Desirée Mayon
Principal Product Manager | Led $2.6B in Global Initiatives at Google, Microsoft / XBox, Etsy, and Cambridge University | Scrum • Program Management • Data Science (ML/AI) • FinTech • SupTec • #AfroTech24
- Role
- CEO and Founder at She & Her, Inc
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Desirée Mayon
I’m a dynamic Principal Product Manager with over 15 years of experience leading…
Experience
CEO and Founder
May 2025 — Present
CEO & Co-Founder of She & HER, a dating + community app for women who like women. I lead end-to-end strategy across product, trust & safety, data, brand, and partnerships—replacing noisy, unsafe swiping with a safer, simpler, more human experience.Product & Safety (in flight)• Define mission, positioning, and 12-month roadmap anchored in authenticity, inclusivity, safety, simplicity, and community.• Ship label-free profiles, meaningful prompts, curated matching, and friction-light chat.• Implement safety-by-design: consent norms, one-tap block/report, culture-forward moderation, screenshot-aware protections, and privacy-minded verification.• Author Community Guidelines and incident response runbooks (SLA tiers, escalation flow).Data & Experimentation (ramping)• Stand up analytics: event taxonomy, cohorting, experiment registry, and baseline dashboards for activation, match quality, and Safety Health Score.• Build iterative testing loops across onboarding, profile completion, and matchmaking.GTM & Community (building)• Launch waitlist and referral mechanics; establish creator and partner pipelines with WLW orgs and community leaders.• Pilot community features (forums/events/meetups) with structured feedback capture.Brand & Ops (foundational)• Establish brand pillars and content system; coordinate PR/social cadence.• Recruit and manage vendors; build women-led, remote-first culture with clear OKRs and inclusive rituals.Milestones (current focus)• Private beta readiness (MVP scope locked, safety gates green)• Waitlist growth engine + onboarding email flows• First partner co-hosted event + feedback synthesis• Trust & Safety review cadence + incident drill
Education
Prairie View A&M University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biological and Biomedical Sciences
2013
Texas A&M University
Master of Science - MS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
2015
Kal Academy
Certificate in Software Development Deep Stack Program
2018 — 2018
Prairie View A&M University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology
2013
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