Open to new roles · Denver · hybrid or remote

Mandi
O’Brien

Makes the invisible legible.

Design-rooted product leader who builds with AI. I’ve led Product & Design at VP scope, and I still prototype, test, and ship things myself.

Mandi O’Brien
Now
Free agent,
building with AI
Based
Denver,
hybrid or remote
Looking for
Product & Experience leadership, hands-on AI roles, or fractional.

Receipts.

  • $30M+

    DTC acquisition funnel,
    Sunday, 2023-26

  • 60+

    experiments in 3 months,
    18 new controls. +115% CVR.

  • $12M

    bootstrapped marketplace,
    6x growth from ~$2M

  • VP

    of Product & Design,
    Verblio, 2018-23

  • 90%

    on-time content delivery after an
    algorithm + UX rework (from 60%)

  • 95%

    retention on a 6-person
    Product & Design team

Approach

  1. Makes the why visible.
  2. Connects dots and people.
  3. Plays seriously.
  4. Holds the standard, not the solution.
  5. Makes it all work beautifully.