Saana Rapakko Hunt

Chief Product & Experience Officer

2023 - Current

Lead all teams responsible for end-to-end member experience, including product, engineering, design, research, strategy, learning & development, community, events, and clubhouse operations. Responsible for driving outcome-focused, community-first experience for our members, as measured by member retention.

Chief Product Officer

2023 - 2023

Our mission at Chief is to be the essential network that executive women rely on to maximize their leadership impact year over year. Our network of senior executive women represents 10,000 companies. 77% of Fortune 100 companies have an executive in Chief, and 40% of Chief Members are in their company’s C-Suite.

Angel Investor

2021

The Fund XX is an early stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses across the U.S. and powered by a community of founders & operators

President & Chief Product Officer

2022 - 2022

Led the tech (product, engineering, data science, analytics, design, research), marketing (growth, lifecycle, brand), and core business (finance, operations, people) teams

Chief Product Officer

2021 - 2022

Responsible for the product vision and strategy, and leading teams of product managers, designers, researchers, data analysts and marketers to achieve growth goals while delivering impactful, joyful experiences for our users. The Mom Project is a digital talent marketplace that makes it easy for companies to hire skilled moms and working parents. Product offerings support 20K+ Enterprise and SMB partners (including Google, Meta, Accenture) as well as community of 1M+ moms.

Interim Head of Growth

2021 - 2021

Head of Core Growth

2018 - 2021

Head of Core Growth for Instagram. Built and scaled the Core Growth team to grow Instagram at its fastest rate ever, growing the Instagram user base by +xxxM since joining in 2017 and reaching 1B+ monthly active users. Supported product and cross-functional teams (engineering, design, data, research) responsible for growing the Instagram user base.

Product Lead, Growth

2017 - 2018

Previously led teams responsible for activation, user onboarding, and account access.

Product

2015 - 2017

Led product for new productivity-focused desktop web app for SMBs. RelateIQ was an AI-powered CRM platform that was acquired by Salesforce in 2014.

Product & Growth

2014 - 2015

Product lead for core Vessel product from July - Dec 2015. Oversaw web, mobile web, iOS, Android platforms. Previously first person hired to the growth team. Led acquisition, retention, and monetization efforts for Vessel subscriber base. Vessel was founded by the former CEO and CTO from Hulu and raised $130M+ to improve monetization of the short-form video ecosystem. Vessel was acquired by Verizon in 2016.

Analytics

2013 - 2013

Launched self-service tool to measure companies' content marketing influence on LinkedIn.

Product Manager

2011 - 2012

Played key role in launching new product vertical (consumer electronics) and pricing strategy. Glyde is an e-commerce marketplace for used electronics. It was selected as one of Time's Top 50 Websites (2014) and one of Forbes' Ten Hot Start-ups (2009). Glyde was acquired in 2016 and is still active today.

Strategy, Marketing & Operations

2010 - 2011

Responsible for strategy, analytics, and online marketing. Drove underlying data analysis for Series B fundraise.

Consultant

2008 - 2010

Consulted for a variety of Technology, Telecom, and Healthcare clients, focusing on high tech product strategy and org design/change management.