Jake Moya Mendez
The work
Product Leader · Builder · Bike Enthusiast
Strategically minded, highly analytical product leader driving growth and adoption of technical products at scale — with annual revenues over $200M and more than 230M monthly users. Depth across product development, growth, data analytics, user research, and platform/AI work.
$200M+
annual revenue driven
230M+
monthly users reached
100K+
agents on the CRM he builds for
The history
The full history
- FIG · 01/06 — Principal Product ManagerN.T.SZillow · Follow Up BossPresent
Leads AI platform & ecosystem work for Follow Up Boss (Zillow Group) — the platform, tools, and integrations powering AI experiences across a CRM used by 100,000+ real estate agents.
- AI platform & ecosystem strategy
- Systems thinking across platform + integrations
- FIG · 02/06 — Senior Product ManagerN.T.SZillow · Home LoansOct 2021 – Jan 2023
Owned product strategy for Zillow Home Loans and the lender-matching marketplace across web, mWeb, iOS, and Android.
- Brought financing into the core Zillow app experience, securing C-suite buy-in to alter the core product
- Built the first integrated Zillow Home Loans × Premier Agent experience, boosting funded loan rates 28%
- Designed a cross-sell experience driving $5M+ net incremental annual revenue
- Built a 0-to-1 cash-backed offer product end-to-end in 3 months, launched across 6 markets
- FIG · 03/06 — Senior Product ManagerN.T.SLineage LogisticsJul 2021 – Oct 2021
Led the analytics product team building B2B/B2C reporting tools for 5,000+ customers, partnering with data science on real-time AI/ML anomaly detection for automated warehouse operations.
- Recruited to Zillow after four months
- FIG · 04/06 — Product Manager, BI & Data AnalyticsN.T.SMSC Industrial Supply Co.Jan 2021 – Jul 2021
Formed a new Analytics Center of Excellence and led a 13-person agile analytics team spanning engineers, BI architects, data scientists, and consultant partners.
- Developed cross-sell and customer-churn ML models with internal data science and outside analytics partners
- Led implementation of Google Cloud Platform for the company-wide BI & Analytics team
- Onboarded Thoughtspot, MicroStrategy, BigQuery, and AI Platform to enable self-service analytics org-wide
- FIG · 05/06 — Product Manager, Consumer SolutionsN.T.SPentairNov 2018 – Jan 2021
Owned product vision and roadmap for a consumer product line, growing revenue from $33M to over $45M.
- Ran a pricing survey and analysis for the heaters line that unlocked $2M+ in revenue growth
- Built an online calculator tool for Pentair heat pumps to estimate cost savings vs. a gas heater
- Conducted marketplace research and ethnography studies to benchmark competitors and spot trends
- FIG · 06/06 — Project Engineer, Airbus A320 FleetN.T.SAmerican AirlinesJan 2017 – Dec 2018
Reduced delays and cancellations for hydraulic, landing gear, and fuel systems across a fleet of 390+ Airbus A320 aircraft.
- Managed 20+ safety and reliability projects with budgets from $100K to $5M
- Implemented reliability projects with $3M+ in estimated delay and cancellation savings
- Developed a hydraulic sampling corrective-action process rolled out fleet-wide
Education
Where it started
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.S., Systems Engineering · Minor in Mathematics
Capabilities
Skills & specialties
- Product strategy
- Leadership
- Product management
- Product design
- Data analytics
- User research
- Growth
- Forecasting & financial modeling
- AI/platform products
Strategy · Leadership · Product management · Product design · Ethnography · Marketing · Market research · Forecasting · Financial modeling · Project management · Data analytics · Continuous improvement · Process design · Change management · Statistical analysis · UX/UI design · Teamwork · Communication
