Riya Sana Chopra

Overview

I've spent 19 years on lending - first at Capital One, now at IBM. Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for. Most at home with credit and compliance.

Experience

1. Director of Product

   Jul 2023 - Present
   IBM · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 12 days to 1.
   • Launched the lending product in 12 markets.
2. Group Product Manager

   May 2021 - Jul 2023
   Uber · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
   • Grew lending revenue from $7 million to $21 million ARR.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 19 days to 1.
3. Associate Product Manager

   Oct 2019 - May 2021
   Ford · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
4. Principal Product Manager

   Jun 2016 - Oct 2019
   Dropbox · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
   • Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
5. Senior Product Manager

   Dec 2014 - Mar 2016
   Capital One · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
   • Took lending activation from 21% to 54% in three quarters.
   • Ran 78 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

1. MIT

   SB, Engineering
   2003 - 2007