Walid Omar has built products and teams at Dropbox, Snapchat, DoorDash, and now HungerStation, shaping some of the most admired tech cultures in the world.

From scaling creator tools to designing merchant ecosystems, he’s spent his career turning product theory into products that win, and teams that win bigger.

In this episode, we go back to basics to uncover the operating system of high-performance product leadership.

- When does a PM stop shipping and start leading?
- How do you build elite product culture across geographies and business models?
- What skills will every PM need in the AI era?

Breaking Down Barriers - Hosted by Ricci Putnam, Chief Growth Officer  @saltdigital  

We cover:

• The barrier that changed everything in Walid’s career
• Building product culture at Dropbox, Snapchat, DoorDash, and HungerStation
• High-performance teams and the basics that actually scale
• Solving the right problems, shipping fast, and empowering teams
• C-suite lessons: clarity, alignment, and elite PM behaviours
• AI in MENA: which sectors will fail, which will thrive, and how product teams adapt
• Personal inflection points and leadership lessons you won’t find on LinkedIn

This episode is for PMs, founders, and product leaders who want to stop running and start shaping, 10x their teams, and build products that last.