I untangle problems that span many teams and systems.
Principal Product Manager with 18 years in online retail. I find where the pieces connect, turn them into a plan everyone can execute, and measure what happens after launch.
- Most recent role
- Principal PM, Overstock.com (Beyond, Inc.)
- Experience
- 18 years in online retail: 14 in operations, 4 in product
- Scale
- Site and apps behind ~20% of company sales; ~100 contributors across 15 teams
- Looking for
- Senior / Principal PM roles in e-commerce or mission-driven work
Results at a glance
Moved Overstock.com and its apps off Shopify onto the company's own platform in eight months, with about 100 people across 15 teams. Removed recurring platform fees.
Found where shoppers got stuck after the new site launched and fixed it, ending above the pre-launch rate of 21%.
Chose to buy an in-app guidance tool instead of building one. Reached 85% of supplier users and cut billing questions by 80%.
Operator first. Product manager now.
I spent fourteen years running supplier, merchandising, and marketplace teams before moving into product. That's why I build tools that replace manual work: I did the manual work first.
I see the whole system
Customers, suppliers, operations, and engineering. I know how a change in one ripples through the others.
Proof over pedigree
No traditional degree. I went from account manager to Principal PM on results.
I test before I trust
Big calls get an A/B test and success criteria agreed up front, including the ones leadership asks for.
Hiring for product?
I'm open to Senior and Principal PM roles, and to fractional or advisory work.
Case studies
Each one follows the same format: the problem, what I decided, how it got done, and what happened. One is a failure, kept on purpose.
Moving Overstock.com off Shopify
Up to +40 page speed points · platform fees removed · 172 issues caught before launch
A new way for suppliers to fund promotions
Suppliers representing 96.8% of sales opted in · a major new source of margin in year one
Putting help inside the supplier portal
85% of supplier users reached · −60% onboarding call time · −80% billing questions
Fixing the drop from cart to checkout
17% → 24% click-through, above the 21% pre-launch rate
Sale badges on individual products
Memorial Day sales doubled year over year · +2.1% conversion from follow-up tests
Ranking why customers contact support
Three data sources, one ranked list · led to a My Orders chatbot and the fix below
Tracking an order without signing in
Sign-in wall removed for ~75% of orders · personal details still protected
Most customers had no account, yet tracking required one.
Fewer dead-end searches
No-results rate 4.19% → 1.56% · ~50 basis points conversion lift
Testing an untested assumption
Existing design won by 75 basis points
The product page carousel that didn't work
Measured, confirmed, removed
Faster, cheaper shipping to Canada
Lower shipping costs · 3 fewer days in U.S. transit on about a quarter of Canada orders
Want the full picture?
My resume has every role, team size, and tool. Or reach out and we can talk through any of these.
How I work
The order shifts with the problem. One thing doesn't: agree on why before deciding what.
Align on the goal
Agree on who the customer is, what they need, and what success looks like before anything gets built.
Size the problem
Use funnel data, session recordings, and surveys to measure the issue before proposing a fix.
Prioritize
Score requests with BRICE (Brand, Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort) so every team can see why something is ranked where it is.
Research and write requirements
Competitive reviews, UX audits, and customer journey maps shape what we build. Requests come through an intake form so the problem is defined first.
Ship small, then iterate
Release the smallest version that tests the idea, then build on what we learn. Nothing launches without a measurement plan.
Measure and share results
After launch, check results against the plan and share them with the whole company, including what didn't work.
Frameworks I've introduced
Request intake
A short form that asks for the problem, who it affects, and the expected benefit before work starts.
BRICE scoring
One scoring model so requests are ranked the same way, even when the business case is hard to size.
Bug triage
Blocker, High, Medium, Fast-follow, Defer. Turns a long bug list into a clear go/no-go call.
Launch notices
A standard write-up after each release covering what shipped, the results, and what's next.
Krystal Love
Principal Product Manager · West Jordan, Utah · hello@krystallove.net · LinkedIn
Summary
Principal Product Manager with 18 years in online retail. I untangle problems that span many teams and systems, find where they connect, and turn them into plans everyone can execute against. I started in operations, spending fourteen years running supplier, merchandising, and marketplace teams, then moved into product to build the tools and platforms that replaced the manual work. Most recently I led the move of Overstock.com off Shopify onto its own platform with about 100 contributors across 15 teams, set the roadmap for five web and mobile engineering teams across the US, Ireland, and the Philippines, and launched a Canadian website and mobile app.
Experience
Beyond, Inc. (formerly Overstock.com, Inc.) · Midvale, Utah · 2008 – 2026
Online retailer that owns the Overstock.com and Bed Bath & Beyond brands (NYSE: BYON).
Principal Product Manager, Overstock Site Experience
Oct 2024 – Jun 2026Owned the website and mobile app experience for Overstock.com, an off-price online retailer selling home goods, designer goods, and jewelry.
- Owned the Overstock.com website and iOS and Android apps end to end, a business representing about 20% of total company sales, with two direct reports covering Customer Service and Search.
- Led the eight-month move of the website and apps off Shopify and Tapcart onto the company's own platform (built on Vercel), coordinating about 100 contributors across 15 teams. Eliminated recurring platform fees and improved page speed scores by up to 40 points (Google Lighthouse).
- Ran a company-wide "bug bounty" before launch, collecting 172 issues including 4 critical security vulnerabilities, all fixed before full launch.
- Raised cart-to-checkout click-through from 17% to 24% after launch (above the 21% pre-launch rate) by pinpointing where customers got stuck with GA4 and Microsoft Clarity.
- Raised conversion 2% by sending shoppers straight to the cart after Add to Cart, validated through a Statsig A/B test.
- Led the effort to run Overstock and Bed Bath & Beyond on one shared front end, launching on product listing and product detail pages with shared content in Contentstack.
- Doubled Memorial Day sales year over year by launching sale badges on individual products, a new (0-to-1) proof of concept. Follow-up badge tests lifted conversion another 2.1%.
- Led product for the Designer store launch. Set up leadership's top-navigation request as a 50/50 A/B test; it showed a 1.07% drag after 35 days, so the original design stayed with executive support.
- Confirmed through testing that the existing product options label converted 75 basis points better than the proposed alternative.
- Removed the sign-in requirement for tracking an order from shipping emails, since ~75% of orders were guest checkouts.
- Ranked the top reasons customers contacted support about orders, using Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity to speed up research and checking every output against internal data. Led to a My Orders chatbot and the sign-in removal above.
- Defined how sizes and colors are sorted on product pages and reduced recommendation carousels to a standard one to three across both brands.
Senior Product Manager, International Expansion & Site Experience
Oct 2022 – Oct 2024Led product strategy for Bed Bath & Beyond Canada (formerly Overstock Canada), including the launch, rebrand, and expansion of the website and apps.
- Set the roadmap across five engineering teams (web and iOS and Android, front end and back end), including five contracted associates from Ripe Concepts, across the US, Ireland, and the Philippines.
- Owned the Canada website and its rebrand to Bed Bath & Beyond Canada, including a new iOS and Android app.
- Cut searches with no results from 4.19% to 1.56% and lifted conversion about 50 basis points by launching Google Retail Search.
- Contributed to a 130 basis point year-over-year conversion increase by running the testing and customer behavior program (Statsig, GA4, Microsoft Clarity).
- Lifted conversion 1.5% with countdown timers on sales ending within 72 hours.
- Worked with a third-party logistics partner to reroute cross-border orders by region and package weight, lowering shipping costs and cutting three days of U.S. transit on about a quarter of Canada orders.
- Added Apple Pay at checkout, which grew to 15% of total order volume.
- Used customer survey data to launch the Canada app with promo codes instead of coupons, matching how Canadian shoppers expect to save.
- Introduced a request intake form and BRICE scoring so business teams could see how and why requests were prioritized.
Senior Director, Merchandising Operations
Mar 2020 – Sep 2022Led operations, service standards, and processes across a network of 1,500+ suppliers who list and ship products sold on Overstock.com.
- Led a team of 30 (2 directors, 4 managers) supporting 1,500+ suppliers and about 1 million order lines at the 2020 peak.
- As Merchandising lead and acting product manager, coordinated Legal, Finance, Merchandising, Marketing, Product, and Engineering to launch the Marketing Allowance Program (0-to-1), using Adobe Sign and Salesforce. Suppliers representing 96.8% of sales opted in.
- Served as primary business owner for Supplier Oasis, the company's supplier portal, setting its roadmap and requirements with Product.
- Beat supplier onboarding targets by streamlining Salesforce workflows and adding self-service training (Supplier University).
- Guided a large Merchandising reorganization and raised supplier email open rates about 20%.
Director, Partner Experience
Sep 2018 – Mar 2020Owned the tools, training, processes, and communications suppliers used to manage their business on the site.
- Managed two direct reports across supplier training, communications, and experience programs.
- Chose to buy an in-app guidance tool (WalkMe) instead of building one, winning approval with a working demo.
- Reached 85% of supplier users and cut onboarding call time 60%, product-update cases 33%, and billing inquiries 80%.
- Lifted conversion 20 basis points across top suppliers within 30 days with a self-service improvement tool.
- Planned content for Partner Summit, an executive event for the top 45 partners (about 60% of company sales).
Earlier Overstock.com Roles
Jan 2008 – Sep 2018Senior Manager, Marketplace Operations · Operations Manager, Special Acquisitions · Manager, Product Quality Assurance · Team Lead, Supplier Management · Account Manager, Jewelry & Watches
- Grew the marketplace program to 10% of company revenue in its first year, managing a team of 6 and onboarding brands through ChannelAdvisor.
- Led the largest inventory acquisition in company history (1 million units).
- Managed teams of 5 to 6 overseeing about 400 suppliers, after starting as an account manager for 150+ suppliers.
Core Competencies
Tools & Systems
Product & delivery: Jira, Confluence, Asana, Figma, FigJam, Lucidchart, Planner
Testing & analytics: Statsig, GA4, Microsoft Clarity, Quantum Metric, Firebase, SQL, MicroStrategy
Commerce: Vercel, Shopify and Tapcart (migrated off), Contentstack, Google Retail Search, BrowserStack, iOS and Android apps
Payments: Apple Pay, PayPal, Affirm
Partner & marketing: Salesforce, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Sign, WalkMe, ChannelAdvisor
Research & AI: Pollfish, Harris Poll, Qualtrics, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Professional Development
McKinsey Management Program, McKinsey Academy (2020) · Radical Product Thinking: Vision Setting, Pendo / Mind the Product (2024) · Operations Management, University of Illinois via Coursera (2018) · Mastering Agile Scrum Project Management, Udemy
Recognition
Recognized by the Chief Product Officer and President, spotlighted by a VP of Software Development, and nominated for the company's first annual Women in Tech Excellence Award.
A product leader who started in operations.
I joined Overstock in 2008 as an account manager for 150+ jewelry and watch suppliers. Over fourteen years I ran supplier, merchandising, and marketplace teams, and kept finding problems that only better tools could fix. So I moved into product to build them.
That path taught me how one decision ripples through suppliers, operations, engineering, and customers. I ask why before I optimize, and I learn the people and constraints before I redesign a process.
I do my best work with real ownership: messy discovery, fast execution, and a clear result at the end.
"...She pivoted from a partner-facing role into product management and has built fantastic relationships with the development teams, business teams, and managers she works with in owning the roadmap. I'm always impressed to see people take on new challenges like this... good leadership and execution skills thrive no matter the domain they operate in."
VP, Software Development
"Krystal is the definition of a team player: extremely thorough, with a level of efficiency that's second to none. She brings a level head to stressful situations and always delivers quality results. On time. Every time."
Business stakeholder
"Krystal is tenacious in her efforts to ensure quality outcomes. She often recognizes issues that others miss and is skilled at driving others to implement the solution. In short, Krystal gets sh*t done!"
Product Manager, peer
The same skills, wherever the problem matters.
My work has been about removing friction for people who need to get something done: a shopper at checkout, a supplier in a new portal, a customer tracking an order. That skill isn't limited to retail, and I'm open to mission-driven work where it applies.
A homebody at heart.
My family is my main crew: movie nights, board games, Mario Party, and the occasional Sharks game. I train for longevity, not likes. I want to carry my own groceries well into my 80s, and showing up for the workouts I don't feel like doing is the same discipline I bring to work.
I also have one very good dog and one opinionated cat.
Have a hard problem in a new space? I'd like to hear about it.
Let's connectFractional and advisory work
Through KL Product Services LLC, I help teams where systems, partners, and roadmaps meet, and where several teams are each right but not aligned.
Getting a replatform across the line
Migrations fail in the gaps: missed requirements, unowned edge cases, funnels nobody watched. I run the business side: requirements, phased scope, risks, and post-launch recovery.
I led an eight-month move off Shopify with about 100 contributors, then recovered cart-to-checkout above its pre-launch rate.
Turning partner support into self-service
Partner programs struggle with adoption more than tools. I design onboarding, in-app guidance, and rollouts that change behavior.
I cut supplier onboarding call time 60%, and coordinated a promotion program that suppliers representing 96.8% of sales joined.
Finding the leak before a redesign
When conversion drops, the fix is often smaller than a redesign. I use A/B tests, funnels, heatmaps, and session recordings to find it.
Recent results: 62% fewer dead-end searches, sign-in removed from order tracking, and sale badges that doubled holiday sales.
Three ways to bring me in
A short engagement that ends with findings and a phased plan. The lowest-risk way to start.
Part-time product leadership, usually a couple of days a week, working alongside your team.
Lighter-touch guidance for teams that have the people but want a second opinion on hard calls.
Have a problem that fits?
Start with a short conversation about what you're dealing with. No pitch.
Let's talk.
I'm open to Senior and Principal Product Manager roles, especially where the work has real stakes, and to fractional or advisory work.