About
Khandker Ahamed is a Senior Program Manager and Product/Ops leader with over 8 years of enterprise transformation experience at New York Life, General Motors, and Accenture. At New York Life Ventures, he leads AI-enabled transformation across 9 business units, having piloted enterprise agentic AI across 7 workflows and developed AI strategy using human-centered methodology. Previously at General Motors, he established product incubations, drove innovation operating model implementation across 21+ organizations, and built innovation infrastructure that trained 1,000+ employees in Design Thinking; he is also a co-founder of Pure Paws, which was acquired.
Experience
- New York Life Insurance CompanyCVP - Innovation and AI Trasnsformation at New York Life Venturescurrent2024 — presentNew York, NY
- Pure PawsFounder & Advisor (Acq. by Daybreak Agency)2023 — 2025New York, United States
- General MotorsProduct Strategy & Incubation Lead, Global Strategy & Innovation Team2023 — 2024
- General MotorsDesign Program Manager2021 — 2023
- Stanford UniversityUI Fellow and Design practitioner2017 — 2024
- Kids Ivy TutorsFounder - Reimagining Education by Teaching The Future of Work2015 — 2022Brooklyn, NY
- Flora MindCo-Founder2018 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- AccentureMental Wellness Lead - NY2019 — 2021
- AccentureConsultant2019 — 2021
- AccentureProject Management, Campaign Management & Digital Marketing2018 — 2019
- Clinton Global InitiativeClinton Global Initiative University Fellow2018 — 2020
- The Adecco GroupCEO For 1 Month Finalist | North America2019Jacksonville, Florida Area
- The Zahn Innovation CenterEntrepreneur In Residence2019Greater New York City Area
- Western Alliance BankM&A Escrow and Payments Intern2018New Jersey, United States
- IntuitNational Intuit Product Management Competition2017
Skills & more
Design ThinkingFacilitationCommunicationLeadership41Strategy6Strategic Planning5Problem Solving1Public Speaking14Mentoring5Team Leadership6Management4Strategic Thinking1
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PrototypingAdobe InDesignMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelGoogle AdsProduct DevelopmentDesign StrategyQuantitative DataUser Experience (UX)Service DesignStrategic DesignUser-centered DesignLanguages Bengali · English · Hindi · Spanish
- Design Thinking — IDEO
- Balancing Multiple Roles as a Leader — LinkedIn
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Colleagues at New York Life Ventures
Alan Day
Senior Associate, Investments at New York Life Ventures
Brian Gloede
Head of Business Development and Startup Partnerships at New York Life Ventures
Caitlin Herling
Director, Business Development at New York Life Ventures
Elizabeth Yenko
Head of Innovation Services at New York Life Ventures
Emma Flaherty
Senior Associate, Business Development at New York Life Ventures
Helen Sohn
Director, Business Development at New York Life Ventures
Joel Albarella
SVP, Head of NYL Ventures at New York Life Ventures
John Masson
Director, Investments at New York Life Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Khandker Ahamed?
- Khandker Ahamed is a Senior Program Manager and Product/Ops leader with over 8 years of enterprise transformation experience at New York Life, General Motors, and Accenture. At New York Life Ventures, he leads AI-enabled transformation across 9 business units, having piloted enterprise agentic AI across 7 workflows and developed AI strategy using human-centered methodology. Previously at General Motors, he established product incubations, drove innovation operating model implementation across 21+ organizations, and built innovation infrastructure that trained 1,000+ employees in Design Thinking; he is also a co-founder of Pure Paws, which was acquired.
- Where does Khandker Ahamed work?
- Khandker Ahamed is Director, Innovation Services at New York Life Ventures.
- Where did Khandker Ahamed go to school?
- Khandker Ahamed studied at Stanford University (Design Thinking & Innovation Fellowship (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design - d.school)); CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies (Bachelor's degree, Product Management and Social Entrepreneurship); Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (Study Abroad, Human Rights).
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