Alex Krakoski
Strategic Product Manager building AI-powered products at scale
I'm a product manager, former CPG startup founder, and experienced VC investor with 10+ years of experience owning multi-million-dollar product portfolios across healthcare, fintech, and B2B SaaS. I currently lead a 7-figure P&L across 7 products serving over 1M MAU at Health Care Service Corporation, where I've shipped 2 new products and AI-powered recommendation systems generating ~$30M/year in savings and negotiated for 8-figure contracts to grow profit margins 18x YoY.
Previously at
A decade of building products
2012–2015
Worthy Jerky
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Founded and led a beef jerky CPG startup from concept (mom's recipes) to market — building the brand, supply chain, and distribution from the ground up to achieve $100k/year in sales and win Cornell University's inaugural Student Business of the Year Award (2014). My first lesson in turning an idea into a shipping product.
2016–2017
VillageMD
Strategy and Operations Analyst
Owned 0 -> 1 product development for a GRC SaaS platform serving enterprise risk and compliance teams. Shipped workflow tooling that established an open-source application marketplace, established integration partnerships with cybersecurity industry leaders, and expanded use cases beyond compliance into broader operational risk.
2017–2018
Centene Corporation
Market Strategy and Product Performance Analyst
Collaborated with corporate development to establish strategic partnerships with 3 startups and productize their technologies, resulting in $130M in strategic investments and solutions deployed to impact over 2M users.
2019–2020
LogicGate
Associate Product Manager
Owned product for a GRC SaaS platform serving enterprise risk and compliance teams. Shipped workflow tooling that expanded use cases beyond compliance into broader operational risk.
2020–2021
Helpr
Operations Director
Led development and launch of global in-home care platform amidst COVID-19 pandemic - scaling provider supply, support, and the systems behind both to expand to 41 counties, add $2M in revenue, and negotiate $1.2M in VC investment.
2021–2022
Future Foundry · CollegeAidPro
Freelance Product Manager
Led product on the new CollegeAidPro higher-level education shopping consumer app — defining the experience, scoping the MVP, and shipping it end-to-end to achieve 11,000 paid MAU within 6 months — while partnering with engineering to re-architect the B2B backend for multi-tenant scale and faster release cycles.
2022–2023
Morphic
Head of Product / Founding PM
Rebuilt platform architecture, forged integration partnerships with major marketing platforms, led solutions engineering, and overhauled the SDLC for a no-code website builder platform. Result: 320% YoY revenue growth, 107% NRR, time-to-market from 11 weeks to 2, and a 93% reduction in deployment time.
2023–2024
Helpr
Product Lead, Healthcare
Drove a healthcare vertical expansion, rebuilt the marketing site with VoC-informed messaging, and unified support, safety, and cybersecurity. Distribution to 20M+ users, $6M in additional revenue within 7 months, and 24/7 coverage for 2M MAUs.
2024–Present
Health Care Service Corporation
Strategic Product Manager
Leading a $27M P&L across 7 products. Developing AI-powered recommendation systems generating $22M/year in savings, and drove an 11% YoY revenue increase and 1800% profit margin increase.
A little more about me
Background
Chemical Engineering & Entrepreneurship grad from Cornell University. Dual Swiss–American citizen who grew up in Miami and spent two formative high-school years in Switzerland at Leysin American School, where I was fortunate to receive a full scholarship to complete the IB program. I spend my free time cooking, reading, and driving my wife Lisa and dog Louie crazy.
On the side
Investor at Dot Capital, where we've deployed $17M across 3 venture funds at a 34% IRR. Also an active angel investor and advisor to early-stage founders.
Let's build something
Open to senior & principal PM roles
If you're working on AI-native products, healthcare, fintech, or anything ambitious — I'd love to chat.