Chicago, IL · Open to new opportunities

Technical Product &
Program
Manager.

A decade of cross-functional delivery, stakeholder alignment, and product thinking — from fintech to proptech to healthcare. I bridge the gap between strategy and execution.

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Ian Dinsmor
10+ Years in Product & Program
3 Industries Delivered In
∞ Stakeholder Decks Survived
1000s of Planes Spotted

About Me

Building things that
actually ship.

Over the last 10 years, I have grown from a new Business Analyst in the Environmental, Health and Safety space to working on the technical side of the mobile banking app for Illinois' largest Credit Union, to a seasoned Technical Program Manager who helped deliver highly visible outcomes for Zillow Group.

I specialize in coordinated delivery across teams, identifying risks, aligning stakeholders, and keeping complex initiatives on track. I build meaningful, trust-based relationships across disciplines in order to effectively bridge the gap between product, engineering and stakeholders. I am skilled at refining business needs into clear requirements, ensuring that projects ship on time and on scope and that stakeholders are communicated with along the way. I'm organized, delivery-focused, and can thrive across multiple environments.

When I am away from work, I am an avid commercial aviation geek, a DJ, and eletronic music producer who loves Chicago, Detroit and Scotland.

Professional Work Examples

Professional Projects

Selected work from my career in product and program management, specifically helping connect TPMs with mentors and my Product Management Capstone project.

Style Your Home Capstone

Product · Capstone

Style Your Home Capstone

Claude helped me create a presentation & PRD for my completed Kellogg Product Management Certificate Capstone.

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TPM Mentor Match App

Product · Internal Tool

TPM Mentor Match App

An App designed in Replit to bring TPM mentors & mentees together. Winner of the 2025 TPM Fyxer Fest Retreat - AI Challenge.

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Personal Projects

Personal AI Assisted Projects

Real projects, built from scratch using AI as a creative and technical partner. From home improvement to software, these are problems I decided to solve myself.

DIY Battery Wall Project

Hardware · DIY

DIY Battery Wall Project

An easy way to wrangle all of the batteries I need for yardwork.

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Expense Inventory App

Software · Productivity

Expense Inventory App

An app I designed to keep track of project expenses on the fly.

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Record Website

Web · Music

Record Website

I used Claude to design a quick and easy website for a friend's record release.

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Walkway Project

Landscaping · DIY

Walkway Project

Claude helped me solve a landscape issue in our yard.

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Capabilities

What I bring to the table.

I thrive when I have the ability and access to develop my skills further.

Cross-functional Program Management
Product Strategy & Roadmapping
Stakeholder Alignment
Agile / Scrum / Kanban
Risk Identification & Mitigation
API / Technical Product Knowledge

Product & Strategy

  • Product roadmapping & prioritization
  • User story writing & acceptance criteria
  • Market & competitive analysis
  • OKR & KPI definition
  • Go-to-market planning

Program Delivery

  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Release planning & sprint facilitation
  • Dependency & risk management
  • Executive reporting & status communication

Tools & Platforms

  • Jira, Confluence, ADO
  • Figma (working knowledge)
  • Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Replit, Vibe Coding
  • SQL (basic queries)
  • Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace

Industries

  • Real estate / PropTech (Zillow Group)
  • Financial services / FinTech (Alliant CU)
  • Environmental health & safety (VelocityEHS)
  • Music & creative industries

Let's Talk

Open to the right
opportunity.

I'm actively exploring Product Manager and Product Owner roles in Chicago and beyond. If you're building something interesting and need help delivering, I would love to hear about it.

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