Product strategy / Responsible AI / Platform leadership

Sahaj Patel

I turn complex, high-stakes workflows into products people can trust and organizations can scale.

Product leader with 8+ years across justice technology, SaaS, mobile and logistics, connecting customer insight, business direction and cross-functional execution.

Product systems, decision paths and responsible automation.

Selected impact

Product leadership measured in outcomes.

60+

Prosecutor agency portfolio, U.S.-wide

Own global product direction for a 60+ organization U.S. portfolio spanning local offices, statewide networks, attorneys general, and adjacent justice agencies.

1st

AI initiative brought to market

Led JTI's first AI product initiative from definition through launch, pairing automation with a high-accountability workflow.

$17M+

Contract value influenced

Shaped competitive prosecutor deal wins representing more than $17 million in proposed contract value, including the company’s largest statewide opportunity.

10+

Company functions aligned

Set portfolio priorities across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Implementation, Support, Customer Engagement, Data Conversion, Legal and Security.

Leadership profile

Direction when the work is ambiguous. Precision when the stakes are high.

I work where product strategy, technical delivery and customer reality meet. My role is to make the problem legible: gather the right evidence, set a coherent direction and help teams move through complexity without losing the outcome.

At Journal Technologies, I own and evolve the roadmap for prosecutor products, function as Chief Product Owner within the business unit, and translate workflow, platform and market needs into decisions teams can execute.

Case studies

A record of turning complexity into forward motion.

01

Portfolio leadership / National scope

Setting one product direction across a 60+ agency portfolio

Role Product Manager for eProsecutor and eProsecutor Online, functioning as Chief Product Owner within the Prosecutor Business Unit.

Decision Built one product direction across local, county, statewide and adjacent legal-agency customers, aligning Product, Customer Lifecycle and Customer Growth around shared priorities.

Outcome Guide a 60+ organization U.S. portfolio spanning local offices, statewide networks, attorneys general, and adjacent justice agencies.

02

Responsible AI / Compliance

Launching a new AI capability against a fixed legislative deadline

Role Primary PM/PO and product-commercialization lead for Race-Blind Charging and JTI Redact.

Decision Expanded the initial compliance scope to include automated police-report redaction, then coordinated security, customer readiness and pricing for a paid rollout.

Outcome Brought JTI’s first AI initiative to market and prepared all 14 California district-attorney customers for the January 2025 deadline.

03

Go-to-market / Statewide opportunity

Bringing product depth into the company’s largest statewide opportunity

Role Active on-site product presenter and product authority during a competitive statewide sales cycle.

Decision Addressed detailed buyer questions and filled product-knowledge gaps in real time to keep the solution narrative credible under scrutiny.

Outcome Helped secure a statewide win supporting approximately 1,700 users, contributing to prosecutor deal wins representing more than $17 million in proposed contract value.

04

Enterprise execution / Delivery impact

Turning cross-company delivery into measurable output

Role Product authority connecting customer requirements, delivery teams, implementation operations and go-to-market activity across ten-plus company functions.

Decision Translate market and customer evidence into prioritized initiatives, release acceptance criteria and detailed buyer responses.

Outcome Delivered 89 completed items across eight delivery projects since May 2024, including six epics and 12 new features.

Experience

From early-stage scaling to portfolio leadership.

2024 - Present

Journal Technologies

Product Manager / Chief Product Owner responsibility

Owns prosecutor product direction across complex workflows, responsible AI, integrations and go-to-market support.

2023 - Present

Ares Development LLC

Co-Founder

Manages a $5M commercial-development portfolio from market insight and acquisition through operational launch.

2022 - 2023

Ferry International

Senior Product Manager

Owned a 15-product portfolio serving 1M users and launched a product line generating $500K in monthly revenue.

2020 - 2022

SetSchedule

Senior Product Manager

Led product and design teams, major mobile releases and integration improvements for more than 150,000 customers.

2018 - 2020

Global Limited

Product Manager

Helped scale the technology organization and improved government supply-chain delivery and onboarding workflows.

Product leadership capabilities

Strategy that stays connected to delivery.

01

Product strategy & roadmaps

Turn market, customer and technical evidence into a coherent sequence of bets.

02

Responsible AI products

Shape automation around real workflows, accountability and adoption.

03

Discovery & requirements

Gather the details that matter and translate them into decisions teams can use.

04

Platforms & integrations

Define acceptance, release paths and enablement for connected systems.

05

Go-to-market partnership

Bring product authority into buyer conversations, demos and launch planning.

06

Team leadership

Set direction, build operating clarity and develop product and design talent.

Education & credentials

Business fluency, product discipline.

Chapman UniversityB.S., Business Administration / Finance

UCLAProduct Management Certification, 2022

Product AllianceCertified SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager, 2023

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