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Dammam, Saudi Arabia · open to relocate to Riyadh

Ilyes Saad Chenaoua

I build digital products and the client relationships around them: from discovery and requirements to launch, growth and closing the deal.

ilyessaadch@gmail.com +966 53 900 4915 LinkedIn ↗
5+years on digital products and clients in Saudi Arabia
4 monthsGifted Wallet, from concept to MVP
4 of 9pitched accounts won at Lenzo
50+qualified RFQs in my first three months at Asyad
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About

I have spent 5+ years on digital products and client work in Saudi Arabia. As a Product Owner I delivered a blockchain proof of concept for a confidential NEOM project, designed for 10,000 users, and as a contract Product Manager I took Gifted Wallet from concept to MVP in four months.

On the commercial side, I managed accounts such as Tamimi Markets, Tree Insurance, MoneyDo and AON at Lenzo, built a freelance team for SEO and TikTok and Instagram ads, and today run the full sales cycle in freight and logistics at Asyad Group. I also founded Luna Lights, an e-commerce brand on Salla, so I understand conversion from the seller's side too.

I am fluent in Arabic and English, and use Claude every day for documentation, research, reporting and complex multi-step work.

Experience

  1. 01/2026 – PresentDammam

    Business Development Executive Freight & Logistics

    Asyad Group (Skybridge Freight Solutions)

    • Run the full sales cycle from site visits and RFQs to quotations, contracts and closing, generating 50+ qualified RFQs in my first three months and closing several deals.
    • Visit 15+ customers a week across manufacturers and traders, turning their requirements into priced solutions with the pricing and operations teams.
    • Onboarded 2 carrier partners and completed the company's two-month business development and logistics training program.
    • Use Claude daily for quotations, proposals, prospect trackers and outreach scripts through its Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar connections, and built custom Claude Skills for repeat document workflows such as vendor registrations.
  2. 02/2025 – 12/2025Jeddah

    Digital Account Manager

    Lenzo Smart Marketing Solutions

    • Managed key B2B accounts (Tamimi Markets, Tree Insurance, MoneyDo, AON): gathered requirements, defined scopes and handled client communication through delivery. Won 4 of 9 pitched accounts through tailored proposals.
    • Recruited and managed a freelance team covering SEO, TikTok ads and Instagram ads, including SEO delivery for Tree Insurance, and brought in freelance designers for wireframes and UI/UX work.
    • Ran Meta Ads and TikTok Ads campaigns with A/B testing, SEO/ASO and KPI tracking, using AI to analyze ad performance for client reports and spend decisions.
    • Maintained the company website on WordPress, improving UX/UI and mobile usability, and prepared quotations, claims and tax documents on Daftara ERP.
  3. 10/2024 – 02/2025Founder

    Founder

    Luna Lights E-commerce

    • Built and launched a home décor lighting brand on Salla, handling product sourcing, branding, pricing, product pages and conversion, validated with real sales.
  4. 01/2024 – 04/2024Jeddah

    Product Manager Contract

    Gifted Wallet

    • Took a parents-and-kids chores app from concept to MVP in 4 months: refined the business model, wrote the FRD, mapped both user journeys, ran sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives, and managed a freelance UX/UI designer.
  5. 01/2021 – 02/2025Jeddah

    Product Owner

    Taurus Human-Centered Design

    • Delivered a blockchain proof of concept for the confidential NEOM Technology Project, designed for 10,000 users and 100,000 transactions per minute, owning FRDs, user journeys and Agile delivery.
    • Ran UAT with a NEOM focus group and turned the feedback into reports that shaped the next iteration.
    • Led discovery for the MAG (Al Majal Alarabi Group) and Dirah Development websites: benchmarking, wireframes with the UX/UI team, and deployment.
    • Managed the MAG website's content on WordPress and coordinated with the design team and developers on design and layout changes. The site is still live today.
    • Tested CMe Jobs, a video CV hiring app later acquired by a Canadian company, before release through UAT and TestFlight QA cycles.
    • Coordinated the App Store release of MetaEarth, an AR social app.
See the work behind these roles: MAG, Gifted Wallet and CMe Jobs Portfolio →

Skills

Product

  • Roadmaps & prioritization
  • Customer discovery
  • FRDs, PRDs & user stories
  • User journeys
  • Agile / Scrum
  • UAT & QA (TestFlight)
  • Wireframing with UX/UI teams
  • Go-to-market

Clients & growth

  • Account management
  • Proposals & pitching
  • Negotiation
  • Quotations, contracts & claims
  • SEO & ASO
  • Paid social
  • A/B testing & KPI tracking
  • Freelancer & vendor coordination

AI & tools

  • Claude (Projects, Skills, connectors)
  • ChatGPT
  • Perplexity
  • Meta Ads
  • TikTok Ads
  • Figma
  • Canva
  • WordPress
  • Salla
  • Trello · Monday · Teamwork
  • Daftara
  • Excel

Education

  1. 2023
  2. Al-Majd International School ↗

    Secondary education, Dammam

    • IGCSE O Level 5 subjects
    • AS Level 2 subjects
    Grades 8 – 12
  3. Grades 1 – 6

Languages: Arabic and English (fluent)