About Me
Hi I’m Dheerja. I’m currently VP of Product at Robinhood, building products that democratize finance for all. Previously, I was Chief Product Officer at theSkimm, a company that focuses on delivering news and information into the routines of female millennials through a suite of mobile, audio, video, and email products. Prior to theSkimm, I was an engineering and product leader at ESPN, working across all of their digital products and spearheading major initiatives like the internationalization of ESPN digital properties, Grantland, some of their flagship apps, and a relaunch of ESPN.com.
Throughout my career I’ve been an advocate for women and underrepresented minorities in the technology and media industries. I’ve spearheaded several diversity and inclusion initiatives at ESPN and theSkimm and am passionate about how companies both big and small can create a diverse and inclusive environment.
I was born a sports fan and spend my free time trying to find the ideal combination of my love for international soccer, travel, and food. I’ve been to five World Cups and plan to keep the streak alive!
Speaking
Stepping into a Product Leadership Role at a Startup at the Women in Product Conference
May 9, 2023
Managing Product Managers podcast interview with Build With Maggie Crowley
Dec 18, 2020
The Truth About Women and Investing at Robinhood’s Investing for the Next Generation event
Oct 30, 2020
How Managers Think with Mailchimp
Oct 15, 2019
How to Scale while Experiencing Rapid Growth with a Very Engaged User Base with Women in Product and Peloton
July 30, 2019
Candid Conversation with Women Leading Change in Digital Journalism with ONA
July 25, 2019
The Intricacies of Product Roles with Digital Media North America
June 24, 2019
Creating Loyal Customers podcast interview with RocketShip.FM
May 30, 2019
Podcast Interview with Product Love
May 21, 2019
Building Loyalty Into Products at Products That Count
May 15, 2019
Product Leadership Fireside Chat
April 9, 2019
Building Products for Loyal Audiences with INDUSTRY Product Interviews
March 20, 2019
Google Women Techmakers Summit panel at Google NYC
March 2, 2019 - New York, NY
How theSkimm Became Part of Its Audience’s Routines at Digital Media LATAM’s annual conference
Nov 16, 2018 - Bogota, Colombia
Women in Tech panel at DCX Digital Content Expo
Oct 8, 2018 - Berlin, Germany
Defining the Role of Product in Large and Small Organizations at INDUSTRY: The Product Conference
Oct 3, 2018 - Cleveland, OH
The Role of a Product Manager hosted by Product School
Sept 20, 2018 - New York, NY
Email as a Driver of Loyalty at ONA’s annual conference
Sept 15, 2018 - Austin, TX - writeup
Membership Has Its Benefits at ONA’s annual conference
Sept 14, 2018 - Austin, TX
Building Products for a Loyal Audience at the BuzzFeed x Tech Ladies: Beyond, Together Summit
May 18, 2018 - New York, NY - writeup
Newsletters: How email has become the next big thing for news organizations at ISOJ’s annual conference
April 14, 2018 - Austin, TX
Brunchwork Fireside Chat
April 8, 2018
Designing & Building Products for Scale hosted by Grand Central Tech
Feb 26, 2018 - New York, NY
Women in Engineering panel hosted by Percolate
Jan 11, 2018 - New York, NY
Mobile Product and Growth hosted by NYC Mobile Apps
July 25, 2017 - New York, NY
Keynote at AFK hosted by Vox Media
May 3, 2017 - Catskills, NY
Machines + Media hosted by NYC Media Lab
April 25, 2017 - New York, NY
Keynote: Building Products and Teams That Win at the Society for News Design’s annual conference
April 20, 2017 - Charlotte, NC - writeup
Keynote: Facebook Journalism Project Hackathon hosted by Facebook
March 9, 2017 - New York, NY
Reinterpreting the Career Ladder panel hosted by Women @ ZocDoc
Oct 27, 2016 - New York, NY
Women in Tech panel hosted by Oscar
June 15, 2016 - New York, NY
Delivering Information for Mobile Routines hosted by NYC Apps Meetup
May 26, 2016 - New York, NY
Building theSkimm App hosted by Product Council
May 24, 2016 - New York, NY
Women Crush Wednesday: Tech Edition hosted by Yieldmo
July 22, 2015 - New York, NY
Interviews
Marie Claire: Next Gen STEM feature in the October 2019 edition
by Marie Claire
Q&A: Dheerja Kaur on how theSkimm approaches product development
by The Idea
Dheerja Kaur on building teams that win
by SND
Dheerja Kaur on hustling her way into jobs she loves
by Matter.VC
theSkimm launches a 1:1 texting service to help subscribers make decisions
by Nieman Lab
3 Questions With a Tech Lady: Dheerja Kaur
by Tech Ladies
Meet Dheerja Kaur
by Grand Central Tech
How theSkimm builds an engaged audience that stays loyal to its products
by WAN-IFRA
Media leaders tell how they build winning teams
by Bizwomen
NYC tech leaders share big, bold predictions for 2018
by Built In NYC
How these 4 women are leading change in tech
by Built In NYC
The New Thinking Behind the Mobile App Renaissance
by Folio
What’s Product Management?
by Uncubed
Email newsletters are on the rise
by ISOJ
Here’s what you need to know to build successful newsletters
by Nieman Lab
Email is the product
by GEN
Six fresh ideas for news design
by Nieman Lab
Writing
Finding My Inner Rockstar
Jan 2016
A Focus on Problems, Not Platforms
for Nieman Lab’s 2019 Predictions
Fun With Subscription Products
for Nieman Lab’s 2018 Predictions
Platforms Face Editorial Responsibility
for Nieman Lab’s 2016 Predictions
Content Creators are Users Too
for Nieman Lab’s 2015 Predictions
Extrapolating Facebook’s New Content Strategy
March 2015
More than half the world has a mobile phone. Let’s build for them.
Jan 2015
Nerding Out with News Nerds
Jan 2015
Gadget Geek Fatigue
Oct 2013
The Power of Nostalgia
Oct 2013
Solo Adventures in Asia
June 2013
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