programs.
As an Employment Services Advisor for two programs, Fast Track to Technology Careers (F2TC) and Fast Track to Manufacturing (F2M), I provided one-on-one career advising and job search support to clients and connect them with promising employers. For F2TC, My main responsibilities were:
● Facilitating employment skills workshops
● Organizing employer panels and speaker session
● Resume and cover letter advising and coaching
● Job development
● Moderating employer panel and guest speaker sessions
● Career advising and connecting participants with employers
● Assisting clients with developing Career Plans and Action plans

Employment Services Advisor

Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology

My experience of organizing career and job search related events for STEM women at SCWIST includes resume review workshops, career-focused lunch and learns, and a highly successful job fair. The “Women in STEM Job Fair” showcased 16 companies, generated over $14689 revenue, and featured panel discussions, workshops, 1:1 resume advising and 1:1 career coaching. While working with volunteers in the role of Director for Leadership, I recognized the challenges that the job seekers face and, on several occasions, provided employment advice and job search assistance.

Director Leadership and Codirector IWIS

● Establish short- and long-range plans and goals to achieve organization membership objectives
● Developed plans for member engagement, retention, and recruitment strategy and implementation plan and membership renewal
●  Identify opportunities and collaborate internally to enhance member benefits and services offered by SCWIST
●  Took minutes for monthly board meeting

Director Membership and Secretary

Pacific Immigrant Resources Society

● Teaching adult immigrants from various ethnic backgrounds
● Teaching in-person as well as online via Zoom
● Creating curriculum and preparing educational materials

ESL Teacher

ILSC Education Group

● Teaching youth from various immigrants’ backgrounds at beginner and Intermediate level
● Substitute teacher for adult classes
● Designed lessons to increase students’ language skills, their accuracy and fluency, appropriate to a
    broad range of situations and needs
● Experience of using a range of modern and traditional language learning techniques and 
   methodology
● Evaluating progress and conferring with students individually

Instructor

ISSofBC Employment and Entrepreneurship

Administrative Assistant (Volunteer)

Peer Support Group Facilitator
Support group facilitator for Immigrant or Refugee Woman to help them to increase self-esteem and confidence and become more aware of the services and resources available to them as well as a better understanding of Canadian culture.

Fascilitator

Committe Memeber of IWIS (Immigrating Women in Science) 

Empathy, compassion, and curiosity are my superpowers, allowing me to foster profound collaborations and connections with my clients, friends, and colleagues. My career advising revolves around conducting employment workshops for newcomer women, equipping them with essential job skills, and empowering them through career guidance and mentorship to launch successful careers in Canada. Working predominantly with immigrant women fuels my passion, motivating me to approach each workday with the same enthusiasm as I did on my very first day in this role.

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