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Dunja Cupar

Strategic Product Leader | AI & B2B SaaS

Professional Summary

Product leader with 12+ years of pattern recognition across B2B SaaS. I read signals, empower small teams, and ship products that users actually adopt.

Now building AI applications hands-on with Python and LangChain because the best product sense comes from building, not delegating.

Remote-first, founder-mode operator. Proven in PropTech, FinTech, and AI marketplaces where resourcefulness beats resources.

What I Believe

  • Products win when users succeed, not when features ship
  • AI should solve real problems, not create more complexity
  • Remote teams outperform when given context, not control

Core Competencies

  • Product Strategy & Roadmapping
  • 0-to-1 Product Development
  • AI/ML Product Development
  • Operational Systems Design
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Go-to-Market Strategy
  • Startup Scaling & Growth
  • Remote Team Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Agile/Scrum Methodologies
  • B2B SaaS & Enterprise Software

Technical Skills

AI/ML: LangChain, RAG Systems, Vector Databases (Pinecone, Chroma), Prompt Engineering, Context Engineering, Evals & Model Testing, Agentic Systems

Development: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, React

Product & Analytics: Linear, Figma, Amplitude, SQL

Professional Experience

Product Lead

Pangea.ai (AI-Powered Global Hiring Marketplace)

Feb 2023 - Present

  • Led service-to-platform transformation: digitized manual recruitment workflows into 3-app ecosystem—migrated from no-code tools to scalable product architecture with 1 FTE + 1 contractor
  • Shipped AI-powered workflow automation reducing manual processing by 60%—implemented human-in-loop AI for critical pain points, balancing speed with quality control
  • Drove entire product strategy from concept to launch with extreme resource constraints—established product processes, analytics framework, and cross-functional workflows still used by team

Product Manager

Nabr (PropTech/Consumer Housing Platform)

Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Led development of Virtual 3D Tour using Unreal Engine with programmatic precision—buyers could walk through exact replicas of future homes before construction, securing seed round and replacing $1M+ showrooms
  • Shipped SalesOps platform unifying 3 disconnected systems into real-time sales ecosystem—reduced response time from 24-48 hours to real-time, operational errors from 15% to under 2%
  • Reduced customer onboarding from 2 weeks to 7 days across all products—managed roadmap for 2-3 engineering teams while implementing Amplitude analytics framework driving prioritization

Product Manager

Flow & Form (Workplace SaaS)

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Led product strategy and roadmap for workplace management platform—conducted user research and competitive analysis shaping feature prioritization

Managing Director

AlphaPipe Europe (FinTech Due Diligence SaaS)

Nov 2018 - May 2021

  • Built European operations from zero to 15+ person remote-first team serving private investment firms—scaled from $0 to 7-figure ARR in 18 months
  • Reduced operational costs by 60% through process automation and strategic vendor consolidation—designed playbooks enabling 3x team growth without proportional cost increase
  • Closed enterprise deals with top-tier PE/VC firms across UK, Germany, and Nordic markets—established consultative sales motion still used by organization today

Business Unit Lead

Mireo (Fleet Management Software + Hardware)

Apr 2012 - Oct 2018

  • Grew business unit from €600K to €2.1M (3.5x growth) across 6 verticals—closed enterprise deals with logistics, utilities, public safety, and transportation customers across Europe
  • Led product-market fit initiatives bridging engineering, sales, and operations—designed hardware+software integration systems still powering customer deployments today

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Management

Rochester Institute of Technology

Focus: International Business & Marketing

Graduated with Honors

Additional Information

Remote-first | EU/US timezones | dunjacupar.com