Guillaume Azurdia

About Guillaume Azurdia

I build the engines that power global commerce.Over the last decade, I have focused on transforming technical complexity into scalable revenue. My experience spans from architecting global payment stragegies for Big Tech to bootstrapping AI-driven platforms from scratch.I thrive designing, improving, and scaling systems at the intersection of Fintech, AI Platforms, and Growth Engineering. Whether leading platform migrations for hundreds of millions of users or defining the vision for autonomous commerce.• Scale & Growth: A track record of unlocking over $1B in revenue and expanding products into 50+ international markets.• Founder’s Lens: As a founder and developer, I combine strategic product vision with the technical ability to architect full-stack solutions.• Future-Ready Infrastructure: I am deeply invested in the next frontier of commerce, including agentic payments and autonomous AI transactions.

Experience

1. Staff Product Manager

   Coursera

   Apr 2024 — Present

   Directing product strategy for global payments, subscriptions, and promotions platforms, serving 200M+ learners.• Served as interim GPM/VP-level lead, mentoring junior PMs in B2C and B2B areas. Increasing shipping velocity across 6 product domains leveraging AI agents to bridge capacity gaps. • Orchestrated a C-Suite priority global commerce expansion, growing capabilities across LATAM and APAC bringing over $7M in additional MRR.• Modernized legacy billing infrastructure to support $1B+ in annual volumes, leading an architectural migration into Stripe while establishing revenue protection systems that mitigated fraud and improved P/L by millions annually.

Education

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering

  2007 — 2012

• Stanford University

  Product Management, Agile Methodology, Internet of Things

  2017 — 2018

Skills

• Hispanic Market
• Product Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Consumer Lending
• Strategy
• Finance
• Consulting
• Customer Experience
• Loans
• Capital Markets
• C-Level Relationships
• Analytics
• Risk Management
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Dmaic
• Big Data
• Leadership
• Sql
• Visio
• Revenue
• Change Management
• Fintech
• Operations Management
• Product Development
• Data Science
• Adobe Photoshop
• Business Advisory
• Billing Systems
• Process Improvement
• Regulatory Compliance
• Mortgage Lending
• Auto Lending
• Third Party Vendor Management
• Management Consulting
• Machine Learning
• Mortgage Servicing
• Teaching