Product + Design + Leadership + Infrastructure · 15 Years

SAJAD ROUDBARI

Head of Product Design & Experience

I turn user friction into revenue,
and complexity into clarity.

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"I don't design
interfaces.
I design
decisions."

Philosophy

With 15+ years spanning e-commerce, mapping, logistics, and SaaS, I've led product at the scale of MENA's largest e-commerce platform and built my own ventures from scratch.

My practice sits at the intersection of deep user research, business strategy, and hands-on technical execution. I've shipped products that captured 2% of all Iranian highway toll transactions, grew checkout conversions by 300%, and reduced bounce rates by 80% — not by following playbooks, but by spending time in the field and asking uncomfortable questions.

I lead without authority. I build with engineers, not above them. And I believe the best product decisions come from the gap between what users say and what they actually do.

Numbers that
moved businesses.

0%
ROI Delivered
On a 0 to 1 idea to PMF cycle
0%
Checkout Conversion
E-commerce funnel optimization
0%
Bounce Rate Reduced
Through UX restructuring
0x
Business Growth
Product-led expansion
0%
Highway Toll Market
Of all Iranian transactions captured
0x
Driver Acceptance
Logistics platform improvement

15 years of shipping
things that matter.

Digikala Jet 2023 — Present

Head of Product Design

MENA's largest e-commerce — Quick Commerce Division

  • Scaled business 10x, built analytics infrastructure from zero
  • 300% checkout conversion, 80% bounce reduction
  • AI/ML sentiment pipeline processing 100K+ call recordings
Balad Maps 2020 — 2022

Senior Product Designer & PM

Hezardastan Group (Cafebazaar & Divar) · 4M+ DAU

  • Launched toll payment capturing 2% of all highway transactions
  • 80% pedestrian bounce reduction via voice navigation
  • Transformed 18-engineer team, halved ship time
Zonerift 2022 — Present

Founder & Product Lead

Self-funded SaaS · Global

  • 810% ROI, 3,000+ users across Iran, Russia, Eastern Europe
  • 1.5PB monthly traffic, zero-maintenance architecture
  • Full stack: network, encryption, payments, infra
Bamilo 2018 — 2019

Senior UX Designer

Rocket Internet · International E-commerce

  • 300% checkout conversion via 5→3 step optimization
  • 27% overall conversion uplift with dual CTA strategy
  • Led full marketplace redesign in multilingual environment
Asanbar 2019 — 2020

Lead Product Designer

B2B Logistics Marketplace

  • 2x driver acceptance via in-cab UX field research
  • Dynamic return-trip pricing algorithm design
  • Contributed to successful Series A (IRR 8B)
Yara / Medrick 2016 — 2018

UX Lead

Gaming & Ad-Tech Platform · Dubai, UAE

  • Shipped Ario gaming platform (Steam competitor) in 12 months
  • Delivered Tapeligh ad-tech platform on aggressive timeline
  • Led in English-primary international environment

What I bring
to every table.

UX → Revenue

Every design decision connects to a business metric. No decoration, only conversion.

Zero-Authority Leadership

I align engineers, designers, and executives without the org chart doing it for me.

Technical Depth

I work directly in infra, analytics, and AI/ML. I don't just hand off specs — I ship.

Field Research

I go to the truck stops, toll booths, and street corners. Real insights, not assumed ones.

Product Strategy

From 0-to-1 to scale. Roadmaps that survive contact with reality.

Tools I play
with daily.

n8n
Claude Code
Figma
Zed
Cursor
OpenRouter
Docker
TimescaleDB
Redis
Rust
Jekyll
Metabase
DBeaver
Ghostty
Linear
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Own Venture

Zonerift

An intelligent privacy tool that routes your traffic through the optimal server for every service — streaming, gaming, or crypto — automatically. No manual switching. No compromise between speed and access.

810% ROI
3,000+ Global Users
1.5PB Monthly Traffic
73% Annual Retention
SaaS Product-Led Growth Founder Zero Maintenance

Let's build something
that matters.

Available for senior product leadership roles,
consulting engagements, and advisory positions.

Portfolio & Writing

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