Rehan Islam

Background

About Rehan Islam

Product manager and former trader with 14 years in financial markets across investment banks, asset management, data analytics, and trading platforms.Core product management skills include:Discovery: conducting user research to discover problems, testing solution prototypes, and running A/B tests to establish candidate features to prioritisePlanning: Prioritising features, backlog grooming and refinement, sprint planningDelivery: leading design, running sprint ceremonies, and stakeholder managementEvangelism: delivering product demos to clients and managementDocumentation: Writing product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteriaGo to market: coordinating launch strategy and producing marketing collateralApplications used: ProductBoard, JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Amplitude, and Heap AnalyticsCoding: Python, SQLPrior to product management, I developed a deep understanding of financial markets as a trader at Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale, and knowledge of investment technology as the innovation unit manager at Janus Henderson Investors.