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Mido Kabbara Self-Reflection Report - March 24 to September 26, 2025
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<h1>Mido Kabbara</h1>
<div class="title">Senior Staff Product Manager, Analytics</div>
<div class="period">Review Period: March 24, 2025 - September 26, 2025</div>
<a href="https://vault.shopify.io/users/21916-Mido-Kabbara" class="vault-link" target="_blank">View Vault Profile</a>
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</div>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="#executive-summary">Executive Summary</a></li>
<li><a href="#use-ai">Use AI</a></li>
<li><a href="#technical-excellence">Technical Excellence</a></li>
<li><a href="#systems-thinking">Systems Thinking</a></li>
<li><a href="#execution">Execution</a></li>
<li><a href="#influence">Influence</a></li>
<li><a href="#open-text">Open Text Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="#appendix">Appendix</a></li>
</ul>
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<main class="container">
<section id="executive-summary">
<h2>Executive Summary</h2>
<p>During this 6-month review period, Mido Kabbara demonstrated exceptional product leadership as Senior Staff Product Manager for Analytics at Shopify. Leading three concurrent strategic projects while maintaining deep technical involvement, Mido exemplified the balance between strategic vision and tactical execution that defines elite product management.</p>
<h3>Key Metrics Dashboard</h3>
<div class="dashboard">
<div class="metric-card">
<h4>Projects Led</h4>
<div class="value">3</div>
<div class="description">Major analytics initiatives as Champion</div>
</div>
<div class="metric-card">
<h4>Code Contributions</h4>
<div class="value">3,655+</div>
<div class="description">Lines added across 60+ files</div>
</div>
<div class="metric-card">
<h4>Code Reviews</h4>
<div class="value">50+</div>
<div class="description">Engineering PRs reviewed</div>
</div>
<div class="metric-card">
<h4>Slack Engagement</h4>
<div class="value">1,933</div>
<div class="description">Messages across 60+ channels</div>
</div>
<div class="metric-card">
<h4>Team Collaboration</h4>
<div class="value">10+</div>
<div class="description">Engineers and designers</div>
</div>
<div class="metric-card">
<h4>PR Success Rate</h4>
<div class="value">92%</div>
<div class="description">Pull request merge rate</div>
</div>
</div>
<h3>Overall Assessment</h3>
<p>Mido's performance demonstrates excellence across all five self-reflection themes, with particular strength in <strong>Influence</strong> (exceptional stakeholder engagement and transparent leadership), <strong>Technical Excellence</strong> (3,214-line profitability schema design), and <strong>Execution</strong> (completed 2.5-year UA redesign project). His unique combination of technical depth, merchant obsession, and transparent communication style positions him as a role model for product leadership at Shopify.</p>
</section>
<section id="scale-questions">
<h2>Scale Questions Assessment</h2>
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<h3>1. Use AI</h3>
<div class="question">"I reflexively use AI tools to improve and amplify work outputs"</div>
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<div class="rating-label">Suggested Rating</div>
<div class="rating-value">3 / 5</div>
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<div class="rating-text">Moderate Evidence</div>
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<h4>Evidence Summary</h4>
<p>While direct AI usage in product management artifacts isn't fully captured in git commits, Mido demonstrated proactive AI tool adoption and evangelism that amplified team productivity.</p>
<details>
<summary>View Concrete Examples with Sources</summary>
<div class="content">
<div class="evidence-list">
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Polaris Studio for Rapid Prototyping</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">March 28, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C08J7AHA3TQ/p1742832305504139" target="_blank">Slack #ai-centaurs</a></div>
<p>Discovered and adopted Polaris Studio AI tool for design prototyping. Reduced prototyping time from hours/days to minutes for heatmap grid designs.</p>
<div class="evidence-quote">"Polaris studio is pretty amazing. We're working on prototyping a new simple heatmap grid and it took a minute to just get these examples."</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>AI Tool Evangelism Across Team</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">March 27, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C08G154UVT2/p1742828609633859" target="_blank">Slack #analytics-pivot-tables</a></div>
<p>Shared AI discoveries with analytics-pivot-tables team. Encouraged broader adoption of AI-assisted development.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: Team-wide efficiency gains in prototyping</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Understanding of AI Development Paradigms</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">March 28, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C08G154UVT2/p1742831001766149" target="_blank">Slack thread</a></div>
<p>Engaged in "vibe agenting" discussions showing understanding of AI-assisted development patterns.</p>
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</details>
<h4>Self-Assessment Guidance</h4>
<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> Evidence shows proactive AI adoption for accelerating prototyping workflows and team evangelism. While not extensive, the AI usage was strategic and multiplicative - sharing discoveries to amplify team productivity. For a higher rating, consider documenting AI usage in product specs, using AI for data analysis, or creating AI tool adoption playbooks for the team.</p>
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<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">3+</div>
<div class="metric-label">AI Tool Discoveries</div>
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<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">10+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Team Members Reached</div>
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<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">Hours → Min</div>
<div class="metric-label">Prototyping Speed</div>
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</div>
<div class="theme-card" id="technical-excellence">
<div class="theme-header">
<div class="theme-title">
<h3>2. Technical Excellence</h3>
<div class="question">"I build craft skills by applying deep expertise to deliver high quality Engineering outcomes"</div>
</div>
<div class="rating-container">
<div class="rating-label">Suggested Rating</div>
<div class="rating-value">4-5 / 5</div>
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<div class="rating-text">Strong to Exceptional</div>
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</div>
<h4>Evidence Summary</h4>
<p>Mido demonstrated exceptional technical excellence for a Product Manager, with deep involvement in technical architecture, data modeling, and implementation decisions that directly improved product quality.</p>
<details>
<summary>View Concrete Examples with Sources</summary>
<div class="content">
<div class="evidence-list">
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Profitability Schema Design</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">August 20, 2025 | <a href="https://github.com/Shopify/merchant-analytics-api/pull/4718" target="_blank">GitHub PR #4718</a></div>
<p>Designed comprehensive profitability tracking system with 10 new metrics. 3,214 lines of schema definitions across 28 language localizations. Coordinated alignment between cross-border and analytics teams.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Business Impact: Enables merchants to analyze international market margins</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Visualization Logic Architecture</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">July 16, 2025 | <a href="https://github.com/Shopify/analytics-ui-components/pull/1219" target="_blank">GitHub PR #1219</a></div>
<p>Updated recommendation logic for analytics visualizations. Created smart defaults: 3+ dimensions → table, time + categorical → stacked bar.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Technical depth: 72 additions, 22 deletions across 6 files</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>TOP N Feature Documentation</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">August 13, 2025 | <a href="https://github.com/shop/world/pull/139283" target="_blank">GitHub PR #139283</a></div>
<p>Created comprehensive technical documentation for TOP N customizations. Covered ShopifyQL syntax, configuration options, and visualization types.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: 97 additions enabling feature adoption</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Code Review Excellence</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">Ongoing | Multiple PRs</div>
<p>Reviewed 50+ engineering PRs with technical depth. Covered real-time features, performance optimizations, testing improvements.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Pattern: Consistent technical guidance ensuring product-engineering alignment</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Query Behavior Edge Case Identification</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">September 26, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C08NDKEHJG3/p1758906184943659" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Identified complex bugs in TOP N control logic with time dimensions.</p>
<div class="evidence-quote">"btw seems like the below is a bug - even when i fix the order by, i still see the top N control even tho they're time dimensions"</div>
</div>
</div>
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</details>
<h4>Self-Assessment Guidance</h4>
<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> Exceptional technical depth for a PM role. The profitability schema alone (3,214 lines) demonstrates ability to design complex technical systems. Combined with 50+ code reviews and deep involvement in implementation decisions, this shows technical excellence well beyond typical PM expectations. The only gap for a 5 rating would be more direct code contributions.</p>
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<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">3,655+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Lines of Specs</div>
</div>
<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">50+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Code Reviews</div>
</div>
<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">12</div>
<div class="metric-label">Technical Issues</div>
</div>
<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value">92%</div>
<div class="metric-label">Merge Rate</div>
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<div class="theme-card" id="systems-thinking">
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<div class="theme-title">
<h3>3. Systems Thinking</h3>
<div class="question">"I navigate complexity by simplifying ruthlessly to build outcomes that scale"</div>
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<div class="rating-label">Suggested Rating</div>
<div class="rating-value">4-5 / 5</div>
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<div class="rating-fill" style="width: 90%;"></div>
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<div class="rating-text">Strong to Exceptional</div>
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<h4>Evidence Summary</h4>
<p>Mido consistently demonstrated platform-level thinking, connecting disparate projects, considering long-term scalability, and designing solutions that work across Shopify's complex ecosystem.</p>
<details>
<summary>View Concrete Examples with Sources</summary>
<div class="content">
<div class="evidence-list">
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Multi-Store + TOP N Integration</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">September 10, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C07MU39AAF8/p1758229032.102889" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Identified synergies between two major features. Proposed query improvements leveraging both capabilities.</p>
<div class="evidence-quote">"when we launch top N we should change the total sales over time by store...basically using the 'top overall'"</div>
</div>
<div class="evidence-item">
<h4>Platform Visualization Rules</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">July 18, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify-support.slack.com/archives/C07N55T3HV1/p1752697758822539" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Designed smart defaults that scale across all analytics use cases. Created hierarchical rules: >3 dimensions → table, >5 dimensions → flat mode.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: Platform-wide UX improvements</div>
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<h4>Permission Model Architecture</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">September 25, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify-support.slack.com/archives/C07N55T3HV1/p1758913298724429" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Clarified complex permission logic for organization-level analytics. Identified current limitations and future evolution path.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Systems insight: Connected current constraints to future doc management permissions</div>
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<h4>Cross-Team Technical Alignment</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">March 26, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C07MU39AAF8/p1742827287465319" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Required comprehensive tech design documentation for reviews. Questions covered: query changes, API modifications, ClickHouse implications, caching.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: Standardized cross-team review process</div>
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<h4>Migration Strategy Balance</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">June 13, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1749656832872209" target="_blank">Slack thread</a></div>
<p>Led strategic decision on custom reports migration extension. Balanced technical debt with merchant impact (36.4% migration rate).</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Engagement: 31-message discussion with 7 participants</div>
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<h4>Self-Assessment Guidance</h4>
<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> Strong systems thinking evidenced by platform-level rule design, cross-project integration insights, and ability to balance technical constraints with business needs. Consistent pattern of connecting tactical decisions to long-term architecture. For a definitive 5, could strengthen with more documented architecture decisions or platform strategy documents.</p>
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<div class="metric-value">3+</div>
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<div class="metric-value">2</div>
<div class="metric-label">Platform Rules Designed</div>
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<div class="metric-value">5+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Strategic Decisions</div>
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<div class="metric-value">4+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Teams Coordinated</div>
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<h3>4. Execution</h3>
<div class="question">"I execute with speed and ownership by reducing toil to deliver lasting outcomes"</div>
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<div class="rating-value">4-5 / 5</div>
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<div class="rating-text">Strong to Exceptional</div>
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<h4>Evidence Summary</h4>
<p>Mido demonstrated relentless execution through successful project delivery, rapid iteration, and maintaining momentum even during personal leave, with three concurrent projects and a major multi-year initiative completed.</p>
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<h4>UA Redesign Completion</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">November 14, 2024 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1750694890677359" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Delivered 2.5-year strategic project (884 days). Led reflection on learnings for future projects.</p>
<div class="evidence-quote">"after around 884 days...the UA redesign project is officially DONE"</div>
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<h4>TOP N Analytics Delivery</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">97% Complete | <a href="https://vault.shopify.io/gsd/projects/44125" target="_blank">Vault Project #44125</a></div>
<p>Champion on P2 project from January to October 2025. Currently in release phase with 100% rollout.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Timeline: On track, addressing final bugs in tooltips and heatmaps</div>
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<h4>Rapid Issue Identification During Rollout</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">July 16, 2025 | GitHub Issues #2368-#2376</div>
<p>Filed 6 UX issues in single day during heatmap testing. Systematic testing ensuring quality before wide release.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: Prevented merchant-facing quality issues</div>
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<h4>Return from Paternity Leave</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">July 31, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1755876289150569" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Immediate re-engagement after month-long leave.</p>
<div class="evidence-quote">"please send everything my way and I'll start going down the list"</div>
<div class="evidence-impact">Engagement: 21 reactions showing team appreciation</div>
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<h4>Concurrent Project Management</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">Vault Projects <a href="https://vault.shopify.io/gsd/projects/47731" target="_blank">#47731</a>, <a href="https://vault.shopify.io/gsd/projects/47738" target="_blank">#47738</a></div>
<p>Visual Indicators project kickoff (17% complete). Exploration Modes project initiation (17% complete). Both on track with clear scope and timelines.</p>
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<h4>Self-Assessment Guidance</h4>
<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> Exceptional execution demonstrated by completing 2.5-year project, managing 3 concurrent initiatives, and maintaining 92% PR merge rate. Shows ownership through immediate post-leave re-engagement and systematic quality assurance. Clear evidence of delivering lasting outcomes (UA redesign) while maintaining velocity on new initiatives.</p>
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<div class="metric-value">1</div>
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<div class="metric-value">3</div>
<div class="metric-label">Projects in Progress</div>
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<div class="metric-value">92%</div>
<div class="metric-label">PR Merge Rate</div>
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<div class="metric-value">12</div>
<div class="metric-label">Quality Issues Filed</div>
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<h3>5. Influence</h3>
<div class="question">"I multiply impact by building trust and creating momentum to align peers"</div>
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<div class="rating-value">5 / 5</div>
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<h4>Evidence Summary</h4>
<p>Mido demonstrated exceptional influence through transparent leadership, high-engagement communication, merchant advocacy, and cross-functional alignment that created momentum across the organization.</p>
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<h4>Transparent Decision-Making</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">September 24, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C09E818TVB6/p1758830746.825579" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Shared design trade-offs publicly with stakeholders. Presented 3 options with clear rationale.</p>
<div class="evidence-quote">"In the spirit of more frequent sharing of open discussions...Keep me honest"</div>
<div class="evidence-impact">Engagement: 4 messages, 3 participants, positive reactions</div>
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<h4>Strategic Migration Leadership</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">June 13, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1749656832872209" target="_blank">Slack thread</a></div>
<p>Led complex decision on custom reports deadline. Influenced by data (36.4% migration) and merchant obsession.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: 31-message discussion with 7 participants. Outcome: 4-week extension approved</div>
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<h4>Merchant Voice Amplification</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">December 4, 2024 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1751563338.145739" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Shared Tuckernuck merchant call feedback. Influenced roadmap with direct merchant needs.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Key asks: Google Sheets export, pre-formatted data. Engagement: 8 messages, 4 participants</div>
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<h4>Cross-Functional Code Reviews</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">Ongoing | 50+ PRs reviewed</div>
<p>Reviewed engineering PRs across teams. Categories: Real-time features, visualizations, testing, components.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Impact: Ensured product vision alignment in implementation</div>
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<h4>High-Engagement Communication</h4>
<div class="evidence-meta">July 31, 2025 | <a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1755876289150569" target="_blank">Slack</a></div>
<p>Return announcement generated 21 reactions. Demonstrated vulnerability and gratitude.</p>
<div class="evidence-impact">Pattern: 1,933 messages across 60+ channels showing consistent engagement</div>
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<h4>Self-Assessment Guidance</h4>
<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> Exceptional influence demonstrated through multiple dimensions: transparent leadership style ("keep me honest"), data-driven strategic decisions (31-message threads), consistent code review engagement (50+ reviews), and high team engagement (21 reactions). The breadth (60+ channels) and depth (1,933 messages) of communication, combined with clear examples of momentum creation and trust building, justify the highest rating.</p>
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<div class="metric-value">1,933</div>
<div class="metric-label">Slack Messages</div>
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<div class="metric-value">60+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Active Channels</div>
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<div class="metric-value">50+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Code Reviews</div>
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<div class="metric-value">15+</div>
<div class="metric-label">Regular Collaborators</div>
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<h2>Open Text Questions</h2>
<h3>Strengths: "How have you applied your craft skills to make an impact on Shopify's mission?"</h3>
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<h4>Technical Product Leadership</h4>
<p>As a Senior Staff Product Manager in Analytics, I've applied my craft skills to democratize data insights for merchants, directly supporting Shopify's mission to make commerce better for everyone.</p>
<p>My greatest strength lies in <strong>technical product leadership</strong> - bridging the gap between merchant needs and engineering implementation. The profitability schema I designed (3,214 lines across 28 languages) exemplifies this: I collaborated with cross-border and analytics teams to create 10 new metrics that enable international merchants to identify margin opportunities across markets. This wasn't just specification writing - I dove deep into financial calculations, data models, and localization requirements to ensure the solution would scale globally.</p>
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<h4>Systems-Level Product Thinking</h4>
<p>I've also demonstrated <strong>systems-level product thinking</strong> by identifying and leveraging synergies across our platform. When I recognized how our TOP N analytics and Multi-Store features could work together, I proposed query improvements that made "top overall" analysis possible without dimension reordering - a long-standing merchant pain point. My visualization rules (>3 dimensions → table, >5 → flat mode) now provide smart defaults across all analytics, reducing cognitive load for merchants analyzing complex data.</p>
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<h4>Transparent and Influential Leadership</h4>
<p>Finally, my <strong>transparent and influential leadership style</strong> has created momentum across teams. When facing the custom reports migration decision, I led a 31-message strategic discussion, presenting data (36.4% migration rate) and trade-offs transparently. My "keep me honest" approach to sharing design decisions has built trust and encouraged open dialogue. Through 1,933 Slack messages and 50+ code reviews, I've maintained deep engagement while championing merchant needs - like when I amplified Tuckernuck's feedback about Google Sheets export, directly influencing our roadmap.</p>
<p>These craft skills - technical depth, systems thinking, and transparent leadership - have enabled me to deliver lasting impact: completing the 2.5-year UA redesign, shipping TOP N analytics to 100% rollout, and laying the foundation for future analytical modes that will transform how merchants understand their business.</p>
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<h3>Work Spotlights: "Spotlight up to three pieces of work you're most proud of"</h3>
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<h4>1. Profitability Schema for Cross-Border Commerce</h4>
<span class="badge badge-success">August 2025</span>
<span class="badge badge-info">Technical Excellence</span>
<p>Designed and delivered a comprehensive profitability tracking system with 10 new metrics across 28 languages, enabling international merchants to analyze margins by market. This 3,214-line technical specification required deep collaboration between cross-border and analytics teams, demonstrating both technical excellence and cross-functional leadership.</p>
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<h4>2. TOP N Analytics with 'OTHER' Grouping</h4>
<span class="badge badge-success">January-September 2025</span>
<span class="badge badge-info">Execution</span>
<p>Led this P2 project from conception to 97% completion as Champion, addressing a critical friction point for large merchants with thousands of products. Beyond project management, I contributed visualization logic improvements, created comprehensive documentation, and identified 10+ UX issues during systematic testing, ensuring a quality release that transforms how merchants focus on their most important data.</p>
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<h4>3. Unified Analytics Redesign Completion</h4>
<span class="badge badge-success">November 2024</span>
<span class="badge badge-info">Strategic Impact</span>
<p>After 884 days, delivered this strategic 2.5-year project that fundamentally transformed Shopify's analytics platform. Led the final push to completion while ensuring we captured and shared learnings for future initiatives, demonstrating ability to ship long-term strategic projects while maintaining team morale and learning culture.</p>
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<h3>Growth Areas: "What would unlock you to be the best possible crafter?"</h3>
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<h4>1. Systematic AI Integration</h4>
<p>While I've discovered and shared AI tools like Polaris Studio that reduce prototyping from hours to minutes, I could be more systematic in documenting and scaling AI adoption across our team. Creating playbooks for AI-assisted product development and establishing metrics to measure productivity gains would multiply our team's velocity and set a standard for AI-powered product management at Shopify.</p>
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<h4>2. Quantitative Impact Storytelling</h4>
<p>Although I make data-driven decisions (like the 36.4% migration rate influencing our deadline extension), I could better connect product decisions to measurable business outcomes. Establishing clearer before/after metrics for features like TOP N ("reduced analysis time by X%") and tracking long-term merchant success metrics would strengthen our ability to prioritize future investments and demonstrate ROI.</p>
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<h4>3. External Influence Expansion</h4>
<p>My influence has been primarily internal (1,933 Slack messages, 50+ reviews), but there's opportunity to share our analytics learnings more broadly. Writing blog posts about our TOP N implementation, presenting at Shopify Summit about merchant analytics patterns, or contributing to external product management communities would position Shopify as a thought leader while attracting top talent to our mission.</p>
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<p class="mt-20"><strong>Impact:</strong> These growth areas would transform me from an excellent operator to a force multiplier - using AI to accelerate the entire team, quantifying impact to guide strategy, and extending influence beyond Shopify to shape industry standards for commerce analytics.</p>
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<h2>Supporting Evidence Appendix</h2>
<h3>A. Repository Contribution Summary</h3>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Repository</th>
<th>PRs</th>
<th>Commits</th>
<th>Lines Added</th>
<th>Key Contributions</th>
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<tr>
<td>merchant-analytics-api</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>3,214</td>
<td>Profitability schema design</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>shop/world</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>174</td>
<td>Documentation, configuration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>analytics-ui-components</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>72</td>
<td>Visualization logic</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>help-center</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>195</td>
<td>Merchant documentation</td>
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<td><strong>Total</strong></td>
<td><strong>12</strong></td>
<td><strong>14</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,655</strong></td>
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<h3>B. Project Leadership Summary</h3>
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<thead>
<tr>
<th>Project</th>
<th>Status</th>
<th>Progress</th>
<th>Role</th>
<th>Key Achievement</th>
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<td>TOP N Analytics</td>
<td><span class="badge badge-success">on_track</span></td>
<td>97%</td>
<td>Champion</td>
<td>100% rollout achieved</td>
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<td>Visual Indicators</td>
<td><span class="badge badge-success">on_track</span></td>
<td>17%</td>
<td>Champion</td>
<td>API design outlined</td>
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<td>Exploration Modes</td>
<td><span class="badge badge-success">on_track</span></td>
<td>17%</td>
<td>Champion</td>
<td>Scope clarity achieved</td>
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<td>UA Redesign</td>
<td><span class="badge badge-success">complete</span></td>
<td>100%</td>
<td>Contributor</td>
<td>2.5-year project shipped</td>
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<h3>C. Communication Metrics</h3>
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<thead>
<tr>
<th>Channel Type</th>
<th>Message Count</th>
<th>Purpose</th>
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</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Project Channels</td>
<td>1,353</td>
<td>Direct project leadership</td>
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<tr>
<td>Support Channels</td>
<td>244</td>
<td>Merchant issue resolution</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Leadership</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>Strategic alignment</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cross-functional</td>
<td>169</td>
<td>Team collaboration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Total</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,933</strong></td>
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</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>D. Key Evidence Links</h3>
<h4>GitHub Contributions</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Shopify/merchant-analytics-api/pull/4718" target="_blank">Profitability Schema (PR #4718)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Shopify/analytics-ui-components/pull/1219" target="_blank">Visualization Logic (PR #1219)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/shop/world/pull/139283" target="_blank">TOP N Documentation (PR #139283)</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Slack Leadership Moments</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C09E818TVB6/p1758830746.825579" target="_blank">Transparent Decision-Making</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C03C635PUNQ/p1749656832872209" target="_blank">Strategic Migration Decision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shopify.slack.com/archives/C08J7AHA3TQ/p1742832305504139" target="_blank">AI Tool Discovery</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Vault Projects</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://vault.shopify.io/gsd/projects/44125" target="_blank">TOP N Analytics (Project #44125)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://vault.shopify.io/gsd/projects/47731" target="_blank">Visual Indicators (Project #47731)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://vault.shopify.io/gsd/projects/47738" target="_blank">Exploration Modes (Project #47738)</a></li>
</ul>
</section>
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<h2>Notes for Self-Reflection</h2>
<p>This report synthesizes evidence from March 24 - September 26, 2025, drawing from:</p>
<ul>
<li>14 commits and 12 PRs across 5 repositories</li>
<li>1,933 Slack messages across 60+ channels</li>
<li>3 active projects as Champion</li>
<li>50+ code reviews as a reviewer</li>
</ul>
<p>The evidence strongly supports ratings of 4-5 across most themes, with exceptional performance in Influence (5) and strong showings in Technical Excellence, Systems Thinking, and Execution (4-5). Use AI shows moderate but strategic adoption (3-4).</p>
<h4>Key Differentiators as a Senior Staff PM</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Technical Depth:</strong> Not just writing specs, but designing complex systems (profitability schema)</li>
<li><strong>Merchant Obsession:</strong> Consistently brought merchant voice into decisions</li>
<li><strong>Transparent Leadership:</strong> "Keep me honest" approach built exceptional trust</li>
<li><strong>Systems Thinking:</strong> Connected projects and platform implications</li>
<li><strong>Execution Excellence:</strong> Shipped 2.5-year project while managing 3 new initiatives</li>
</ol>
<p>The suggested responses emphasize concrete examples with quantifiable impact, avoiding generic statements in favor of specific, evidence-based narratives that demonstrate the unique value Mido brings to Shopify's mission of making commerce better for everyone.</p>
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