Connor McLeod
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Coaching people with non-traditional backgrounds into product!
Studied at Brigham Young University
Hiring Manager at SageCreek Partners
Successful clients at
Not currently taking new clients
Connor’s Product Management Qualifications
Experience level: VP of Product
Connor has helped clients get into these companies:
Welcome to my profile! With extensive experience as an EVP of Product Management at Nerd United and a VP - Product Manager AI/ML at JPMorgan Chase & Co., I have a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and driving product innovation. I have successfully coached 3 individuals, helping them break into and excel in product management roles at top companies. My expertise spans from launching AI-powered platforms to implementing growth strategies that significantly boost user engagement and revenue. Let's connect and take your product management career to the next level!
Connor can help with:
AI Agents
AI Automation
AI Fundamentals
AI Product Design
AI Roadmap Development
Behavioral Interview Prep
Cover Letters
Execution
Frameworks
Freelancing
General Exploration
Influence & Collaboration
LinkedIn Review
Networking Strategy
Product Case Interview Prep
Promotion Strategy
Prototyping with AI
Resume Review
Salary Negotiation
Skill Building
Strategy & Vision
User Research & Insights Automation
Why do I coach?
I come from a non-traditional background. First gen college student, non-traditional major, lower than average high school and college GPA to name a few. At countless intersections of my life when I was at a moment of forward or backward motion, a mentor stepped up, coached me, and bet on me. I had to figure out how to stand out because of my background, I know what it takes to get the first product role, and how to become undeniably the right choice for a new role or promotion.
Work Experience
VP of Product & Technology | Analyst
SageCreek Partners
June 2024 - Present
Hiring Manager
Sagecreek is an operator-led family office with a track record of building and scaling market-leading companies. We have founded, led, and coached nine companies to $1B+ exits and 50+ to $150m exits, bringing deep operational expertise to every engagement. What sets us apart is our hands-on approach: we're not traditional investors, but rather seasoned operators who actively partner with companies to accelerate growth, optimize operations, and create transformative opportunities through M&A and strategic partnerships. Our team's philosophy is simple: we create outsized value by doing the work alongside our portfolio companies, bringing decades of operational experience and our extensive network to bear on their most critical challenges. Specializing in executive coaching, hiring top talent, growth strategy, M&A, product/technology, and partnerships.
VP of Product Management | General Manager
Nerd United
February 2022 - June 2024
Hiring Manager
Responsible for P&L of 4 startups to $25m+ in node sales, and $1.5m in ARR, bringing tens of thousands of first-time crypto users to blockchain-enabled software products. Led a team of 50+, including, Technology & Product, Design, Data Science, GTM, and Sales Lead the growth, and technology strategy for our Rewards Blockchain as a Service, launching 15 rewards chains, creating a new revenue stream. Partnered closely with compliance, product, engineering, support, design, finance, and marketing. CEO of Perspect (studio startup) from ideation/validation to GTM phase on an AI-powered, blockchain rewards, productivity platform for software developers. Grew to 450 MAU (~90% developers) in 4 months. (ask me about the Hyper Energy Drink) Go-to-Market Strategy, LLMs and +4 skills
Product Manager AI/ML
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
April 2021 - March 2022
Admissions Committee
Lead the creation of the Personalization platform, enabling JPMC-wide use of client intelligence and implementation of personalization features. (25+ tech teams utilizing the platform, delivering software to hundreds of thousands of users in Mar 2022) Enabled the rapid shift from low-tech experiences to personalized client and employee experiences increasing CSAT and attributed revenue for multiple asset class desks. Cross-functional collaboration between bankers, legal, data science, sales, customer success, traders, engineering, and product. Recommendation Systems, Executive Presentations and +4 skills
Product Lead
Branded Pictures Ent
February 2021 - April 2021
Interim Growth Product Lead - shipped a few major growth projects leading to 12%+ increase in ARR. Defined product strategy focused on creators and the creator economy resulting in $Xm+ investment to fund engineering, sales, marketing, and product/design. Purchased and drove the implementation of core product analytics/growth technologies (Amplitude, Braze, and SalesForce) leading to the first quantitative product understanding of product engagement/interaction and +10% MAU. Lead transition to Agile Scrum for product/engineering team resulting in increased engineering efficiency. Growth Product Management, A/B Testing and +3 skills
Technical Product Manager
Ancestry
June 2018 - February 2021
Led 3 cross-company growth initiatives, worked directly with senior & c-suite executives in engineering, data, content, product, DNA science, and compliance (Impacting 18m+ customers & generating $XYZ net-new ARR) Took point on end-to-end recommendation systems and search algorithm improvements resulting in 3%+ in sign-ups, 5%+ in site-wide key engagement metrics (Impacting 2M+ customers), 10%+ in Thrulines DAU, 21%+ in Thrulines CSAT (Impacting 100k+ customers) Led development and launch of a cross-company recommendations (“hints”) strategy, enabling tech, data science, marketing, and advertising teams across the company to build 10s of new recommendation-driven user experiences. Cross-functional Team Leadership, Recommender Systems and +4 skills
Co-founder
Portal Entryways
2017 - 2019
YC W19. I helped prepare multiple YC applications and made the connections to local admissions board members of YC. I left for Ancestry prior to going out to the bay area and stayed on as an advisor. Hardware startup.
Connor was also given offers to work at
Microsoft
Education
Brigham Young University
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems
Relevant Coursework: Enterprise Software Development, User-Centered Design, Machine Learning, Security, Software Systems Design and Analysis, Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Practicum in Technology.
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Overall Rating
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Connor has helped clients get into these companies: