Gyanda Sachdeva

VP of Product Management at LinkedIn

Mountain View, California, United States

About

I lead the Consumer Experience team at LinkedIn, which is responsible for creating and delivering innovative products in our app that help millions of professionals connect, learn, and grow every day. I have over 13 years of experience in product management spanning various domains such as advertising, subscriptions, marketplaces, payments, and consumer experiences. I am a First Mover Fellow at The Aspen Institute, where I collaborate with other intrapreneurs to develop and implement solutions that combine business success with positive social and environmental impacts. I am passionate about building products that improve people's lives in meaningful ways, increasing diversity in leadership ranks, and cultivating a growth mindset toward every opportunity.

Experience

  • LinkedIn (16 yrs 7 mos)
    • Vice President, Product Management
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Head of LinkedIn's Consumer Experience.

    • Vice President, Product Management
      Jun 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Head of LinkedIn's Marketing Solutions products.

    • Director, Product Management
      Mar 2015 - Jun 2020 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      Head of LinkedIn’s Premium Subscription, Commerce and Services Marketplace products.

  • First Mover Fellow at The Aspen Institute
    May 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

    The First Movers Fellowship is an innovation lab and leadership development opportunity for intrapreneurs (change-agents within organizations large and small) who are working to create new products, services and practices that fuse business success with positive social and environmental impacts.

  • Investment Banking Analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners
    Jul 2008 - Jan 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Prepared quantitative financial analyses for technology clients in online media, communication equipment, enterprise computing and storage. Ranked top of 2008-09 1st year analyst class; hand-picked by head of banking to research addition of new vertical in N. America.

  • Global Business Analyst at Merrill Lynch
    May 2007 - Aug 2007 · 4 mos

    Deployed risk management software tool for Merrill Lynch's Credit Risk back-end. Selected by ML's Strategy & Growth team to research technology solutions for improving communication among far-flung teams.

  • Software Development Intern at Chartered Semiconductor
    May 2006 - Aug 2006 · 4 mos

    Developed software application that analyzed Transition Line Pulse results for electrostatic discharge on silicon chips.