Darian Spicer

Darian Spicer

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Vice President of Product Management & Design
California, United States

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  • Follett Software
    Vice President of Product Management & Design
    Follett Software
    Oct 2023 - Current (3 years 1 month)
    • Transformed Follett Software from a single library product into a five-suite K-12 operations platform serving 10,900 districts, 49 million students, and 70,000+ schools ; maintaining 96% customer retention and 4M+ daily logins across 160 countries throughout the expansion
    • Launched the company's first AI product in its 50+ year history: Follett Software AI - an agentic intelligence layer built from 0-to-1 with AWS and Anthropic, reaching 810+ districts and 8,000+ school sites within months and saving educators 3-7 staff hours per week
    • Built the entire senior product and design leadership layer from scratch - recruited 4 directors, upleveled 16 roles, designed domain-aligned vertical team structure, and implemented skills mat
  • GoGuardian
    Director of Product Management (Progressed from Group Product Manager)
    GoGuardian
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2023 (2 years 4 months)
    • Led product strategy across multi-team K-12 safety and productivity portfolio, driving 14% YOY platform growth
    • Delivered ML filtering efficacy strategy exceeding success metrics by 150%; shipped categorization ML pipeline reducing uncategorized sites from 32% to under 1%
    • Identified and addressed competitive feature gaps to differentiate product ecosystem and reduce churn by 10%
    • Built and managed product teams through rapid growth, strengthening leadership expectations, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Bold
    Senior Manager of Product Management (Progressed from Group Product Manager)
    Bold
    Jun 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 2 months)
    • Transformed strategic direction of product portfolio, contributing to 97% revenue growth in 2020; introduced A/B testing strategy expanding testing velocity by 400% and generating $2M in conversion revenue
    • Executed search optimization initiative improving recognition by 50% and session conversion by 35%; delivered new onboarding experience increasing engagement by 30% and revenue by 23%
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    Director of Product Management (Progressed from Product Manager to Group Product Manager)
    Macys Technology
    May 2017 - Apr 2020 (3 years)
    • Led 10 product teams across omni-channel portfolio driving 25% YOY revenue improvement; directed product lean labs reducing ideation-to-market time by 50% and driving $100M in revenue
    • Expanded fulfillment strategies improving conversion by 20% and generating $50M in incremental revenue; promoted NPS from 73 to 76
    • CEO and CRO Awards for Leadership and Revenue Growth Strategies; International Design Award (IDA) Gold
  • Macys
    Vice President Director, Product and Strategy
    Macys
    Mar 2009 - May 2017 (8 years 3 months)
    • Led enterprise strategy and large-scale initiatives across merchandising, digital, and operational domains with accountability for 100+ member team
    • Defined localized digital demand strategies driving $100M in annual sales; CEO Make Magic Awards and Leader of the Year National Awards
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      • Macys
        Regional of the Year
        Macys
        Regional of the year for best statistical results and sales growth over ly & plan
      • Macys
        Regional of the Year
        Macys
        Regional of the year for best statistical results and sales growth over ly & plan
      • Macys
        Innovation Make Magic Award
        Macys
        Make Magic Six Award for exceptional above and beyond performance for innovation/ideas.
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        Sales Performance - National Award for Best Sales Performance
        Jan
        Sales Performance - National Award for Best Sales Performance
      • Macys
        Regional of the Year
        Macys
        Regional of the year for best statistical results and sales growth over ly & plan
      • Macys
        Regional of the Year
        Macys
        Regional of the year for best statistical results and sales growth over ly & plan
      • J
        Customer Relationship Management - National Award for Client Outreach
        Jan
        Customer Relationship Management - National Award for Client Outreach
      • J
        Vendor Collaboration - National Award for Vendor management
        Jan
        Vendor Collaboration - National Award for Vendor management

        Multiple National Awards for Vendor Collaboration and project management to launch and define vendor branding and field training
      • J
        Project Management - National Award for Advisory Board.
        Jan
        Project Management - National Award for Advisory Board.

        Worked with National Advisory Board to lead innovation, process and strategic project management
      • Macys
        Make Magic Award
        Macys
        Best performance in Extended Service Plan, positively impacting profitability.
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