PATRICK RYAN
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Product Management

​Product Manager with experience shipping consumer-facing products and evaluating large-scale platforms through a product and user-centered lens.

I lead product initiatives that align user needs, technical feasibility, and business value. I enjoy building collaborative environments where engineers, designers, and stakeholders work in sync to deliver results that delight users and achieve strategic goals.

I’m motivated by creating clarity in ambiguous problem spaces — using constraints and trade-offs to help teams move forward with confidence.

👇 Featured Product Work — Quick Highlights

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📌 LinkedIn Product Evaluation — PM Case Study
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Context: Evaluated LinkedIn’s job-seeker experience and identified reliability, transparency, and match quality issues.
Your Role: Product evaluator — framed product problems, prioritized solutions, and proposed measurable improvements.
Impact Snapshot:
✔ Highlighted 3 high-ROI enhancements (match sorting, status transparency, AI preference input).
✔ Recommended metrics like 15–20% increased satisfaction from clearer status signals.
Result: A strategic product roadmap emphasizing trust and clarity for job seekers.
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🎮 Video Game Product Management — Hook, Line, and Axe
Context: Led product management for an indie game from concept through public launch.
Your Role: Defined vision, owned roadmap, managed Agile sprints, coordinated cross-functional processes.
Impact Snapshot:
✔ Public release on Steam with 130K+ impressions and 61K+ store page visits (47.1% CTR).
✔ Sustained consistently high player ratings and positive feedback.
✔ Organized QA and prioritized enhancements based on user feedback.
Result: Successfully delivered a polished gameplay product to 28K+ users.
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Computer Software Project — PM Unannounced B2B and B2C Product

What I Do as a Product Manager

  • Translate product vision and user needs into actionable requirements
  • Build and maintain roadmaps and feature prioritization frameworks
  • Partner closely with design and engineering during feature development
  • Perform user research and apply insights to product iteration
  • Communicate progress, risks, and KPIs to stakeholders
  • Drive product releases and post-launch refinement
  • Manage cross-functional workflows to maximize output and clarity

​Industry-Relevant Strengths

I can apply product management principles across multiple domains, including:
  • Consumer software
  • Web applications
  • SaaS and platform tooling
  • UX and user-facing interaction
  • Content-driven ecosystems
  • Live services and iterative product development

Product Philosophy and Approach

I believe great products come from:
  • understanding user motivations
  • minimizing friction
  • validating assumptions with actual data
  • iterating with forward momentum vs. perfectionism
I thrive in ambiguity — building structure, clarity, and direction where none previously existed.
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Interested in my work or have any business inquiries? Let's get in touch!


Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time
​(EST), USA

Telephone

317-760-0608

Email

pryan5141"at"outlook.com
  • Game Portfolio
  • Product Management
    • LinkedIn Product Evaluation -- PM Case Study
    • Video Game PM
  • Resume
  • About Me