Jassim Ahmad

Harvard University

University of East Anglia

General Assembly

Product innovation for digital media

London, England, United Kingdom

Spotify

Principal Product Manager

Leading an initiative to support the reinvention of the BBC with a radically different video service that connects people. Taking a user-led approach anchored in needs to identify opportunities for discontinuous innovation. Examining the market, trends and cutting edge technology to conceive and advance concepts that audiences will love. Establishing an innovation playbook for structured creativity grounded in evidence.

Head of Product Innovation

Evaluated innovative ideas to award funding under Google’s €150m Digital News Initiative, supporting new thinking in digital journalism. Assessed projects for innovation, feasibility and business models with potential to impact the news ecosystem.

Google

External Assessor, Digital News Innovation Fund

Fellowship at Harvard University to examine how journalism can better exploit technology, focusing on start-up business, culture and leadership. One year sabbatical to study and experiment.Classes: Launching Technology Ventures, Exercising Leadership, Digital Innovation & Transformation, Design Thinking, Hacking Virtual Reality, Vision & Justice, Non-fiction Narrative

Nieman Fellow

Conceived innovative new digital services and transformed existing ones through product management of Reuters consumer apps, websites, social and distributed media. Triangulated user research, data and emerging technology to pursue innovation opportunities with a coherent product vision.

Thomson Reuters

Global Head of Innovation, Reuters

Reshaped Reuters storytelling capabilities by establishing a programme of in-depth web interactives, publications and digital installations. Recruited and developed teams of staff, freelancers and agencies to realise product ideas from concept to launch.

Product Head of Visual Projects, Reuters

Key role in leadership team to create and execute content strategy and business plan. Expanded product features and commercial model to drive customer acquisition and value. Doubled revenue by increasing news subscription market share, whilst extending to serve new creative industries and consumers.

Product Marketing Manager, Reuters Pictures

Led overhaul of e-commerce platform serving international newsrooms with realtime and archive photography. Shaped and delivered new product vision to achieve robust user and revenue growth.

Product Manager, Reuters Pictures

Conceived and developed a news service providing job-seeking graduates with targeted information about the UK's top 100 companies, thereby attracting talent to careers at Reuters. Received new media award of excellence for communication in business (CiB 2002).