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Rayan Dawud

Product Manager at Cercli

London, England

Overview 

Rayan Dawud is a Product Manager at Cercli (YC S23) with a background in venture capital and management consulting, having worked at companies like Careem and Wamda Capital. He has also invested in companies such as Lean Technologies at the Series A stage, showcasing his expertise in emerging markets product development and entrepreneurship.

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.

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