Sharon Tanaka

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Senior Product Manager at Tandem Works · credit, compliance

Tandem Works
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
9+ years experience
Cornell University
English
Open to work
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Overview

Based in New York. I work on lending at Tandem Works. Grew lending revenue from $3 million to $35 million ARR. Ran 53 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Before that: PayPal and Johnson & Johnson.

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Skills
complianceproduct strategyunderwritingcredit
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Product Manager in e-commerce, New York or hybrid

Target roles
Product Manager
Level
Senior
Industries
Logistics, E-commerce
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
30 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the NY
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on product strategy with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Contract-only roles

9 years in lending. Strongest at compliance and credit. Available immediately.

New York, NYcompliancecreditproduct strategy
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Experience

  1. Senior Product Manager
    Apr 2026 - Present
    Tandem Works · 6 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 12 days to 4.
    • Grew lending revenue from $2 million to $27 million ARR.
  2. Associate Product Manager
    Mar 2023 - Apr 2026
    PayPal · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Took lending activation from 23% to 42% in three quarters.
  3. Product Manager
    Feb 2020 - Mar 2023
    Johnson & Johnson · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
    • Grew lending revenue from $3 million to $20 million ARR.
  4. Associate Product Manager
    Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
    Wells Fargo · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Launched the lending product in 12 markets.

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Education

  1. Cornell University
    BS, Computer Science
    2012 - 2016

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