Rayan Dawud
Product Manager at Cercli
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Product Manager
2023 - Current
At Cercli, I led development of our global contractor payroll through local and international payment providers to enable compliant and on-time compensation in 40+ countries. I also launched secure onboarding flows, manage our most-used Time Off feature, and helped scale the platform from pilot to thousands of users—all while implementing and managing GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance across the product.
Industry Advisory Board Member
2023
Investment Partner
2020 - 2022
I joined the Managing Partner as the first hire to define the fund's vision, investment strategy, and operating model from the launch of the fund. I oversaw the evaluation of over 1,000 deals and executing investments in 19 companies globally across FinTech and Cybersecurity with Outliers leading five of these rounds.
Outliers is a venture capital firm that backs outlier founders who are building compounding businesses.
New Products Manager
2018 - 2020
I managed and prioritised roadmaps for 15+ new mobility and delivery products as part of the company’s push toward a Super App, aligning teams around market opportunities and regulatory requirements. I led the end-to-end development and scaling of Roadside Assistance in the UAE—from ideation and customer discovery to launch. I also drove product discovery for Careem Bus in the UAE, led the launch of Careem Bikes, and helped coordinate product and data transition during Uber’s $3.1B acquisition of Careem.
Investment Associate
2016 - 2018
Strategy Manager
2015 - 2015
Strategy Consultant
2013 - 2015
Business Analyst
2011 - 2013
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.