Ali Gilani

Senior Manager Project Manager Product Data Strategy and Operations @Meta

London, GB

Drove enterprise strategies for end-to-end data collection programmes and projects, worth $8.8M – delivering on product improvement, use case expansion, operational efficiencies, OpEx reduction, and enhancement of CX across Meta platforms• Managed a global operations team in APAC and EMEAI, facilitating internal and external collaboration, and cross-pollination to achieve business OKRs – facilitated speed-to-market for all project launches and overperformed on annual targetsKey Contributions:• Scoped, launched and scaled programmes, and shaped GTM strategy – developed project guidance, defined focus areas and user-interface, sourced and trained Operations Managers, and overperformed on ambitious +90% data quality metrics• Optimised vendor performance, doubling program efficiency, and reducing vendor decision-making time by over 40%; constantly monitored for refinement• Delivered on long-term product roadmaps and executed core vision for Enterprise and Commerce teams on Facebook and Instagram Shops – resulting in sales and revenue growth by 4% and over 200% improvement in operational efficiency• Launched and scale programmes and projects – developed product guidance and user-interface, source and train Program and Operations Managers, drove process improvement, and overperformed on ambitious +90% operational metrics• Partnered with Product and Engineering teams based in the USA, UK, and Middle East to accelerate project strategy, improve product use cases, and preserve data integrity – to feed artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning (ML) models• Developed dashboards, scorecards, and reporting using finance and operations data to track performance of key initiatives

University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor's Degree