Jessica Toy
About Jessica Toy
Jessica Toy is a Product Lead at Watershed, where she focuses on helping finance customers measure and report carbon emissions. With a background in product management across various tech companies, she has developed expertise in creating products for banks, private equity, and venture capital firms.
Work at Watershed
Jessica Toy serves as the Product Lead at Watershed, a role she has held since 2023. Based in New York, New York, she focuses on developing products that assist finance customers in measuring and reporting carbon emissions of their portfolio companies. Her expertise in product development is directed towards enhancing the Watershed Finance product, which is designed to meet the needs of banks, private equity firms, and venture capital firms.
Previous Experience in Product Management
Before joining Watershed, Jessica Toy held several significant positions in product management. She was the Director of Product Management at AngelList from 2020 to 2023. Prior to that, she worked at Eaze as Product Lead, focusing on payments, expansion, and consumer needs from 2018 to 2020. Jessica also served as a Product Manager at Airbnb for five years, from 2012 to 2017, and as a Product Specialist at YouTube for 11 months in 2011.
Educational Background
Jessica Toy studied at Duke University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) in Civil & Environmental Engineering from 2005 to 2009. Her educational background provides a strong foundation for her work in product development, particularly in areas related to environmental impact assessment.
Expertise in Environmental Impact Assessment
Jessica Toy has developed a strong expertise in environmental impact assessment through her roles in product development, particularly in finance. Her focus on helping finance customers measure and report carbon emissions aligns with her background in civil and environmental engineering. This expertise is critical in her current role at Watershed, where she leverages her knowledge to create impactful products.
Career Progression
Jessica Toy's career progression includes various roles that have contributed to her expertise in product management and development. She began her career as a Consultant at Acorn Systems from 2009 to 2010, followed by an Analyst position at YouTube from 2010 to 2011. She later became the Head of Product at FR8Star for one year, from 2017 to 2018, before taking on more prominent roles in product leadership.