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Rupali
Jain
Chief Product Officer
Optimizely
Rupali is a seasoned product executive with over 20 years of experience driving growth at the intersection of data, leadership, and innovation. Currently a leader at Optimizely, she has a proven track record of scaling high-growth businesses, including pivotal roles at Microsoft and Qualtrics. Rupali is a leading voice on the AI-driven transformation of the product lifecycle. She focuses on how Generative AI serves as a force multiplier for teams—compressing discovery cycles and scaling decision-making to deliver superior customer outcomes. Known for her strategic rigor and "win-first" mindset, she specializes in translating complex market landscapes into actionable product visions that build lasting B2B SaaS businesses.
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17 June 2025 09:15 - 09:45
Designing product teams for an AI-first organization
AI is forcing a fundamental rethink of how product teams—and the organizations around them—are designed. As AI systems take on more of the procedural and coordination-heavy work, traditional boundaries between product, design, engineering, operations, marketing, and go-to-market functions are beginning to shift. The result isn’t a single blended role, but teams that operate with greater shared context, fewer handoffs, and faster decision-making. This talk takes a “show, not tell” approach, using live, end-to-end walkthroughs to demonstrate how work moves through an AI-first product team—from discovery and decision-making to delivery, launch, and learning. You’ll see how AI supports coordination across disciplines while preserving deep expertise within each function. For product leaders, the challenge is no longer optimizing individual roles in isolation, but designing teams that can align intent, surface tradeoffs early, and act with clarity across functions. You’ll leave with concrete principles for structuring AI-ready teams, understanding where responsibilities converge (and where they shouldn’t), and leading through this evolution without sacrificing accountability, craft, or focus.