Pat Hayden

About Me

Owner.
Designer.
Manager.
Builder.

I'm Pat, a Senior Designer, project manager, and product builder based on the East Coast. For 6+ years, I've helped teams turn ideas into things people actually use, owning the roadmap, milestones, design, build, and coordination that tie the work together.

Pat Hayden
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Pat Hayden
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6+ Years of Experience
20+ Projects Shipped
AI Native Builder
E2E Strategy Through Launch

The Story

From product strategy
to shipped experience.

I graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Economics in 2022. I've always cared more about why things work than what they look like. Design is just where those two things happen to meet.

I started freelancing during college, mostly small brand projects that grew into bigger ones. By the time I graduated I had a real portfolio and a preference for working on hard things. I joined Resonary in 2024 and now lead experience and product management across its products, shipping features, building roadmaps, setting milestones, aligning stakeholders, and managing creative and product work end to end.

Outside of work I'm into basketball, fitness, music production, thrifting, and video games. I make music in my spare time and a few tracks are on this page if you want to hear them.

Experience

Where I've been.

2024 to now

Head of Experience & Product Manager

Resonary

I own product strategy and experience across three B2B SaaS products serving 3,000+ users. I lead discovery, roadmap prioritization, backlog and sprint planning, and cross-functional delivery, then design and build production features with AI-assisted development. This work contributed to 34% higher onboarding completion, 12% improved conversion, a 40% increase in release velocity, and growth from 0 to 500+ active users for one product.

2023 to 2024

Supervisor

Whole Foods

I led daily operations for a retail team, coordinating staffing, training, and workflows against operational and customer-service goals. The role sharpened my approach to prioritization, team communication, and keeping work moving in fast-changing environments.

2020 to 2023

Product Designer, Project Manager & Consultant

The Lab Creative

I led product design and project delivery for SaaS and e-commerce startups, turning ambiguous customer problems into research-backed requirements, user flows, prototypes, and launch-ready interfaces. I partnered with founders, designers, and developers to define scope, prioritize tradeoffs, manage lightweight Agile cycles, and QA 20+ releases. The role covered the full path from discovery and MVP strategy through launch.

2020 to 2021

Marketing Coordinator

H&M

I planned and produced in-store displays and visual-merchandising campaigns while maintaining brand standards across day-to-day execution. It was an early lesson in balancing creative quality, operational constraints, and a consistent customer experience.

2020 to 2022

B.A. Economics

Syracuse University

I graduated with a foundation in strategy, incentives, and decision-making. That analytical lens still shapes how I evaluate customer problems, product priorities, and business tradeoffs.

On the Side

Music.

I make music in my spare time. Check it out.

Imagine

2026

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Indigo

2026

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Melting

2026

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Phobia

2026

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Oak

2025

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everything's fine!

2025

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running

2024

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Behemoth

2026

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sound of the brain

2025

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Open to Opportunities

Looking for the
right team.

Say Hello

I'm looking for a full-time role where I can do my best work. If you need someone who can manage the plan, design the solution, align the team, and help ship it, I'd love to talk.