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Experienced SaaS Product Manager
James Wood
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BRIGHTON, United Kingdom
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I'm an experienced Product Manager with a technical background, working across startups and
corporates.
Recent highlights:
- Head of Product at Movem, acquired by Barbon Insurance Group Sept 18. Built out product
development processes and navigated company through a significant pivot resulting in
acquisition. Managed all product marketing and communications.
- First employee at Airfinity. Built out product strategy & process, built team to ~20 across Brighton
& London.
- Product Manager for Experian's £100m consumer product. Managing product development and
Experian software teams across locations in London, California and Nottingham.
- Founded Metric - a social marketing SaaS used by customers including Tesco, T-Mobile and
Monsoon Accessorize amongst others. One of the few Facebook PMD Partners. Raised two
rounds of VC funding.
- Contracted at Vodafone (IoT Hardware APIs), Brandwatch (Social Analytics Platform).
Having experience working in both small agile teams and global software development organizations has
given me valuable insight to what goes into building a great product.
I also love building products in my spare time and recently completed YCombinator's Startup School
program.
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Recent highlights:
- Head of Product at Movem, acquired by Barbon Insurance Group Sept 18. Built out product
development processes and navigated company through a significant pivot resulting in
acquisition. Managed all product marketing and communications.
- First employee at Airfinity. Built out product strategy & process, built team to ~20 across Brighton
& London.
- Product Manager for Experian's £100m consumer product. Managing product development and
Experian software teams across locations in London, California and Nottingham.
- Founded Metric - a social marketing SaaS used by customers including Tesco, T-Mobile and
Monsoon Accessorize amongst others. One of the few Facebook PMD Partners. Raised two
rounds of VC funding.
- Contracted at Vodafone (IoT Hardware APIs), Brandwatch (Social Analytics Platform).
Having experience working in both small agile teams and global software development organizations has
given me valuable insight to what goes into building a great product.
I also love building products in my spare time and recently completed YCombinator's Startup School
program.
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United Kingdom
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
PRODUCT CONTRACTOR
unknown.
Since Movem's acquisition I have been providing contract product management support to startups & larger companies such as Felix & Vodafone.
Product Management, Startups, Management, Support
2018 - 2019
job
HEAD OF PRODUCT
MOVEM.
Leading product at Movem. First provider of instant tenant referencing as an online SaaS product and API.
Led introduction of agile with the engineering team, putting into place processes to help us build and execute at a more predictable velocity.
I was responsible for the long term product strategy and day to day planning and execution of the Movem
Platform. This covered everything from creating detailed technical specifications, working with UX teams on design through to managing our public transparent roadmap.
Company acquired September 2018. Assisted with DD and integration process.
Led introduction of agile with the engineering team, putting into place processes to help us build and execute at a more predictable velocity.
I was responsible for the long term product strategy and day to day planning and execution of the Movem
Platform. This covered everything from creating detailed technical specifications, working with UX teams on design through to managing our public transparent roadmap.
Company acquired September 2018. Assisted with DD and integration process.
Design, UX, API, Agile, Saas, Integration, Engineering, Online, Processes, LED
2016 - 2018
job
HEAD OF PRODUCT
AIRFINITY.
First employee at Airfinity, defining product strategy and build the team to ~20 spread between Brighton & London.
Head of Product. Working to develop our proprietary Event Graph technology - which ingests and
processes large amounts of event, attendee, company and sponsor data to establish and understand the previously hidden relationships between all these entities over time.
Head of Product. Working to develop our proprietary Event Graph technology - which ingests and
processes large amounts of event, attendee, company and sponsor data to establish and understand the previously hidden relationships between all these entities over time.
Event, Technology, Processes
2015 - 2016
job
PRODUCT MANAGER
EXPERIAN.
Joined Experian in January 2015 as Product Manager for Experian's £100m consumer product,
CreditExpert. I led the launch of Experian's mobile apps, having championed them internally from inception.
My key focus was driving innovation in the product whilst inside a heavily regulated environment under the FCA, managing risk throughout the development process.
CreditExpert. I led the launch of Experian's mobile apps, having championed them internally from inception.
My key focus was driving innovation in the product whilst inside a heavily regulated environment under the FCA, managing risk throughout the development process.
Innovation, Product Manager, Apps, Development, Manager, LED
2011 - 2014
job
FOUNDER & CEO
METRIC / PAGEHUB.
I founded Metric in 2011- a SaaS product for marketing professionals. It is a beautifully simple tool to build
promotions which work on any device, with real time customer insight. It was a venture capital backed
business and served customers including Tesco, T-Mobile and Monsoon Accessorize.
Initially known as PageHub we were one of the first Facebook PMD Partners for Apps in the UK.
promotions which work on any device, with real time customer insight. It was a venture capital backed
business and served customers including Tesco, T-Mobile and Monsoon Accessorize.
Initially known as PageHub we were one of the first Facebook PMD Partners for Apps in the UK.
Marketing, Facebook, Saas, It, Apps, Ceo, Founder
2010 - 2011
job
DIGITAL ACCOUNT MANAGER, HOVE
OLIVER & GRAIMES.
As a Digital Account Manager at Oliver & Graimes I was responsible for managing a large portfolio of digital
clients, coordinating between various departments and being the single point of contact for the customer.
During my time at O&G I introduced new social media products, managing Facebook, Spotify and Twitter
advertising propositions, both cross selling to existing clients and to new clients.
I also project managed several iOS projects, such as the launch of the first Kuoni Travel iPhone app.
clients, coordinating between various departments and being the single point of contact for the customer.
During my time at O&G I introduced new social media products, managing Facebook, Spotify and Twitter
advertising propositions, both cross selling to existing clients and to new clients.
I also project managed several iOS projects, such as the launch of the first Kuoni Travel iPhone app.
Social Media, IOS, Advertising, Facebook, Account Manager, Twitter, App, Manager, Social
My education
2005
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2009
University of Portsmouth
BSc, Business Bsc
BSc, Business Bsc
St John Fisher School
Secondary, Grades A-C (Minor in English Literature)
Secondary, Grades A-C (Minor in English Literature)
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