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Maziyar Karimian - Head of Strategy in New York, NY

Maziyar Karimian

Director-level product strategist specializing in AI-native and design-first digital products

ustwoUniversity of WarwickNew York, NY13 Years ExperienceDirector Level

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Product and strategy leader spanning NBCUniversal, Peloton, ustwo, AKQA, and PowerSchool, with a rare mix of AI product execution, gamified consumer product design, and human-centered education strategy. Led NBCUniversal's Claude-powered Atlas platform and helped shape Peloton's Lanebreak UX, combining strong governance-minded AI judgment with proven user-centered product outcomes at scale.

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Key Strengths

  • Led development of NBCUniversal's AI-powered Atlas platform
  • Strong AI product judgment around accuracy, governance, and accountability trade-offs
  • Deep experience designing conversational AI over structured and unstructured enterprise data
  • User-centered product design that materially changed Peloton Lanebreak direction
  • Applied behavioral insight to redesign competition into cohort-based progression
  • Shipped product with roughly 90% satisfaction across millions of sessions
  • 10+ years of people management across strategy and cross-functional product teams
  • Built clear progression frameworks and autonomy-focused coaching practices
  • Global team leadership in consultancy/agency environments
  • Thoughtful human-centered AI perspective grounded in educational equity
  • Experience shaping personalized learning strategy with whole-child lens

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Experience

Head of Strategyustwo · Jan 2019 – Present
Associate Strategy DirectorAKQA · Jan 2015 – Jan 2019
Regional Digital StrategistMEC · Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Strategist (WPP Fellow)Y&R · Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

Education

University of Warwickbachelor, Politics, Philosophy & Economics
University of Warwickmaster, International Security

Awards

  • IPA Effectiveness Award

Skills

Product StrategyGenerative AILarge Language ModelsData GovernanceCross-Functional LeadershipTeam LeadershipMentorshipStrategic PlanningAccount ManagementProduct LeadershipAI Product DevelopmentAI-Native Product StrategyLLM Model SelectionCustomer Intelligence PlatformsWeb Applications

Languages

English

Publications

2 publications

Play ThinkingGenerative AICustomer Experience DesignCampaign Effectiveness

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Maziyar KarimianDirector-level product strategist specializing in AI-native and design-first digital products