Ian Robbins
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Leo Nilsson
Ian has made a fantastic journey at iZettle! I saw Ian's development from PM to Product Leader at iZettle - going from developing one of iZettle's core propositions (Point of sale) with 2 cross-functional product teams to managing product for iZettle's largest product area (with 120 people from tech, product and design). Ian and I worked closely on a broad range of product leadership questions and Ian's perspectives on strategy, product culture and developing product talent was a big factor in how we took product forward at iZettle. He also introduced and drove many innovative initiatives (both with regards to the product and the organisation) that became gold standards for how we wanted to to things at iZettle. Finally, after many years of working together, I can just add how much I have enjoyed working closely with Ian for all of that time!
D.A. Wallach
As Spotify's "Artist In Residence," I worked with Ian and the team he led over 2 years, successfully building a number of significant product features for artist users. Ian always was a pleasure to work with, possessing a positive attitude and a keen grasp of the technical steps needed to work within an enormous product. I recommend him!
Leo Nilsson
Ian has made a fantastic journey at iZettle! I saw Ian's development from PM to Product Leader at iZettle - going from developing one of iZettle's core propositions (Point of sale) with 2 cross-functional product teams to managing product for iZettle's largest product area (with 120 people from tech, product and design). Ian and I worked closely on a broad range of product leadership questions and Ian's perspectives on strategy, product culture and developing product talent was a big factor in how we took product forward at iZettle. He also introduced and drove many innovative initiatives (both with regards to the product and the organisation) that became gold standards for how we wanted to to things at iZettle. Finally, after many years of working together, I can just add how much I have enjoyed working closely with Ian for all of that time!
D.A. Wallach
As Spotify's "Artist In Residence," I worked with Ian and the team he led over 2 years, successfully building a number of significant product features for artist users. Ian always was a pleasure to work with, possessing a positive attitude and a keen grasp of the technical steps needed to work within an enormous product. I recommend him!
Leo Nilsson
Ian has made a fantastic journey at iZettle! I saw Ian's development from PM to Product Leader at iZettle - going from developing one of iZettle's core propositions (Point of sale) with 2 cross-functional product teams to managing product for iZettle's largest product area (with 120 people from tech, product and design). Ian and I worked closely on a broad range of product leadership questions and Ian's perspectives on strategy, product culture and developing product talent was a big factor in how we took product forward at iZettle. He also introduced and drove many innovative initiatives (both with regards to the product and the organisation) that became gold standards for how we wanted to to things at iZettle. Finally, after many years of working together, I can just add how much I have enjoyed working closely with Ian for all of that time!
D.A. Wallach
As Spotify's "Artist In Residence," I worked with Ian and the team he led over 2 years, successfully building a number of significant product features for artist users. Ian always was a pleasure to work with, possessing a positive attitude and a keen grasp of the technical steps needed to work within an enormous product. I recommend him!
Leo Nilsson
Ian has made a fantastic journey at iZettle! I saw Ian's development from PM to Product Leader at iZettle - going from developing one of iZettle's core propositions (Point of sale) with 2 cross-functional product teams to managing product for iZettle's largest product area (with 120 people from tech, product and design). Ian and I worked closely on a broad range of product leadership questions and Ian's perspectives on strategy, product culture and developing product talent was a big factor in how we took product forward at iZettle. He also introduced and drove many innovative initiatives (both with regards to the product and the organisation) that became gold standards for how we wanted to to things at iZettle. Finally, after many years of working together, I can just add how much I have enjoyed working closely with Ian for all of that time!
D.A. Wallach
As Spotify's "Artist In Residence," I worked with Ian and the team he led over 2 years, successfully building a number of significant product features for artist users. Ian always was a pleasure to work with, possessing a positive attitude and a keen grasp of the technical steps needed to work within an enormous product. I recommend him!
Credentials
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Retention + Engagement Deep Dive
ReforgeJun, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Superloyal™
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Sweden
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advisor
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Oct 2023 - Present
Product advisor to help get the product to market. Product advisor to help get the product to market.
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Podimo
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Denmark
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Entertainment Providers
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100 - 200 Employee
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Product
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Feb 2023 - Present
Contract role (through A-team) to help the company transition to cross functional product-led teams. Founded the Onboarding team to help grow intake through improved funnel conversion and referrals. Contract role (through A-team) to help the company transition to cross functional product-led teams. Founded the Onboarding team to help grow intake through improved funnel conversion and referrals.
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Greens Ventures
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Sweden
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founding Investor
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Nov 2021 - Present
Peripheral advisory role and investor. We invest in seed stage, betting on proven founders in the Nordics. We are a strong group of operators that have all worked at Spotify (many of us in the trenches together). Peripheral advisory role and investor. We invest in seed stage, betting on proven founders in the Nordics. We are a strong group of operators that have all worked at Spotify (many of us in the trenches together).
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Trade Republic
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Germany
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Financial Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Group Product Lead - Discovery & Insights
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Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
Head of product for the discovery and insights business unit. Ownership over the majority of the core user experience and retention developments in-app. Head of product for the discovery and insights business unit. Ownership over the majority of the core user experience and retention developments in-app.
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PayPal
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Group Product Lead - POS (iZettle acquired)
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Sep 2018 - Aug 2021
Joined PayPal through its acquisition of Zettle in 2018. Together with my tech and design colleagues, heading up an "alliance" of 120 people organised in 4 areas and a total of 13 teams. Responsible for two large product portfolios: In-Store POS and Partnerships (connecting Zettle merchants to partner integrations). We're building a core part of PayPal's future omni-channel commerce solution. Joined PayPal through its acquisition of Zettle in 2018. Together with my tech and design colleagues, heading up an "alliance" of 120 people organised in 4 areas and a total of 13 teams. Responsible for two large product portfolios: In-Store POS and Partnerships (connecting Zettle merchants to partner integrations). We're building a core part of PayPal's future omni-channel commerce solution.
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iZettle
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France
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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Director of Product - POS
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Nov 2017 - Aug 2021
Joined iZettle as an early founding member of the Product team as a PM with the ambition to begin a pivot of the product from payments to commerce. My role developed from informal leader to formal leader as the company doubled and then tripled in size. Started with a team of 6 x-functional members and grew to ~100 in two years. Manage a number of direct reports and have nurtured some as first time managers themselves. Together we are building a product that attracts, engages and retains a new… Show more Joined iZettle as an early founding member of the Product team as a PM with the ambition to begin a pivot of the product from payments to commerce. My role developed from informal leader to formal leader as the company doubled and then tripled in size. Started with a team of 6 x-functional members and grew to ~100 in two years. Manage a number of direct reports and have nurtured some as first time managers themselves. Together we are building a product that attracts, engages and retains a new target group with more complex needs but higher ARPU. This target group grew significantly in 2020 (making up a significant portion of overall revenue) and has become the new Northstar focus for iZettle.
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Product Lead - Commerce
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Jan 2017 - Nov 2017
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Product Manager - POS Team
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
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Spotify
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Sweden
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Musicians
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Manager
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Aug 2011 - Nov 2015
Joined as one of the early founding members of the Spotify product team around Series D stage. Growth of the organisation went from 250 to 1,500+ during my tenure. And the product team grew from ~6 to 100+. Led several product teams and efforts over 4+ years across the consumer experience of Spotify and learned a lot along the way. - Search & Browse (Led the product team responsible for the Search algorithm/experience and the "Browse" home page to discover new music. Lean-in and… Show more Joined as one of the early founding members of the Spotify product team around Series D stage. Growth of the organisation went from 250 to 1,500+ during my tenure. And the product team grew from ~6 to 100+. Led several product teams and efforts over 4+ years across the consumer experience of Spotify and learned a lot along the way. - Search & Browse (Led the product team responsible for the Search algorithm/experience and the "Browse" home page to discover new music. Lean-in and lean-back use cases. Conceived of and shipped Spotify genre pages, integrated ML into search to personalise search and conceived of "proxy search" which later launched as playlists appearing when searching for related tracks or artists). - Artist Experience (Launched a number of "table stakes" Spotify features still in the platform today including artist play counts, artist imagery, merchandising, and concerts). - Discover (Tested a new ML / Social driven home page concept. Announced by Daniel Ek in NYC. Failed to solve the cold start problem so we scratched it and landed with a more basic UI called "Browse"). - Facebook integration (Joined only 1 month before launch of product - announced at F8. Doubled MAU in two weeks). Show less Joined as one of the early founding members of the Spotify product team around Series D stage. Growth of the organisation went from 250 to 1,500+ during my tenure. And the product team grew from ~6 to 100+. Led several product teams and efforts over 4+ years across the consumer experience of Spotify and learned a lot along the way. - Search & Browse (Led the product team responsible for the Search algorithm/experience and the "Browse" home page to discover new music. Lean-in and… Show more Joined as one of the early founding members of the Spotify product team around Series D stage. Growth of the organisation went from 250 to 1,500+ during my tenure. And the product team grew from ~6 to 100+. Led several product teams and efforts over 4+ years across the consumer experience of Spotify and learned a lot along the way. - Search & Browse (Led the product team responsible for the Search algorithm/experience and the "Browse" home page to discover new music. Lean-in and lean-back use cases. Conceived of and shipped Spotify genre pages, integrated ML into search to personalise search and conceived of "proxy search" which later launched as playlists appearing when searching for related tracks or artists). - Artist Experience (Launched a number of "table stakes" Spotify features still in the platform today including artist play counts, artist imagery, merchandising, and concerts). - Discover (Tested a new ML / Social driven home page concept. Announced by Daniel Ek in NYC. Failed to solve the cold start problem so we scratched it and landed with a more basic UI called "Browse"). - Facebook integration (Joined only 1 month before launch of product - announced at F8. Doubled MAU in two weeks). Show less
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Metro International
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Sweden
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Newspaper Publishing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Product Owner: Global News Platform
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Jan 2006 - Aug 2011
Founding member of the global digital development team tasked with centralizing core technologies and brand representation. Initially started at the company in 2008 as a Management Trainee in NYC and later moved to London and then Stockholm to join the digital team. Roles at Metro included (in order of recency): - Product Owner: Global News Platform - Commercial Product Owner - Project Manager: New Markets - Management Trainee: Global EiC Founding member of the global digital development team tasked with centralizing core technologies and brand representation. Initially started at the company in 2008 as a Management Trainee in NYC and later moved to London and then Stockholm to join the digital team. Roles at Metro included (in order of recency): - Product Owner: Global News Platform - Commercial Product Owner - Project Manager: New Markets - Management Trainee: Global EiC
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Education
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University of Colorado Boulder
B.A., Sociology -
University of Denver - Daniels College of Business
MBA, International Business
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