Jessica Xu
@jessicaxu
Product leader driving consumer-facing SaaS growth through data-informed strategy.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a product leader with deep experience launching and scaling consumer-facing and enterprise SaaS products, from AI-powered parenting assistants to emissions management platforms and IT cost solutions. I deliver measurable outcomes—reducing onboarding effort, driving revenue, and converting users into long-term customers—by combining technical understanding, user-centered design, and cross-functional leadership.
I lead teams to prioritize reliability, usability, and responsible AI while instituting processes that shorten idea-to-ship time and improve product-market fit. I partner closely with engineering, GTM, and customer functions to align strategy with growth metrics and mentor product managers to expand scope and impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Product Manager
Little Blueprint
Apr 2025 - Present (7 months)
Launched an AI-powered parenting assistant MVP in 4 months, enabling ~40 beta families to complete 400+ personalized interactions and improving early user trust through optimized onboarding and responsible AI guidelines.
Lead Product Manager
Climate Vault
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025 (2 years 1 month)
Defined and executed product strategy for an emissions management SaaS, automating data import workflows that cut manual effort by 70% and converting 33% of early adopters into long-term users via a 4-phase program.
Principal Product Manager
Apptio
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023 (2 years 5 months)
Launched Cloudability TotalCost driving $10M+ in revenue, delivered IAM tenanting/RBAC to unlock enterprise growth, and introduced lightweight PM processes to reduce idea-to-ship time and improve quality.
ORLaunched NetSuite Planning & Budgeting generating $15M+ ARR and onboarding 600+ customers, reduced implementation time by 75% through automation, and led a cross-functional team to prioritize integration reliability and usability.
Senior Product Manager
NetSuite
Feb 2014 - Sep 2016 (2 years 7 months)
Repositioned Advanced Billing to an enterprise offering, growing ARR from $800K to $4M in two years and scaling the PM team from 1 to 4 while instituting Agile practices to increase release velocity.
AMBuilt a camera-based visual performance tool that reduced test runtimes from hours to minutes and improved detection accuracy by 50%, and developed CI-gated automation to cut manual triage by ~30%.
MIBuilt a C# monitoring and alerting system for nightly builds that reduced manual checks by ~60% and implemented one-click remediation to increase release stability and engineer productivity.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
USUniversity of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
Master of Business Administration, Business
Completed an M.B.A. focusing on business strategy and product leadership.
AUArizona State University
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science
Completed doctoral research in computer science with emphasis on advanced software and systems topics.
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with foundational training in software engineering and systems.
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