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Jean Kang

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Founder & CEO at Path to PM
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Jean Kang is a tech creator, founder, and speaker, formerly a Program Manager at Figma, LinkedIn, and Meta. She built her career through strategic pivots without traditional certifications and now leads Path to PM, a coaching business. People describe her as empathic, warm, and an excellent communicator, and she studied Communication at the University of California, Davis.

Jean is passionate about finding fulfillment outside of traditional corporate structures, having recently left a high-paying tech role to become a full-time solopreneur. She values the freedom and flexibility to set her own schedule. She recently traveled to Japan and Korea with her husband after leaving her corporate job.

In her TEDx talk, she shares that she was fired from her first two jobs out of college, framing these failures as pivotal learning experiences that taught her grit.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI Fluency
Her current brand focus is helping professionals become AI fluent. She is a LinkedIn Learning instructor on the topic and attends major AI conferences like NVIDIA GTC.
Career Pivoting
Identifies as a "x7 career pivoter" who succeeded without traditional certifications. Her coaching business, Path to PM, is built around helping others make similar bold career changes.
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Career

Work history

10-2022
Founder & CEO
Path to PM
12-2023
LinkedIn Learning Instructor
LinkedIn
12-2024
Contributing Writer
Business Insider
3-2023 - 3-2024
Strategic Program Manager
Figma
9-2021 - 3-2023
Senior Program Manager
Figma
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Education
Communication & Global International Studies
University of California, Davis
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