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Jessica Zhan

@jessicazhan

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Product Analyst and AI-focused builder who turns customer insights into shipped, measurable outcomes.

Australia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can combine product strategy, discovery, and quantitative decision-making with AI to ship customer-facing improvements—working with strong cross-functional teams and measurable impact.

I’m a Product Analyst and AI-focused builder who leads from discovery to delivery. I’ve run 30+ discovery interviews, synthesised findings, and turned quantitative trade-offs into decisions that shaped outcomes at Parliament level.

In consulting, I scoped client briefs and built margin and strategic-fit frameworks that added +35% project revenue and helped the firm win its 1st software project. I also led an end-to-end redesign of deliverables, coordinating 3 designers and saving 10 hours of sign-off per project—driving 3× engagement.

In product work, I’ve led strategy and investment initiatives across a portfolio of 4,500+ communities and $30B+ in property AUM. I identified that 85% of time was spent handling repetitive end-user requests, then shipped a form that handled 60% of volume within 2 months and scoped an AI bot enabling instant document search across the portfolio.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Consultant (Common Capital)

Common Capital

Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year)

Scoped client briefs and shifted a grant-distribution approach to a milestone-based startup competition, increasing project revenue by 35%. Built margin and strategic-fit frameworks, led a deliverables system redesign (saved 10 hours of sign-off per project, 3× engagement), and guided decisions with quantitative scenario models.

Scoping Margin Frameworks Scenario Modeling Deliverables System Redesign Stakeholder Management Project Delivery

Product & Investment Analyst

Smarter Communities

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)

Led product strategy and investment initiatives across a portfolio of 4,500+ communities and $30B+ in property AUM. Improved request handling by designing and shipping a form covering 60% of volume in 2 months, and built an AI bot for instant document search to eliminate manual file retrieval.

Product Strategy Investment Analysis Team Leadership Workflow Automation Product Requirements

Software Engineer Intern

Google

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)

Built a 0-to-1 Go automation tool using Bazel for Enterprise Linux machines, reducing manual build and release time by 85%. Wrote end-to-end tests for the build and release pipeline and ran weekly scoping sessions with 10 engineers for internal tooling used on 40,000+ machines.

Go Bazel Enterprise Linux Automation End To End Testing Scoping Documentation Performance Optimization

Venture Analyst Intern

Shearwater Capital

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year)

Supported a $100M venture fund by assisting with investment evaluation, fund operations, and data/reporting as part of a 6-person team. Sourced and evaluated early-stage startups and built dashboards to track portfolio KPIs and financial performance.

Venture Capital Analysis Market Sizing Dashboarding Fund Operations

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Sydney

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Philosophy

2021 - 2024

Grade: Distinction; WAM 82.5

Activities and societies: Dalyell Scholars Award; Yim Family Foundation Scholarship; Pitt Cobbett Scholarship; Study abroad at NYU (Fall 2023, GPA 3.8/4.0).

Bachelor of Science with majors in Computer Science and Philosophy (Distinction), with WAM 82.5 and multiple scholarships/awards. Completed a study abroad term at New York University during Fall 2023 (GPA 3.8/4.0).