Lei Gao

Overview

I lead AI features at Meta in Melbourne. Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 9 days to 4. Killed 7 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for. Before that: Xero and Tencent. Most at home with ML and prompt design. Learning to sail.

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Experience

1. Director of Product

   Mar 2023 - Present
   Meta · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Took AI products activation from 34% to 53% in three quarters.
   • Ran 146 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
2. Senior Product Manager

   Sep 2019 - Mar 2023
   Xero · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Took AI products activation from 23% to 51% in three quarters.
   • Launched the AI products product in 4 markets.
3. Senior Product Manager

   Jun 2017 - Jul 2019
   Tencent · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Launched the AI products product in 3 markets.
4. Product Manager

   Aug 2014 - Jun 2017
   Google · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Killed 7 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
5. Associate Product Manager

   Dec 2012 - Aug 2014
   Westpac · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Took AI products activation from 22% to 57% in three quarters.
   • Launched the AI products product in 10 markets.

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Education

1. INSEAD Singapore

   MBA, Business Administration
   2012 - 2014
2. Peking University

   BSc, Design
   2007 - 2011