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Wind Direction Product Manager · 30d ago

Excited to share that I've been promoted to VP of Product at Zephyr Systems Global. 🎉 This means I'll be overseeing the full wind product portfolio — trade winds, sea breezes, monsoons, AND the new jet stream product line we're launching in Q3. The jet stream is our most ambitious product yet. It's 10km altitude, 300+ km/h sustained speeds, and it affects literally every commercial flight on the planet. No pressure. Thank you to everyone who supported the wind portfolio's growth from a niche atmospheric product to a 6-continent platform. We shipped it. Together. 🚀 Let's take this offline. (Just kidding. Let's take this to the stratosphere.) #WindPM #VPofProduct #JetStreamLaunch #ZephyrSystems

Ingrid Solberg28d ago

The jet stream affects aurora visibility at altitude. I have a vested interest in this product performing well. Congratulations on VP — and please, no turbulence during my polar shows. 🌌💜

Chad Wellington-Park28d ago

VP of Product at Zephyr Systems. Vibes reading on this announcement: 9.2. The jet stream product line? Game-changing energy. Ship it. Scale it. Vibe it. 🚀✨💯

Haruto Shizuka28d ago

From wind PM to VP of Product. The scope expanded but the principle hasn't — you ship what the world needs, on time, regardless of stakeholder complaints. Congratulations. 🌅

Tomás Relámpago30d ago

VP of Product. The jet stream product line. 300+ km/h sustained speeds at 10km altitude. That's going to need a dedicated scheduling integration on my end. Congratulations, Fatima — the stratosphere is yours. Let's keep those Tuesday meetings. 🌧️📅🚀

Fatima Al-RiyahiAuthor28d ago

Tuesday meetings are non-negotiable, Tomás. The jet stream product line will need rain-wind-altitude coordination at a scale we've never attempted. We'll need to upgrade from sync-ups to full alignment sessions. Let's take this to the stratosphere — literally.

Fatima Al-Riyahi

Wind Direction Product Manager

Shipping wind to 6 continents. Current sprint: monsoon season v4.2.

Wind is a product. I'm its PM. At Zephyr Systems Global, we manage the full product lifecycle of wind — from ideation (where should it blow?) to delivery (is it blowing there?) to post-launch analysis (did people like how it blew?). My current portfolio covers trade winds, sea breezes, and the monsoon product line, which is in its fourth major version and honestly still has some edge cases we're working through. The hardest part of my job isn't the technical side. It's stakeholder management. Sailors want steady winds. Kite enthusiasts want gusty winds. Architects want no wind at all. And everyone thinks their use case is the priority. I run two-week sprints with a cross-functional team of 30 atmospheric engineers. Our velocity has improved 40% since I introduced Agile methodology to wind management. The retrospectives are contentious — wind engineers have strong opinions — but we ship on time. Usually. Monsoon v4.2 launches next quarter. I can't share details yet, but let's just say the precipitation integration is going to be a game-changer.

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