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Rid Raheem

Product & Growth | D2C, Marketplace, SaaS
High Potential
  • Suggested rate
    €1,092 / day
  • Experience8-15 years
  • Response rate100%
  • Response time1 hour
The project will begin once you accept Rid's quote.
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London, England, United Kingdom
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  • and around London (up to 50km)
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Industry fields of expertise
Fashion and Cosmetics
Luxury Goods
Digital and IT Services
E-commerce
Retail (Small Business)
Rid in a few words
Fractional Head of Product and Startup Advisor. Blending entrepreneurial hustle with strategic rigour, I guide D2C, Marketplace & SaaS businesses from concept to product-led growth.

15 years experience building Retail / eCommerce, Digital Health and TMT ventures across the UK, EMEA & APAC:
• Developed 10x product roadmaps and GTM strategies for startup & scaleup founders
• Scaled fashion resale platform from concept to seven figure ARR at Trading Desk
• Delivered £100M+ digital transformations and startup-enterprise partnerships at Microsoft, Deloitte & Telstra

Fractional services:
✅ Venture building and MVP design
✅ Product vision and roadmap
✅ Product debugging and growth hacking
✅ Commerical and GTM strategy
✅ Use case identification and business case development
✅ Market analysis & competitor benchmarking
✅ Coaching on product management, venture building & strategy
✅ Software & Platform advice: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Shopify, WordPress, Instagram, TikTok
Experience
  • sobuj bazaar
    Founder & Managing Director
    DIGITAL & IT
    April 2023 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
    London, England, United Kingdom
    - Founded digital consultancy supporting tech startups to deliver growth through innovative solutions in the consumer goods and sustainability sectors
    - Partnered with YC Startup School CTOs to validate AI-powered platform enabling sustainable material selection in fashion design, reducing waste across sampling and production processes
    - Crafted a sustainable sourcing strategy for LOBOMAR, enabling the ethical luxury brand to sell out two collections and secure partnerships with Design Museum London and Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
    - Mentored London College of Fashion MA graduate in designing blockchain-powered product traceability platform for fashion and textiles, contributing to successful £50k startup capital raise
    Strategy Product Leadership Digital Transformation Sustainability Omnichannel Retail artificial intelligence Blockchain Internet of things Customer experience Frontline worker experience SAAS Cloud computing
  • Trading Desk
    Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
    E-COMMERCE
    May 2023 - September 2024 (1 year and 5 months)
    London, England, United Kingdom
    - Leveraged user research to deliver second-hand fashion marketplace MVP in 12 weeks, exceeding engagement targets by 200%
    - Engineered buyer-seller equilibrium through strategic feature implementation, driving growth in conversion and AOV metrics
    - Designed and launched 'Nigo' prototype, an LLM-powered AI seller concierge, with initial results indicating a 50% reduction in support average handling time (AHT)
    - Grew diverse 5-person team across Product, Engineering & Marketing, fostering a culture of continuous innovation and rapid delivery
    - Developed a community-driven social media strategy, achieving 400% Instagram follower growth over 12 months and attracting 1,000 early adopters within 3 months
    - Crafted a compelling product roadmap and pitch deck, catalysing investor interest and securing a 7-figure acquisition
    Product management Marketplace E-commerce Omnichannel Retail Fashion Circular Economy
  • Microsoft Corporation
    Principal Product Manager, Retail Industry Solutions
    TECH
    July 2022 - May 2023 (10 months)
    London, UK
    - Formulated product vision and go-to-market strategy for UK, overseeing key accounts in Luxury, Fashion & Grocery sectors
    - Designed a £200M strategic partnership with a major Retailer, steering cross-functional teams to outline generative AI and cloud solutions projected to boost online conversion and staff productivity

    - Collaborated on “Smart Store Analytics” pilot with a major Retailer, leveraging cutting-edge computer vision and ML to slash operational costs by 20% and boost staff productivity by 10%
    Product Leadership Digital Strategy SAAS Lean startup Partnerships artificial intelligence Internet of things Blockchain
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Education
  • Circular Economy
    MIT Professional Education
    2023
  • Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce
    Deakin University
    2011
    Graduated with Honours. Majored in Economics and Political Sciences
  • Exchange programme
    The George Washington University
    2010
    Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Economics and International Affairs
  • Bachelor of Commerce
    University of Melbourne
    2007
    Completed units in Accounting and Finance.