- NovataProduct ManagerBANKING & INSURANCEJuly 2022 - Today (2 years and 9 months)London, United KingdomProduct Manager: Novata, Remote, LondonA SaaS tool that is aimed at the Private Equity and financial markets providingframeworks that reflect ESG priorities (Environmental, Social and governance) so that fundersknow portfolios companies are practising fairly and sustainably investments. In addition tointuitive analytics and reporting, data is collected in a painless process and kept secure.Working with a Tech Lead, UI Designer and 5 Developers.2 weeks sprints & regular feedback sessions with existing, prospected and new clients fordata driven discovery/cultureClients included: 7Ridge, KKR, Aurora, Big Bear, Silverlake, Wellington, Nautic Partners,Ares, Blackrock, Helios and many more.Users: circa 1500 spanning Enterprises (which 10x in Q1 2023), General Partners, Portfolio Companies, Limited Partners, Borrows and targeting Private Credit.Collaboration with Methodology, Customer Success, Sales, Product, Design and the widerbusiness.Defined sprint goals and quarterly OKR's to uphold a data-driven culture. Tracked data in Amplitude/Metabase.User testing conducted with MAZE.Project 1: Action Planning to highlight areas of improvement with recommended actionsdeveloped by an in-house methodology team and knowledge-orientated guidance.Project 2: Reduce efforts of reporting 2nd time round, easing the burden on users throughimproving UX utilizing automation and smart suggestions.Project 3: Enhancing backend data modelling to accommodate shared entities and differentavenues of data collections.Project 4: Revamping reporting UI's to create a centralised place for summary data.
- Diginex LTDProduct ManagerTECHSeptember 2021 - July 2022 (10 months)London, United KingdomDiginex Lumen: Web-based SaaS platform offering features to help strategic brands assess, verify, prioritize, map and report modern slavery and recruitment-related risks within the GulfCooperation Council (GCC) migration corridor (Asia and Latin America next). (Recent finalist at Thomas Reuters Foundation Awards)Utilises the Tezos blockchain to store documents and data points related to labour issues andDue diligence practises as a means of verification, clarity, and governance.Working with 2 Designers, a Senior BA (acting as scrum-master) and an external development team of 18. Working in 2-week sprints following the roadmap and ensuring all features are tested properly and UX exercises applied where appropriate.Client facing were required and proposals written.Recent clients include ADM capital, AIM group, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Reckitt, Unilever, The Ethical Toy Programme, Decathlon, Li & Fung, TatWin and CBREUsers: 20 large enterprises, each containing numerous cascaded clients building out supply chain visibility (some totalling 150< entities).Project 1: Custom SAQ Builder for core platform feature to service any request in the due diligence processProject 2: Devleopment of a fully integrated reporting tool to aid analysis from data captured in core question sets.Project 3: enhanced user management roles and responsibilities with self-serving front-end tooling
- DHLGlobal Product Development Manager (Perm)LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAINAugust 2019 - September 2021 (2 years and 2 months)Milton Keynes, United Kingdom1-2-1 Training with 3rd party supplier to gain developer knowledge.Coding HTML/XML for front-end UI’s/enhancing UXMentor/training an offshore service centre of 9 for technical expertise on the Intelex productProject: Provided a global view of COVID-19 impacts at 2,500 supply chain sites- (team nominated for DPDHL CEO Award)Project: Global MDM migration of warehouse, transport, and business metrics into the Intelex platform and to down-stream systems (divisional data warehouses and reporting suite in Power BI)
- BSc Geology & GeographyUniversity of Birmingham2012Graduated with Honors Dissertation from a 3 week field-study reconstructing the ancient environments of the Carboniferous periods
- CSCM & CSCS- Certified Supply Chain Specialist and ManagerDHL2017
- Project Management 101DePICT2018