Zach Varney
AI-driven Product Leader
AI-driven product leader with 10+ years building and scaling B2B SaaS. Known for transforming complex AI systems into intuitive, revenue-driving features. Experienced in integrating LLMs, vector search, and agentic workflows into enterprise-ready platforms. Proven track record of shipping adoption-focused products, leading cross-functional teams, and driving measurable business impact.
Professional Summary
AI-driven product leader with 10+ years building and scaling B2B SaaS. Known for transforming complex AI systems into intuitive, revenue-driving features. Experienced in integrating LLMs, vector search, and agentic workflows into enterprise-ready platforms. Proven track record of shipping adoption-focused products, leading cross-functional teams, and driving measurable business impact. Seeking senior AI product strategy role at an innovation-led company.
Professional Experience
Technical Product Manager
Lytho
Leading AI-first product initiatives and platform integrations for enterprise content management.
- Turned around a 'trouble' team to deliver structured APIs and Slack/Teams integrations, establishing the foundation for scalable platform connectivity
- Drove Lytho's AI-first pivot, conceiving and shipping Insights and Compliance tools. Designed flows such as guideline intake to adapt agents to client-specific rules, enabling customized AI adoption across enterprise accounts
- Originated Project Horizon, unifying DivvyHQ workflows into Lytho's ecosystem, mitigating acquisition risk and increasing platform adoption
- Co-launched Project Beacon, an innovation track for rapid AI prototyping and user feedback loops outside of traditional company processes
- Recognized internally as a constructive challenger and go-to PM after multiple company layoffs, balancing technical rigor with political awareness
Director of Product
DivvyHQ
Advanced from developer to Director of Product, owning strategy and lifecycle across a B2B content platform.
- Championed a data-driven culture, introducing analytics (Pendo) and structured planning that enabled scale with minimal bugs and strong technical debt management
- Led global dev teams in the Philippines and Argentina, building high-trust, high-output collaboration across time zones
- Delivered enterprise-scale bulk reassignment tools, solving Fortune 500 client turnover challenges. Replaced error-prone manual reassignments (tens of thousands of items per account) with a single-click bulk workflow, achieving 88% adoption overall and 100% adoption among enterprise clients
Selected AI Projects
AHVA
Modular AI assistant (FastAPI + React) with layered memory + vector search; demoed as enterprise-ready agentic workflow prototype.
Jarvis Ecosystem
Voice + context-aware AI system for proactive task automation and personal assistant functionality.
Pantry AI (Scanémon precursor)
PWA with video-based scanning, real-time feedback learning, and gamified UX.
AI Toolchain Expertise
Extensive hands-on work with GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Hugging Face, Ollama, LangChain, FAISS, Chroma.
Technical Skills
Core Competencies
- • Product Strategy
- • AI/LLM Integration
- • Agentic Systems
- • Workflow Automation
- • End-to-End Product Ownership
- • API Architecture
- • Semantic Search
- • UX/UI Collaboration
- • Cross-Functional Leadership
- • Stakeholder Influence
- • Vision Communication
- • Durable Execution
Languages & Frameworks
- • Python
- • JavaScript/TypeScript
- • FastAPI
- • React
- • SQL
AI/ML Tooling
- • OpenAI API
- • Anthropic
- • Gemini
- • LangChain
- • Hugging Face
- • FAISS
- • Chroma
DevOps & APIs
- • Docker
- • REST APIs
- • GitHub Actions
- • OAuth2
- • JWT
Analytics & Monitoring
- • Pendo
- • PostHog
- • GA4
- • Sentry
Product Stack
- • Jira
- • Notion
- • Figma
- • Asana
- • Slack
- • Zapier
- • Make
Ready to work together?
Let's discuss how Zach Varney can help you build AI products that actually work.