Yaron Helfer

Yaron is a former Senior Product Manager and business entrepreneur. Years of experience, strong networking, and highly valued skills position Yaron at the top of business consulting services in Israel, offering: AI product consulting, startups' business development, and product management mentoring.

• 2025 – Present

  LSports - Product Group Lead, AI & Data Products

  Leading the AI and data product division, focusing on transforming real-time sports data into predictive insights and actionable products. Spearheaded the integration of LLM-based summarization and anomaly detection pipelines, improving market odds accuracy by 25%. Driving the vision for AI-enhanced APIs, real-time inference engines, and automated feature stores that empower partners to scale their data-driven decisions.

• 2023 – 2025

  Axel Springer SE – Yad2 - Senior Product Manager, Smart Marketplace

  Leading AI-driven product initiatives across marketplace and search experiences. Implemented a vector-based recommendation engine improving conversion by 18%. Introduced AI copilots for internal ops, reducing manual QA by 35%.

• 2022 - 2023

  Kaltura - Senior Product Manager, Video Intelligence

  Owned lifecycle of EDU video platform — integrated AI transcription and smart summaries to improve accessibility. Led multi-disciplinary squads across data, ML, and UX.

• 2021 – 2022

  Open University of Israel - Product Manager

  Built automation systems saving 40% in live broadcast costs and enabling full online continuity during COVID-19. Drove adoption of analytics dashboards to inform content strategy.