Product Development Manager
Geek Express
Total years of experience :6 years, 10 Months
• Identify sales leads and prepare comprehensive product demonstrations, sales
presentations and proposals, highlighting key features and unique selling points to our
potential clients, resulting in a 20% increase in conversion rates.
• Engage with key regional clients and customers to assess their needs and preferences and
understand their business objectives, translating them into effective solutions by offering new alterations to our current services and products.
• Research current industry trends, sharing valuable insights to identify and capitalize on
new growth opportunities to expand our market presence and maximize revenue potential,
contributing to a 15% improvement in decision-making effectiveness.
• Review client feedback and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance existing
products through accurate adjustments and seamless execution of new project features,
guaranteeing customers’ satisfaction and increasing their retention rate by 10%.
• Provide regular reports and updates on sales performance, forecasts, market insights and
contract negotiations to senior management, continuously addressing customer challenges
and maximizing profitability.
• Researched and developed new product ideas, by performing feasibility, profitability and
market studies, leading to the launch of 5 new successful products as part of the Junior
Series and Educational Program kits in the local and regional markets.
• Strategically planned and standardized the development process of all the items of the new
products including their packaging and their step guide, which optimized the product cost,
maximized efficiency and resulted in a 25% reduction in time-to-market.
• Arranged and managed the R&D of the forecasted products by organizing the
manufacturing processes and defining the procurement and logistical operations,
contributing to a 10% improvement in overall production execution and efficiency.
• Estimated an operating quarterly budget for the R&D plan, establishing timelines that
clarify the team’s responsibilities to analyze the impact on their performance and growth,
achieving up to 15% increase in goal attainment.
• Expedited thorough inspections, tests, and measurements for the in-house produced
materials, ensuring a consistent adherence to high-quality standards and recommending
necessary adjustments to enhance the production process and reduce defects by 8%.
• Coordinated 10 new local and international collaborations such as Rubu’ Qarn Sharjah,
NYU Abu Dhabi and Horizon Private schools, creating tailored workshops, seminars and camps to drive the continuous improvement of young kids in the technology fields.
• Adopted technological principles and practices to all new researched projects, ensuring a consistent high level of quality and achieving a 15% improvement in project outcomes.
• Established and implemented a collaborative teamwork environment to define projects' objectives, deliverables, and priorities, cutting down projects’ completion time to 20%.
• Monitored and communicated team members' performance, reporting progress towards yearly targets and objectives, leading to a 20% increase in overall team productivity.
• Facilitated the recruitment of new content developers by providing the necessary support,
streamlining the hiring process and dropping the time-to-fill roles by 30%.
• Developed 1500 custom-made DIY Inventor’s Kits for ILMI Science Museum in Saudi Arabia, igniting the spirit of exploration and discovery of the Saudi community beyond the museum's physical space with an R&D budget of over $100, 000.
• Invented and designed 12 hands-on, full-fledged STEAM educational kits called the MakerBox, inspiring kids ages 8 to 14 to see themselves as creators and makers and not just as consumers through fun and challenging inventions.
• Sketched freehand drawings to demonstrate the assembly steps of the developed kits, graphically illustrated the 2D and 3D steps using CAD tools and designed the illustrations of the packaging sticker of each MakerBox kit.
• Created 30 new coding, engineering and science video challenges and experiments to encourage our local and regional community of kids ages 6 to 12 to discover different principles while building their curiosity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Constructed 45 unique curricula for newly developed courses in Robotics, Engineering and
Design by researching latest trends in game design, machine learning, and AI.