# Yash Chordia

**Product Manager, Open Platform** — San Francisco, CA, United States

> Product manager at TikTok focused on monetization, developer platforms, and creator commerce. Built Mini Drama ads from pilot to 40+ partners and launched TikTok Minis' first creator-commerce vertical with Cameo.

Career Archetype: **Launchpad Navigator** (HS-DG) — One of the first Launchpad Navigators on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ychordia

## Experience

### Product Manager, Open Platform (TikTok Minis, Developer APIs & Partnerships), TikTok / ByteDance (2025-06 – 2026-07)
San Jose, California, United States · Owned monetization and creator-commerce initiatives across TikTok Minis. Scaled Mini Drama in-app ads from 6 to 40+ partners in two months, growing daily ad spend 10x while maintaining >100% D0 ROAS. Extended WebPay to Android and increased its share of subscription checkouts from 3% to 19%. Launched platform-funded discounts that lifted D0 ROAS by >20%. Built TikTok Minis' first creator-commerce vertical with Cameo, which received 5M+ clicks on day one. Shipped the company's first movie-ticketing integration with Fandango and expanded Minis into Brazil and Mexico.

### Product Management Intern, Alarm.com (2024-06 – 2024-08)
Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States · Translated customer feedback into enterprise commercial-video requirements that launched the following quarter and expanded the eligible customer base by 15%. Analyzed usage across 8 verticals, synthesized 50 customer interviews, and identified 3 priority segments to shape Developer Portal navigation and engineering priorities.

### Software Engineering Intern, Toast (2023-10 – 2024-01)

### Technical Product Management Intern, Southern California Edison (SCE) (2023-06 – 2023-09)
Pomona, CA · Defined API specifications and shipped integrations for real-time weather and asset-monitoring feeds into an enterprise GIS platform. Improved forecast-to-actual accuracy by 20% for grid operations through acceptance criteria definition and QA coordination.

### Software Engineering Intern, Toast (2022-11 – 2023-06)
Irvine, CA · Built a Spring Boot integration test suite with 95% coverage for drive-through sensor postbacks, helping sustain 99.9% production uptime. Developed a Python recovery algorithm deployed to 40,000+ sensors that reduced data loss by 25%. Increased database query capacity 4x through Apache Tomcat connection pooling and caching.

### Technical Program Management Intern, Fox Corporation (2022-06 – 2022-08)
Los Angeles, California, United States · Deployed Vidrovr's AI/ML guest-identification system across 3 FOX primetime shows and 10,000+ guests. Increased metadata accuracy by 35% while reducing manual tagging and search time through coordination of requirements, integration, and QA.

### Director of Consulting, 180 Degrees Consulting (2021-09 – 2025-06)
Irvine, California, United States · Led 5 pro bono consulting projects with 5-8-person teams across a 40+ member organization. Recruited and trained 25+ consultants, staffed ~3 engagements per quarter, and maintained 95% client satisfaction.

## Education

### Bachelor's degree in Business Information Management, University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business (2021-09 – 2025-06)
GPA: 3.84, Dean's Honor List

## Skills

Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, Java, Spring Boot, Apache Tomcat, Maven, JUnit, Postman, Git, GitHub, Figma, Jira, Confluence, Product Strategy, Roadmaps, PRDs, A/B Testing, Experiment Design, Funnel Analysis, Pricing, 0-to-1 Launches, API Design, REST APIs, OpenAPI, JSON, OAuth, Microservices, Data Postbacks, Partner Integrations, SQL, PostgreSQL, Tableau, Looker, Product Analytics, Attribution Analysis, Event Tracking, Growth, Monetization, Payments, Subscriptions, In-App Ads, Developer Platforms, Personalization, GTM

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