Azin Shahidi

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DISC Type : C

Head of International Technology Office- Strategy & Governance at Vanguard | UK & Europe

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Azin is an Enterprise AI Transformation Leader focused on deploying production-grade AI systems within complex, regulated environments like finance. With a background in industrial engineering and a certificate in AI from MIT, she specializes in creating AI roadmaps and governance frameworks that move organizations from experimentation to scalable, safe deployment.

Having worked in both the United States and Europe, Azin emphasizes the importance of flexibility and building strong relationships to motivate teams and drive initiatives forward. She views project management not just as a role, but as a foundational mindset for solving complex problems.

Unique Fact: She co-authored a paper on applying the principles of System Dynamics to project risk management, which was presented at a PMI Global Congress.

Personality Overview

ROI Driven

Precise

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It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

Production-Scale AI
Her core focus is on creating the operating models and governance needed to move AI from isolated pilots to embedded, scalable, and production-grade enterprise systems.
AI in Regulated Industries
She has direct experience shaping AI and GenAI roadmaps and defining deployment guardrails across regulated UK, EU, and US financial markets at Vanguard.
Agentic AI Systems
Her recent posts highlight the security risks and infrastructure predictability required to build confidence in deploying autonomous AI agents at scale.

Media Appearances

Azin has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2021
Head of International Technology Office- Strategy & Governance at Vanguard | UK & Europe
10-2018 - 10-2020
Head of Technical Program Management, Merchants at Zalando SE
7-2017 - 10-2018
Senior Delivery Manager at OpenTable
1-2015 - 3-2017
Sr. Software Project Manager at Badger Meter
5-2013 - 11-2014
Senior PMO Technical Program Manager at Groupon

Education

10-2024 - 2-2025
Certificate in No-Code AI and Machine Learning from MIT Professional Education
2009 - 2011
MSc from SKEMA Business School

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Insights For Selling To Azin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing

DONT's

  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Azin is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Azin

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Azin move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Azin take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Azin

Personality Compatibility


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