Jared B. Shaffer

Background

About Jared B. Shaffer

I love learning about customers and testing product ideas. Here's a few quick things about me. 1) My first ever job was mowing lawns in my neighborhood. Still have a farmer's tan on my arms. 2) I created a startup's first theme-based roadmap that was relentlessly focused on solving customer problems. I was the only PM on a team with 20 engineers and no designers. While I was managing product, revenue grew from $6M to nearly $20M. 3) I started my professional career in Customer Success at a startup and unknowingly wiggled my way into a product management role when I conducted user research, created designs, and shipped a tool for calculating sales tax for online sporting good stores for my Canadian neighbors. 4) Most recently at UserVoice, I launched a first of its kind interactive, feedback-focused product roadmap using PLG strategies. 5) I've worked alongside multiple VPs of Engineering, retooling development processes to agile sprints as well as the lean Shape-Up development process. Beyond the boardroom, I've championed game-changing initiatives, including pioneering a custom payment processing platform, designing an intelligent product recommendation algorithm, and orchestrating seamless vendor integrations with industry giants like Adidas and UnderArmour.