Stockholm · SE — Product & Technology Execution

Hands-on product expertise.
Embedded. Delivered.

ASTHA is a hands-on product and technology execution practice. Led by a senior PM with deep operational experience across payments, supply chain, and last-mile delivery — embedded directly into your team to ship, not advise.

Engagement Profile Available
Mode
Interim
Leadership
Level
Lead /
Senior PM
Base
Stockholm
Sweden
Scope
EU /
Global

Hands-on expertise across four domains

Practical, deployable expertise built from years of doing the work — not directing it. Embedded directly into your team to move fast and deliver.

Practice 01

Product Leadership
& Governance

Interim product management at CPO and Director level. Execution framework scaling, portfolio prioritisation, and enterprise roadmap architecture for complex multi-stakeholder environments. We run the product function while you build it.

Interim PM · Discovery · Sprints
Practice 02

Supply Chain &
Fulfilment Modernisation

Architecture definition for core WMS/TMS integrations, high-volume warehousing platforms, and multi-partner marketplace orchestration layers. Built for enterprise scale with operational precision at every tier.

WMS · TMS · Marketplace
Practice 03

Last Mile Delivery
Networks

Routing optimisation engines, multi-market carrier management orchestration, and conversion-focused checkout delivery frameworks. Engineered for throughput, resilience, and consumer experience at scale.

Routing · Carrier · Last Mile
Practice 04

High-Volume Payment
Infrastructure

Deploying systemic Open Banking integration rails, robust merchant portal solutions, and fault-tolerant recurring billing architectures. Deep expertise in regulated, high-compliance payment environments across EU markets.

Open Banking · Payments · Billing

Proven at market-defining scale

Leadership deployments across globally recognised organisations — each representing a different class of technical complexity and organisational scale.

Trustly
Platform Product Lead
Architected platform evolution for core merchant portals and complex recurring payment flows. Directed strategic initiatives focusing on open banking infrastructure, transaction velocity, and merchant UI/UX modernisation across international payment systems.
Open Banking
Payments Infrastructure
Merchant Portal
Zalando
Principal Product Manager
Steered strategic definition, scaling, and operational modernisation of high-volume fulfilment and supply chain platforms. Optimised core logistics capabilities and managed enterprise integrations for marketplace retail partners at pan-European scale.
Supply Chain
Fulfilment Platform
Marketplace
H&M
Global Product Manager
Directed global product architecture for international last-mile logistics networks and automated carrier management frameworks. Drove rigorous delivery metrics and optimised performance configurations across global retail distribution networks.
Last Mile
Carrier Management
Global Logistics
Volvo Cars
Technical Product Lead
Spearheaded technical product execution and connected vehicle services roadmaps, steering high-visibility enterprise initiatives and scaling cross-functional modern agile development practices across global engineering teams.
Connected Vehicle
Enterprise Agile
Technical Roadmap

Three ways to
work together.

Structured around the work that actually needs doing — embedded, focused, and accountable to delivery.

Led by Saif Islam

ASTHA is a single-person practice. Every engagement is handled personally by Saif Islam — you work directly with the person who has done this work at Trustly, Zalando, H&M, and Volvo Cars. No account managers, no juniors.

The focus is hands-on product delivery: writing specs, running sprints, aligning stakeholders, unblocking engineering, and shipping. The kind of work that actually moves products forward.

Best suited for companies that need a senior PM embedded in their team — not a strategy deck. If you need someone to do the work, this is the right fit.
Entity
Astha IT SS AB
Principal
Saif Islam
Base
Stockholm, Sweden
Engagement Level
Senior PM · Lead PM · Interim Head of Product
Target Environments
Transaction-heavy · High-compliance · Multi-market
Geography
EU-primary · Global capability

Let's work
together.

Direct Linesaif@asthait.se
LocationStockholm, Sweden — SE
ASTHA is a one-person practice. Saif handles every engagement personally, so capacity is intentionally limited. If the brief sounds like a fit, expect a direct reply within 1–2 business days.

Entity: Astha IT SS AB · Stockholm, Sweden
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