Ruth Wang Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

New York, Ny, Us

As part of Snappy’s leadership team reporting to the CEO, I led our consumer business as the general manager, directly accountable for its P&L. I joined after Snappy’s Series C round, built and led a cross-functional team in product, design, engineering, marketing, and operations, aimed at revolutionizing personal gifting for busy individuals by eliminating guesswork and hassles. We introduced personalized gifting assistants leveraging Generative AI and LLMs in 2023, leading the charge in driving company-wide innovation. My leadership extended beyond business metrics. I am passionate about magnifying overlooked voices: as the executive sponsor for Snappy Women ERG, which is committed to promoting an equitable, inclusive workplace.

San Jose, Ca, Us

As Director of Product Management at PayPal, I spearheaded growth and monetization strategies for our P2P payment products, focusing on 0 to 1 innovations such as Seller Profiles, which enabled casual sellers and creators to expand their businesses through trusted, socially-integrated online profiles.We introduced PayPal’s first real-time, online ML model to personalize product experiences, significantly boosting customers experiences and driving incremental revenue by tens of millions.We believed in “Dream in Years, Plan in Months and Ship in Days.” Operating with a founder’s mindset in a corporate environment, we launched in-product referral experiences just weeks before the holiday season, overcoming complex technical and global regulatory challenges. We also balanced velocity with long term thinking. Our strategic investment in platform/tech debts led to substantial performance improvements: we reduced redundant API calls, cut over $1 million in networking costs annually, and doubled release velocity while halving live defects. Our team set a golden standard for product analytics and data governance, facilitating broader internal adoption.

San Jose, Ca, Us

I managed a team of 15 data scientists globally, partnering closely with product, engineering, design and other stakeholders to identify actionable insights and growth opportunities. My team provided thought leadership to optimize user experiences and maximize business value. We established an Objective & Key Results (OKR) process to define product metrics, guide business strategy, track progress and drive execution, transforming product culture from shipping features to driving outcomes. Our significant achievements included driving millions of incremental new user activations by optimizing an intent-based onboarding flow; improving customer adoption by 10% by revamping a new customer lifecycle program. I was promoted to Director in 2018 after a series of promotions through different management positions in the org: Director (2018-2019), Sr. Manager (2017-2018), Lead Manager (2016-2017), Manager (2015-2016). I also coached 2 individual contributors through their transition into people managers.

San Jose, Ca, Us

I led operations for a PayPal Free 2-Day Shipping Pilot with large US retailers, which doubled PayPal’s share of checkout. I also spearheaded program multi-channel marketing efforts through A/B testing and new channel testing, and improved CTR by 130% while reducing CPA by 25%. At the same time, my team was responsible for bringing new product ideas from concepts to prototypes. We launched MVPs including PP.me and digital gifting to drive user acquisition and increase customer engagement.

San Jose, Ca, Us

I identified new growth opportunities in vertical/geo expansion, and solved operational challenges for eBay’s marketplaces (e.g. loyalty, shipping/delivery)

Hong Kong, Hk

As a Summer Research Associate at Qiming Venture Partners’ Beijing office, I researched US/China consumer internet trends to develop investment themes and theses. Qiming Venture Partners was founded in China in 2006 and has over $5.54 billion in total assets under management.

I focused on the Enterprise Technology and Internet sectors and invested in technology public equities and developed sector expertise in enterprise tech and consumer internet, contributing to doubling of fund AUM from 2009 to 2011. I joined as their first female investment staff hire (employee 16). Cadian Capital Management (Cadian) is a global long/short equity manager that invests across technology, media, telecommunications, healthcare, industrials, retail, consumer, and other related sectors. Stock selection is driven by fundamental research with a value oriented long-term approach. The team seeks to employ a deep industry focus when identifying long and short investments. The strategy seeks to maintain what is believed to be a conservative net beta exposure.

New York, Ny, Us

I advised technology companies on M&A, IPO, financing alternatives and equity/credit issuance.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ba, Mathematics