Bilal Aslam

Hiring PMs in San Francisco, Seattle and Amsterdam

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Software, for me, is more than a job - it's a passion. My professional goal is simple: to build incredibly impactful products that change lives. My differentiators are: hands-on entrepreneurship, follow-through and innovation. Specialties: startups, entrepreneurship, programming, deployment, data mining, business intelligence, UX design, mentoring

Experience

  • Databricks (Full-time · 7 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Director of Product Management
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

      I work with some of the best engineering teams in the world to make it easy for every business to benefit from Databricks' Lakehouse Platform. If you are a product manager who cares about data, please reach out to me as I am hiring in Amsterdam, San Francisco and Seattle.

    • Director of Product Management
      Apr 2019 - Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      I lead product management for Jobs and Workflows and Databricks SQL. We are on a mission to bring data, ML and AI to everyone! If you are a curious, customer-centric product manager who loves to build software that delights customers, come join us. I am hiring for roles in Seattle, San Francisco and Amsterdam. 👋🏼 Drop me a line either through LinkedIn or at bilal dot aslam at databricks dot com

  • Technical Advisor (not a full-time role) at Azuqua
    Mar 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

    I advise the good folks at Azuqua on data strategy, predictive analytics and how to get value out of data.

  • Senior Director Product Management at DocuSign
    Dec 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

    I joined DocuSign as part of the Appuri acquisition. I work on ML and Big Data platforms.

  • Chief Product Officer and Co-founder at Appuri, Inc.
    May 2013 - Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Appuri is a VC-backed Big Data company that wants to change how companies use customer data to make decisions. Our first product, Appuri Backstop, makes it easy for companies to predict when customers are about to leave their service based on usage patterns. As Chief Product Officer, I led product design and was responsible for bringing the voice of customer into all functional areas. I also hired large parts of the technical team and participated in key corporate events, from fundraising to acquisition.

  • Senior Program Manager at Microsoft
    Mar 2010 - Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Project lead and key architect of the Windows Azure Store, a marketplace for premium cloud services. Effectively founded a startup at Microsoft by driving business planning, UX, and project from inception to completion, building partnerships across three teams and multiple disciplines and 18 partners. My team delivered a beautiful user experience, public API and simple billing to millions of developers in record time-to-market. Also, the primary owner and leader of the Windows Azure signup, purchase and billing experience. Key driver in changing the user experience from an ancient, 8-page process to a smooth 3-step experience which has exceeded all success metrics. This role requires expertise in e-commerce, marketplaces and billing. Additionally, shipped a simple yet powerful code deployment solution for the Microsoft WebMatrix IDE, which won excellent reviews. Also greatly simplified the administration experience for Microsoft Web Deploy, a website deployment tool, and delivered customer-centric documentation which received excellent feedback.