Summary
Zoe Vance is a product leader with nine years of experience scaling complex, safety-critical products and growing high-performing teams across startups and major platforms. Currently a Group PM at Meta, she leads cross-functional efforts to align products with global regulations like the EU Digital Services Act and previously spearheaded abuse-prevention and ML-backed infrastructure across Meta apps. Her background includes heading messaging and streaming products at Pivotal (now VMware), senior product roles at Kimono Labs, and early strategy work at McKinsey, giving her a rare mix of technical depth (MSc Computer Science, Imperial College) and business strategy. She seeks mission-driven companies building core technical infrastructure to address societal issues and has also evaluated startups as an angel investor, blending operator experience with a founder’s curiosity. Her track record shows aptitude for translating regulatory and safety requirements into scalable, auditable product systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Imperial College London
Trinity High School
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University