Sarah Tan
Head Of Product at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSarah Tan is a product leader with 11 years of experience applying technology to improve digital experiences for purpose-driven organisations, currently Head of Product at LSE where she leads the Student Hub strategy used by 12,000 students. She combines a hands-on engineering background—years as a front-end developer for institutions like Harvard, MIT and political campaigns—with senior product and operations leadership at Makers and Ada, bridging user research, delivery and organisational change. Comfortable in both startup and large-institution contexts, she has run cross-functional OKR sessions, managed people operations, and overseen smooth vendor transitions ahead of product launches. An MBA from Cambridge with a focus on social innovation and an ALM from Harvard reflect her blend of technical craft and mission-oriented strategy. Notably, she has experience migrating large content systems and integrating complex third-party services, demonstrating an ability to translate complex technical work into better user journeys.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MBA concentration in Social Innovation, MBA concentration in Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business SchoolMSt General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, MSt General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at University of OxfordAB Linguistics East Asian Studies, AB Linguistics East Asian Studies at Bryn Mawr CollegeALM Information Technology: Digital Media Arts and Instructional Design, ALM Information Technology: Digital Media Arts and Instructional Design at Harvard University
Github Skills (8)
jquery-ui5
aws4
jquery4
javascript3
slide2
react2
jstree2
requirejs2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
struiling/structured-filter
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:4 pushes in 4 days
widgetcontactsjqueryfirstnamestructured
struiling/weeknotes
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 7 days
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