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.
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.
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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