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Samira Iqbal

Platform product leader · turns complex markets into clear products and durable teams.
Bengaluru · 2,400+ professional connections
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4
Products scaled
From first market to global operations
37%
Activation lift
Across the latest platform redesign
3
Boards advised
Product, marketplace and climate tech
12
Countries
Teams and customers served

Experience with context

  1. 2022—Now

    VP Product · Orbit Market

    Built the product organisation and expanded the platform to seven markets.

  2. 2018—2022

    Director of Product · Relay

    Moved a services business toward a repeatable platform model.

  3. 2014—2018

    Product Manager · Fieldnote

    Shipped the first mobile workflow with frontline operators.

Current signal

Writing

Why roadmaps fail when the organisation cannot name its decisions.

Speaking

Product leadership after the first hundred customers.

Featured work

The decisions, evidence and teams behind selected product outcomes.

Orbit Market
Orbit MarketSeven-market expansion without seven product forks
Relay Platform
Relay PlatformFrom custom work to reusable capability
Fieldnote Mobile
Fieldnote MobileDesigned with the people doing the work

Recommendations

Samira can hold customer nuance and commercial reality in the same decision.
Lena OrtizCEO · Orbit Market
She built leaders, not followers, and the product got stronger because of it.
Arun MehtaCTO · Relay

Community Mentor

Product Leadership Fellow

Verified programme · 2024

Board Advisor

Climate and marketplace products

Community Mentor

120+ product sessions

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