Assem Hussein
@assemhussein
Product and engineering leader driving enterprise software and cross-functional delivery.
What I'm looking for
I am a product and engineering leader with extensive experience building and scaling enterprise software, leading cross-functional teams across product management, software engineering, UX and customer success. I have guided roadmaps, prioritized backlogs, and partnered with executives to align strategy, budgeting and objectives.
I have led product and engineering efforts at major technology companies including Tesla, Zalando, Meta, SAP and IBM, delivering large rollouts, cost optimizations and improvements to core commerce and advertising platforms. Notable achievements include rolling out SAP Commerce Cloud in China and driving TCO reduction through infrastructure and team optimizations.
I bring hands-on technical experience from roles in software engineering, big data and full-stack development, and I coach teams through technical decisions, delivery execution and customer engagement to ensure adoption and satisfaction.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Manager of Product & Engineering
Tesla
Aug 2023 - Present (2 years 2 months)
Manage product, engineering, UX and customer success teams across Tesla Berlin to build enterprise software serving a global customer base; align stakeholders and executives on plans, budgeting, and objectives.
Led the product team for Cart and Checkout across Zalando platforms, using KPIs, event tracking, data pipelines and interviews to identify bottlenecks and build a growth-focused roadmap.
Product and Engineering Lead
Meta
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023 (7 months)
Led Ads infrastructure teams focused on experimentation of ML/AI models to improve targeted ads and increase Meta Ads revenue through technical and product leadership.
Led B2C/B2B product domains for SAP Commerce Cloud, drove roadmaps, POCs and cross-functional delivery, delivered China market rollout and reduced TCO via infra and organizational optimizations.
Served as Scrum Master and Senior Software Engineer on SAP eCommerce projects, contributing to development and team delivery for enterprise commerce solutions.
Software Engineer
Oracle
Nov 2012 - Feb 2016 (3 years 3 months)
Developed software across Oracle Egypt and Dubai offices, contributing to enterprise applications and platform development.
Worked as a software specialist at IBM Egypt contributing to development and support of enterprise software solutions.
Software Engineer
ITWorx
Jul 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 4 months)
Developed software solutions at ITWorx, contributing to project delivery and application development across client engagements.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Quantic School of Business and Technology
Executive MBA, Business
2022 - 2023
Executive MBA program completed with focus on modern business and management practices from Feb 2022 to May 2023.
Harvard Business School (Online)
Business Essentials Certificate, Business
2021 - 2021
Completed the Business Essentials program covering core business concepts and fundamentals.
Information Technology Institute (ITI)
Post-graduate Diploma, Software Development
2009 - 2010
Post-graduate diploma program in software development platform completed from September 2009 to June 2010.
Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Systems and Biomedical Engineering
2004 - 2009
Bachelor of Science in Systems and Biomedical Engineering completed in May 2009.
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