Portrait of Saba Yasrebi
Product Manager · Consumer Fintech

Saba Yasrebi

Engineer, product manager, advocate for women in tech

I'm a technical product manager with a background in engineering, focused on building consumer digital products that translate complex systems into intuitive user experiences. I've worked across high-growth fintech startups, leading initiatives from discovery to launch — and outside of work, I build community and access for women in health, education, and tech.

About

An engineer's mind, a product manager's instincts

Saba holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management Engineering from the University of Waterloo — a rare blend of software engineering, industrial engineering, and management sciences — and put it to work across 24 months of internships spanning five companies before she'd even graduated.

That engineering foundation still shows up in how she works today: she reads code, digs into SQL, and gets close enough to the technical details to make sharp product calls — while never losing sight of the user on the other end of the screen. It's a combination that's taken her from data science apprenticeships to owning core banking and crypto trading products used by thousands of people.

At a glance

  • Focus: Consumer fintech & financial access
  • Background: Management Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • Core skills: Stakeholder management, technical & data analysis, UX
  • Languages: English & French (native/bilingual)
  • Based in: New York City, NY
Experience

Building products that make finance more accessible

From gig-worker banking to consumer crypto, Saba has spent her career turning complex financial infrastructure into products people actually trust.

Product Manager · Newton.co Oct 2024 – Feb 2026
Toronto, Ontario · Remote
  • Owned roadmap initiatives across core platform features for a consumer crypto trading platform
  • Led an end-to-end mobile app rebuild in close partnership with engineering, design, and compliance teams
  • Promoted from Associate Product Manager in under three months
Product Manager · Moves Aug 2022 – Jan 2024
Toronto, Ontario · Remote — digital embedded banking app for American gig workers
  • Owned the performance of the core Cash Advance product
  • Delivered new product capabilities and integrations with financial infrastructure partners
  • Designed core banking features and optimizations through data analysis and user research
Associate Product Manager · Moves Jan 2021 – Dec 2021
Toronto, Ontario · Remote

Supported development and launch of consumer financial features, defining success metrics and product requirements.

Product Manager · Arctype Sep 2020 – Dec 2020
San Francisco, California · Remote — early-stage developer tooling startup

Conducted market research and user interviews to identify product opportunities in support of product-market fit for an interactive SQL client with visualization capabilities.

Co-Chief Executive Officer · enLIGHT Canada Jul 2020 – Dec 2020
Toronto, Ontario · Remote — Canada's largest student startup accelerator

Led virtual community programming to support student founders through the transition to remote work.

Vice President, Programs · enLIGHT Canada May 2019 – Jul 2020
Kingston, Ontario · Hybrid

Organized founder events featuring 30+ leaders across business and technology, and shaped programming for the Foundery incubation program.

Venture Partner · enLIGHT Canada Jan 2018 – May 2019
Kingston, Ontario · Hybrid
  • Evaluated early-stage startups across team, product, and market through founder interviews and due diligence
  • Sourced 25% of the startup cohort for a student accelerator deploying $50K in capital
Technical Product Manager · Beta Lab Apr 2019 – Dec 2020
Kingston, Ontario · Remote — special services studio building software for nonprofit & startup clients

Led delivery of three client-facing mobile applications across engineering and design teams, generating $20K in revenue.

Data Science Developer · Beta Lab Jan 2019 – Apr 2019
Kingston, Ontario · Remote

Built machine learning models and analyzed datasets to support internal product experiments.

Women in Tech & Community

Building access, not just products

Alongside her product career, Saba has founded and led organizations focused on health equity, education, and opening doors for women in business and technology.

Founder

Women's Health & Education Network (WHEN)

Founder & Co-Executive Director · May 2021 – Apr 2022

A nonprofit advancing women's health and education through community initiatives and accessible resources.

  • Launched Point Blank Period, a menstrual equity initiative that donated $6K+ in products and supplies to a local youth shelter
  • Organized the When We Rise Conference, a one-day virtual event with partners hosting lectures, workshops, and activities — raising $1K for local nonprofits
Advocacy

Girl Up — City of Toronto Chapter

Volunteer · Aug 2020 – May 2021

Contributed to the Toronto chapter of Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation campaign advocating for girls' leadership and gender equality.

Ecosystem Building

enLIGHT Canada

Co-CEO, VP Programs & Venture Partner · 2018 – 2020

Over three years with Canada's largest student-founder network, Saba moved from evaluating and funding early startups to running the organization itself — building programming that gave hundreds of student founders access to mentors, capital, and each other.

Education & Credentials

Grounded in engineering fundamentals

University of Waterloo

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Management Engineering
  • A blend of software engineering, industrial engineering, and management sciences
  • Completed 24 months of internships across five companies alongside academics

Certifications

  • Product Analytics Certification Pendo.io · Issued May 2024
  • AI for Product Management Pendo.io · Issued May 2024

Let's connect

Open to conversations about product, fintech, or building more access for women in tech.

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