Umair Shahzad

LinkedIn Expert for Founders & CEOs | Top 200 LinkedIn Voice Globally | Turning operators into recognized names in their industry

United States

About

I work with founders and CEOs who are great operators - but whose LinkedIn presence doesn't reflect the weight of what they've built. I build them a full positioning system: Narrative Strategy, Profile Optimisation, Content and Growth Analytics In 2019, I joined a startup as a founding member No brand. No audience. No name in the market. By the time I left, we had 7 million users across 176 countries. LinkedIn played a crucial role in growing the startup That's where I learned what LinkedIn actually does when it's used with intention. After the exit, I kept building. I started sharing what I knew. Today I'm a ๐“๐จ๐ฉ 200 ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐๐ˆ๐ง ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ in Venture Capital, ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐๐ˆ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ award winner, with 36,000+ followers and 3.7 ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง organic impressions in the last year. There are over 5 million startup founders and CEOs building serious companies globally. Only 1.4% of them create content on LinkedIn - not because their work isn't good enough but because they are not able to find their positioning That's the problem I aim to solve. ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ†’ Worked with 13 startups with a combined 37 million downloads โ†’ Launched and scaled a consumer startup studio โ†’ Mentored 100+ startups and SMEs across development and growth โ†’ Startup of the Year - Pakistan Digital Awards 2023 & P@SHA โ†’ Featured in Global Dating Insights as one of the top global matrimony apps ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ โ†’ Top 200 LinkedIn Voice Globally - Venture Capital (Favikon) โ†’ Best LinkedIn Content Creator - Pakistan Digital Youth Forum โ†’ Featured in Global Dating Insights, Geo TV, Samaa TV ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ Guest Speaker - LUMS, LSE, NIC, Founder Pakistan Mentor & Trainer - National Incubation Center, Plan 9, I2I, She Loves Tech, Standard Chartered She Means Business Judge - Techstars Startup Weekend, She Loves Tech, Plan 9, SparkTank by Beaconhouse

Experience

  • Linkedin Coach for Founders and CEOs at Umair Shahzad
    Apr 2024 - Present ยท 2 yrs 3 mos

    Worked with 100+ founders and senior executives as a LinkedIn coach, helping them with narrative positioning, profile optimisation, content strategy and audience growth. Most of them were great operators. Just underrepresented for the work they were actually doing. Results: โ†’ Took a founder from 400 to 6,200 followers in 4 months โ†’ Average 3x impression growth across clients โ†’ 38K followers and 3.7M impressions on my own profile

  • Advisor at Bechlo.pk
    Jan 2025 - Present ยท 1 yr 6 mos

    Advising on growth strategy and LinkedIn-led distribution as the founding team builds out their early customer base.

  • Advisor - Growth at LIMELIGHT
    Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 ยท 1 yr

    Advised on growth strategy and digital transformation, with a specific focus on LinkedIn-led distribution - helping the team build presence, attract the right audience and turn content into a repeatable growth channel.

  • General Manager | Founding Member (Exited) at Dil Ka Rishta
    Nov 2019 - Dec 2024 ยท 5 yrs 2 mos

    This is where I learned what LinkedIn actually does when used with intention. We grew a startup to 7 million users across 176 countries โ€” and LinkedIn was a core part of how we built awareness, attracted talent, and created trust with zero paid budget in new markets. - Built and launched product across 150+ cities locally(Pakistan) - Expanded globally (current presence in 170+ countries) - Grew the team from 10 team members to 200+ within 6 months - Leading marketing, product, operations and business development Results: - 7 Million+ active profiles - 3 Million+ matches on the app - 32000+ success stories One of region's fastest growing startup

  • Product & Operations at GrocerApp
    Oct 2021 - Jul 2022 ยท 10 mos

    Key Achievement(s): -Reduced delivery times by 21% -Improved Unit Economics -Bring products to market and conducted competitive analysis, devising and implementing strategy by becoming a bridge between engineering and business teams -Work closely with marketing, operations, finance and growth teams for overall scalability and optimisation -Liased with operations and engineering teams for new launches, expansion and growth across multiple cities -Managed product design, roadmaps, goals, sprints and tickets to achieve goals specific to operations and growth