# Abdul Kemal > Product Manager @ Visa | building 0→1 & scaled solutions in payments & FinTech space | Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/abdulkemal Product Manager with 6 years of experience delivering 0→1 and scaled platform solutions in the payments and fintech space. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, securing executive buy-in, and launching high-impact products that improve client experience, developer experience, and operational efficiency. Expertise in product innovation and discovery, product strategy, UX/UI design, go-to-market execution, and API platform management. Strong communicator and collaborator with a history of driving measurable business outcomes, including a 5X NPS improvement, $XM+ in annual op-ex savings, and leading platform strategy and enhancements that supported 2X growth of a developer platform processing billions of API calls for tens of thousands of fintech, issuer, acquirer, and merchant clients worldwide. ## Work Experience ### Product Manager @ Visa Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco | Toronto Drove $XM+ in annual OpEx savings and 5X NPS improvement by leading discovery, user research, and 0→1 development of a REST API-based service and web app to address critical integration pain points in Visa’s API ecosystem for 10,000+ fintech, issuer, acquirer, and merchant clients. Secured C-level buy-in and funding for a global scrum team by developing a highly demanded prototype validated with major clients including Revolut, Barclays, and Wells Fargo, and led end-to-end delivery of the platform. ### Sr. Associate Product Manager @ Visa Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Product Owner of Visa Digital Configuration Services, enabling issuer banks to configure card tokenization, and led onboarding of new API products to Visa’s Developer Platform. ### Associate Product Manager (Rotational) @ Visa Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Visa Direct (Rotation 4) Developed reseller expansion strategy, securing exec buy-in and identifying 90+ prospects. Led Figma demo design, landing a major partnership with the U.S.’s largest check printing company. Visa Account Updater (Rotation 3) Launched pricing model for $XB, 5-year revenue bundle; secured C-suite approval and drove GTM strategy, aligning global marketing and regional teams. Click-to-Pay (Rotation 2) Led launch across 12 markets, delivering sales collateral, UX demos, and trainings. Owned KPIs, boosting guest checkout conversion and Visa market share. Fintech Fast Track (Rotation 1) Founding team member; scaled client pipeline from 15 to 70+ fintechs in 6 months, accelerating Visa Card issuance and instant money transfer adoption. ### Research Assistant & Engineer @ Medical Electronics Group at Swarthmore College Dept of Engineering Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Swarthmore College Developed a wearable prototype to detect body fluid changes for prediction and prevention of heart attacks in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, using strain gauges and Arduino (C) ### Software/Firmware Engineer @ Off.Grid:Electric Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Developed firmware for a pilot solar power solution to electrify rural communities in East Africa ### Research Assistant @ Swarthmore College Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | United States Assisted the linguistics department in transcribing and interpreting interviews about the Libyan revolution in African languages during spare time throughout the semester. ### Web Designer @ Swarthmore College Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Swarthmore College Libraries ### Co-founder & Operations Manager @ Riya Auto Solutions Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Ethiopia Co-founded an auto solution business in Ethiopia, securing procurement partnership with global water management company Layne Christensen Co. and managing roles in procurement, sales, inventory, and accounting ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Engineering Swarthmore College Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 ### Startup School Y Combinator ### Product Design Udacity ### High School in Cambridge Advanced-Level Education Isamilo International School Mwanza Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abdul-kemal-01 --- Source: https://flows.cv/abdulkemal JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/abdulkemal/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25