Richard Johnson

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Group Product Manager at General Motors | ex-Pfizer

General Motors
San Francisco, CA · PT (UTC-8)
12+ years experience
Boston University
English
Co-founder
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Overview

12 years in product management, the last 4 at General Motors, where I lead the marketplace team. Launched the marketplace product in 10 markets. Before that: Pfizer and Boeing. I volunteer with a food bank on weekends.

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  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on matching
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Skills
matchingtwo-sided networksunit economicstrust & safety
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
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Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for API security for manufacturers in Southeast Asia

The idea
Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for API security for manufacturers in Southeast Asia
Stage
Idea
I bring
9 years in marketplaces
Looking for
Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment
Full-time after funding
Location
San Francisco or remote

I bring 12 years of marketplaces (currently General Motors). Ideally you've led a design team. Full-time from day one.

San Francisco, CAunit economicstwo-sided networkstrust & safety
Open

Experience

  1. Group Product Manager
    Jul 2022 - Present
    General Motors · 4 yr 3 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Took marketplace activation from 27% to 49% in three quarters.
    • Launched the marketplace product in 6 markets.
  2. Product Manager
    Jan 2021 - Jul 2022
    Pfizer · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Launched the marketplace product in 4 markets.
  3. Product Manager
    Sep 2017 - Jan 2021
    Boeing · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
  4. Product Manager
    Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
    Johnson & Johnson · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Grew marketplace revenue from $2 million to $36 million ARR.
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
  5. Associate Product Manager
    Oct 2014 - Apr 2016
    IBM · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.

Projects

Marketplaces benchmark
2025

Reproducible benchmarks comparing matching and unit economics on real workloads.

Write-up: marketplaces in practice
2023

A long-form guide to marketplaces for people starting out.

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Education

  1. Boston University
    BS, Engineering
    2010 - 2014

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