Sam Gardenswartz

About

Experienced E-commerce & product leader focused on building stellar teams, creating digital experiences our customers love, and celebrating big launches with homemade cakes. Experienced in: • Owning E-commerce P&L • Business strategy, including scoping customer problems, sizing impact, and prioritizing opportunities • Building up and scaling a product management function • Defining ambiguous problem areas and leading teams to a product vision • Managing multiple functions including Product Management, Engineering, Design, SEO, and CRM • Operating in larger companies (Warby Parker, Bain) and start-ups (VRAI) • Using data to drive decisions and roadmaps • Launching 0 to 1 digital experiences for big strategic priorities • Building strong relationships with business partners

Experience

• Grüns (Remote)
  • Vice President, Ecom & LTV
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Vice President, Ecom
    Sep 2025 - Feb 2026 · 6 mos

• Vice President, Digital at VRAI
  Mar 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Own E-commerce PnL and end-to-end customer experience • Lead Digital team across product management, development, UX/UI design, SEO, and CRM

• Warby Parker (6 yrs 8 mos)
  • Director of Product Management
    Jan 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Lead product team owning website and mobile apps Accomplishments include: • Launching and scaling new Contacts business • Launching award-winning Virtual Try-On on both iOS and Website • Redesigning and launching Virtual Vision Test iOS app

  • Senior Product Manager
    May 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Manager, Ecommerce
    Aug 2016 - May 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Split time 80% PM / 20% other initiatives

• Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
  Oct 2015 - Jul 2016 · 10 mos

  Experience in Technology and Retail sectors

• Analyst, Consumer Insights and Strategy at Warby Parker
  Apr 2015 - Oct 2015 · 7 mos