Sacha Lien · Product Leadership & Strategy

From customer insight to business impact.

I help companies identify customer problems and build products that solve them. I take a human-first approach to AI, using it to improve product experience and accelerate how teams discover, validate, and make decisions.

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My Approach

Start with the problem, not the solution.

I believe good products start with understanding customers. My approach is grounded in continuous discovery, challenging assumptions, and validating opportunities before committing resources.

I use customer insight, experimentation, and commercial evidence to decide what to build, when to invest, and when to change direction.

01

Discover

Engage continuously with customers to uncover problems and identify opportunities with meaningful business potential.

02

Validate

Test whether a solution addresses a problem customers care enough about to adopt, fund, and champion, while establishing its commercial viability.

03

Build

Turn validated opportunities into focused solutions, learning from customer behavior and iterating toward product-market fit.

04

Scale

Measure customer and business outcomes, refine what works, and invest where the evidence supports growth.

What I Do

New Initiatives

Take opportunities from idea to validated business, with the strategy, financial model, and go-to-market to back it.

AI-Powered Products

Turn customer conversations, behavior, and data into products that act on what customers need.

Product Team Leadership

Use AI to orchestrate discovery, test assumptions, and make decisions faster, without losing judgment.

Experience

20+ years of leadership experience

  • Agilitas Solutions
  • Azira
  • Bombora
  • Sojern
  • Hearst Autos
  • CBS Interactive