Open to opportunities

Allison Walker

Product Management · Data & Analytics · AI Builder

I stumbled into Product Management after years in research and data analytics, and I absolutely love it. For the past six and a half years I've been building data products at Cirium — a global aviation intelligence company — working at the nexus of product, engineering, and data science. Canadian-Australian, now happily based in Portland, Oregon.

Now I'm looking for my next challenge: a role where I can build great products and stay at the cutting edge of technology — especially at the intersection of AI and real-world user problems.

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Progression

Six and a Half Years at Cirium

A career arc that went from data analyst to Senior PM across $24M in ARR.

Sep 2022 – Present Now Diio · Trips & Waivers · FlightStats

Senior Product Manager

Cirium · Portland

Promoted after eight months as PM. Now leading two full product suites and running discovery for the Innovation team focused on AI-driven airline workflow solutions. The scope keeps growing — and so does the complexity I love to untangle.

  • Aviation analytics platform: $17M ARR, 400+ customers, 2,000+ users
  • Traveller management suite: $7M ARR, 50+ customers
  • Built AI copilot agents to automate discovery and reporting workflows, saving 15+ hours/week
  • Maintained regular customer touchpoints through moderated and unmoderated design tests and discovery interviews
  • Established a cross-suite Win/Loss program from scratch — stakeholder buy-in through customer interviews
  • Lead product discovery for Innovation team: customer research, prototypes, and investment cases
Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 Signals

Product Manager

Cirium · Portland

My first true PM role — owning the roadmap for Signals, an aviation analytics data product. This is where I learned to make hard prioritisation calls, run structured discovery, and turn customer interviews into a roadmap that engineering could actually build.

  • Owned re-platforming roadmap balancing customer needs, tech debt, and platform constraints
  • Used SQL and Python to quantify user behaviour and friction points, directly shaping roadmap priorities
  • Ran user and non-user discovery interviews to define and validate new feature requirements
  • Prototyped derived datasets with technical experts to improve customer decision-making workflows
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Diio

Product Owner

Cirium · Portland

After a stint as Scrum Master, I transitioned fully into the product discipline as Product Owner on the Diio re-platform initiative. I learned backlog management, sprint delivery, and what it really means to translate business goals into engineering work — and what happens when you don't.

  • Managed the backlog and sprint pipeline for a complex legacy re-platforming effort
  • Acted as translator between technical constraints and product goals across geographically distributed teams
  • Drove team velocity, managed capacity, and removed blockers across delivery cycles
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Nexavia

Senior Data Analyst

Cirium · Portland

My entry point into the Cirium world. Embedded as a cross-functional analytics partner within a product and engineering team, I moved from pure analysis into the messy, fascinating work of building a product — and discovered I wanted to do more of it.

  • Validated data and business logic for processing pipelines to ensure accuracy and explainability of outputs
  • Investigated new product features with emphasis on model validation for predictive analytics services
  • Bridged the gap between engineering and product, translating data findings into actionable priorities

Earlier career

Before Cirium

Jan – Aug 2018

Senior Quantitative Account Manager

GALKAL · Melbourne

International strategy and research agency. Led large-scale quantitative research programs end-to-end, with a particular focus on CX improvement and retention modelling for a large government organisation.

  • Managed research programs from study design through analysis to executive presentations
  • Applied advanced quantitative methods to CX improvement and retention modelling
  • Developed new business through building and expanding client relationships
Jan 2014 – Sep 2016

Consultant & Deputy Account Manager

Forethought · Melbourne

International market science consultancy. End-to-end client management across 10+ banking and finance clients — scoping, delivery, and stakeholder management. Where I learned to communicate complex analytical thinking to non-technical audiences.

  • Managed the CX Improvement program for the firm's highest-value client ($1M+ engagement)
  • Supported a team of five consultants: resourcing, quality reviews, training, and P&L
  • Translated complex quantitative methodologies for C-suite and non-technical stakeholders

Background

About

After graduating from the University of Melbourne, I spent my early career in quantitative market research — cutting my teeth in data analytics at consultancies in Melbourne. Then I made the move to Barcelona to complete a Master's in Big Data Solutions. That combination of research rigour and data fluency is what I bring into every product decision. I arrived in Portland in 2019, joined Cirium, and found my calling.

Outside of work I'm a keen hiker, an enthusiastic home cook who treats recipes as loose suggestions, and an amateur sewist who makes her own clothes. I live with my husband, a very sweet little boy, and a very silly dog.

Product

Product Strategy Roadmapping Customer Discovery Design Sprints Voice of Customer Win/Loss Programs Go-to-Market

AI & Innovation

AI Agent Development AI Prototyping Innovation Discovery 0→1 Products

Analytics

SQL Python Tableau Financial Modelling Pricing Strategy Quantitative Research

Delivery

Jira & Agile Stakeholder Management Technical Requirements Scrum Commercial Modelling

Credentials

Education

2018 – 2019

Master of Big Data Solutions

University of Barcelona

Studied in Barcelona — the pivot that connected my research background to the world of data engineering, machine learning, and large-scale analytics.

2009 – 2013

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.)

University of Melbourne

Honours thesis in consumer behaviour research. The foundation of my analytical thinking and how I approach customer problems to this day.

Get in touch

Let's work together

Open to Senior PM and Principal PM roles, consulting engagements, and interesting conversations about product and data.

allisonraynor8@gmail.com
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