Top Talent like Alison are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Alison Grippo

Product Manager
Los Angeles, CA, US
AI-Native
Notion
Tailwind CSS
React
HTML/CSS
AI
Software Development
Web Applications
Agile Project Management
Web Development
BigQuery
Supabase
Shopify
REST
Google Analytics
A/B Testing
SQL
Webhooks
User Research
Stripe
Github
iOS
A/B testing
FullStory
Available for hire fromNegotiable
AI-Native Product Leader & Venture Builder | Founding Product Lead | 15+ Years Shipping
Venture builder and AI-native product creator with a track record of shipping from zero. Co-founded Glass Factory, built agency ops SaaS from concept to paid, dropped industry resource management costs from $250K to $15 per person, and converted 100% of pilots to paying customers. Drove 33% growth for native app dating tools and is currently building AI agentic workflows at Autyvia, shipping working software solo using Claude Code, Cursor, and Lovable—from identifying the problem through customer validation and iteration.

Projects

Portfolio + live projects

Portfolio + live projects: alisongrippo.com

FLOW

COWORK and CODE plug in for solo operators looking to create production-ready work that would typically require a full team.

Journey Mapping Plugin with AGENT

Agent and output for creating effective Journey Maps across multiple verticals.

AI practice write-ups

AI practice write-ups: tinyurl.com/agrippo66days : https://tinyurl.com/aijourneymap

Work History

A

Founding Product Lead

AutyviaAI agentic workflows for SMB. First vertical: AEC. Built from zero. • Identified the vertical, defined the product thesis, and owns everything from discovery to deployment. • Designed proprietary knowledge base architecture and multi-agent system enabling domain-specific AI without fine-tuning. • Shipping end-to-end: Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, GitHub. • Running user research, prototype, and validation cycles on a startup timeline.
W

Sr. Product Manager II

WrapbookJan 2024 - Jan 2025 • 1 yr 1 moSaaS payroll for entertainment. Netflix, Disney, major studios. Native App. • Built GPT automation that collapsed weeks of union data processing into hours. • Built a conditional logic rules engine across 20+ union frameworks — shipped, not specced. • Migrated Wrapbook's core data model to a logic-driven system with zero production downtime.
P

Director of Product

Perry Street SoftwareJan 2023 - Jan 2024 • 1 yr 1 moThree consumer subscription native apps, iOS and Android. • Increased subscriptions 10% and revenue 33% through new subscription tier design. • Redesigned purchase funnel using A/B testing, increasing subscriptions 7% in phase 1 regions.
C

Director of Product

CarroJan 2022 - Jan 2023 • 1 yr 1 moB2B2C SaaS subscription marketplace on Shopify. • Drove $3M+ GMV in Q4 and 300% holiday revenue growth by making the right roadmap call under funding pressure. • Redesigned onboarding, increasing subscription conversion by 71%. • Shipped AI/ML recommendation engine, increasing AOV by 20%.
N

Group Product Manager

NuOrderJan 2019 - Jan 2022 • 3 yrs 1 moB2B wholesale marketplace, acquired by Lightspeed. Built the payments platform from zero including native app • Built NuOrder Payments: $400M+ TPV, PayFac, Merchant of Record, self-serve KYC onboarding. • Built NuOrder Credit — lines of credit within the marketplace. • Payment-due notification system generated $107M+ in incremental transaction volume.
H

VP, Product

HYFNJan 2018 - Jan 2019 • 1 yr 1 moCreated National2Local: 0-to-1 SaaS for franchise social marketing. • Shipped a fully functional product in under six months. 8,000+ locations onboarded. • CAC from $400 to $17 using proprietary AI/ML targeting. Full GTM owned end to end.
G

Co-Founder

Glass FactoryJan 2015 - Jan 2018 • 3 yrs 1 moCo-founded B2B SaaS for agency operations. Built from zero to $1M ARR at exit. • Identified the market gap, defined the product, built the software, sold the pilots, closed the customers. • Dropped industry resource management costs from $250K to $15 per person. • Services-for-equity model: took equity instead of cash, with skin in the outcomes. • 100% of pilot customers converted to paying at GA. No churn at launch.
S

Managing Director, Digital Strategy

SullivanJan 2014 - Jan 2015 • 1 yr 1 mo• Built the digital practice from zero. $1M target, $3M closed in six months.
H

Managing Director | Global VP

HUGEJan 2009 - Jan 2014 • 5 yrs 1 mo• Inherited the SF office at -40% margin. Closed $8M+ in new business including Apple. Left at 20%+ margin. • Led global delivery across 13 offices, 80 to 1,500 people, $200M+ revenue.
A

Earlier: Sr. PM

Avenue A | Razorfish
C

UI Manager

CondeNet
E

Director

Euro RSCG Circle
K

VP, Beauty.com (built from zero, sold for $40M)

KPE

Education

K

Kenyon College

Bachelor of Arts, EnglishUnknown

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How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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AI-Native Product Leader & Venture Builder | Founding Product Lead | 15+ Years Shipping
Venture builder and AI-native product creator with a track record of shipping from zero. Co-founded Glass Factory, built agency ops SaaS from concept to paid, dropped industry resource management costs from $250K to $15 per person, and converted 100% of pilots to paying customers. Drove 33% growth for native app dating tools and is currently building AI agentic workflows at Autyvia, shipping working software solo using Claude Code, Cursor, and Lovable—from identifying the problem through customer validation and iteration.

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Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
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Product Management • Operations Management • Full-Stack Development • 11 years of exp. • New York, NY, US

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Problem solver and product manager with a knack for figuring it out and getting things done...backed by data of course.
Product Management • 10 years of exp. • Tucson, AZ, US

Michał Gaździk

Fractional AI consultant & automation builder | 10+ yrs product, ex-COO | n8n, RAG, agents | I help SMBs adopt AI without breaking what works.
Operations Management • Product Management • AI & Machine Learning • 15 years of exp. • Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, PL

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Top Talent like Alison are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Alison Grippo

Product Manager
Los Angeles, CA, US
AI-Native
Notion
Tailwind CSS
React
HTML/CSS
AI
Software Development
Web Applications
Agile Project Management
Web Development
BigQuery
Supabase
Shopify
REST
Google Analytics
A/B Testing
SQL
Webhooks
User Research
Stripe
Github
iOS
A/B testing
FullStory
Available for hire fromNegotiable

Projects

Portfolio + live projects

Portfolio + live projects: alisongrippo.com

FLOW

COWORK and CODE plug in for solo operators looking to create production-ready work that would typically require a full team.

Journey Mapping Plugin with AGENT

Agent and output for creating effective Journey Maps across multiple verticals.

AI practice write-ups

AI practice write-ups: tinyurl.com/agrippo66days : https://tinyurl.com/aijourneymap

Work History

A

Founding Product Lead

AutyviaAI agentic workflows for SMB. First vertical: AEC. Built from zero. • Identified the vertical, defined the product thesis, and owns everything from discovery to deployment. • Designed proprietary knowledge base architecture and multi-agent system enabling domain-specific AI without fine-tuning. • Shipping end-to-end: Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, GitHub. • Running user research, prototype, and validation cycles on a startup timeline.
W

Sr. Product Manager II

WrapbookJan 2024 - Jan 2025 • 1 yr 1 moSaaS payroll for entertainment. Netflix, Disney, major studios. Native App. • Built GPT automation that collapsed weeks of union data processing into hours. • Built a conditional logic rules engine across 20+ union frameworks — shipped, not specced. • Migrated Wrapbook's core data model to a logic-driven system with zero production downtime.
P

Director of Product

Perry Street SoftwareJan 2023 - Jan 2024 • 1 yr 1 moThree consumer subscription native apps, iOS and Android. • Increased subscriptions 10% and revenue 33% through new subscription tier design. • Redesigned purchase funnel using A/B testing, increasing subscriptions 7% in phase 1 regions.
C

Director of Product

CarroJan 2022 - Jan 2023 • 1 yr 1 moB2B2C SaaS subscription marketplace on Shopify. • Drove $3M+ GMV in Q4 and 300% holiday revenue growth by making the right roadmap call under funding pressure. • Redesigned onboarding, increasing subscription conversion by 71%. • Shipped AI/ML recommendation engine, increasing AOV by 20%.
N

Group Product Manager

NuOrderJan 2019 - Jan 2022 • 3 yrs 1 moB2B wholesale marketplace, acquired by Lightspeed. Built the payments platform from zero including native app • Built NuOrder Payments: $400M+ TPV, PayFac, Merchant of Record, self-serve KYC onboarding. • Built NuOrder Credit — lines of credit within the marketplace. • Payment-due notification system generated $107M+ in incremental transaction volume.
H

VP, Product

HYFNJan 2018 - Jan 2019 • 1 yr 1 moCreated National2Local: 0-to-1 SaaS for franchise social marketing. • Shipped a fully functional product in under six months. 8,000+ locations onboarded. • CAC from $400 to $17 using proprietary AI/ML targeting. Full GTM owned end to end.
G

Co-Founder

Glass FactoryJan 2015 - Jan 2018 • 3 yrs 1 moCo-founded B2B SaaS for agency operations. Built from zero to $1M ARR at exit. • Identified the market gap, defined the product, built the software, sold the pilots, closed the customers. • Dropped industry resource management costs from $250K to $15 per person. • Services-for-equity model: took equity instead of cash, with skin in the outcomes. • 100% of pilot customers converted to paying at GA. No churn at launch.
S

Managing Director, Digital Strategy

SullivanJan 2014 - Jan 2015 • 1 yr 1 mo• Built the digital practice from zero. $1M target, $3M closed in six months.
H

Managing Director | Global VP

HUGEJan 2009 - Jan 2014 • 5 yrs 1 mo• Inherited the SF office at -40% margin. Closed $8M+ in new business including Apple. Left at 20%+ margin. • Led global delivery across 13 offices, 80 to 1,500 people, $200M+ revenue.
A

Earlier: Sr. PM

Avenue A | Razorfish
C

UI Manager

CondeNet
E

Director

Euro RSCG Circle
K

VP, Beauty.com (built from zero, sold for $40M)

KPE

Education

K

Kenyon College

Bachelor of Arts, EnglishUnknown

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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