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Product Manager with strong technical and UX skills.
Reuben Salisbury
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London, United Kingdom
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Having a background in technology, product management and UX, I'm an enthusiastic digital product specialist with an entrepreneurial nature. Primarily working within a product capacity, I possess a varied skill set ranging from new product development, product management, stakeholder management; through to requirements management, design, wireframing, user experience and also posses a strong technical understanding.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
job
Product Manager
APtimise.
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APtimise, is the UK? only end-to-end FinTech accounts payable Saas solution, with particular focus on payment
execution. In this role I am the lead product manager for APtimise working with our third party vendor, as well as the product lead working across a number of internal APtimise projects.
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Lead product manager responsible for the development of the core APtimise product as well as APtimise.com
(marketing website)
- Worked with stakeholders to define cross-platform requirements, identify dependencies and co-ordinate
releases
- Defined and owned the core product roadmap (theme based)
- Responsible for overall product prioritisation working with Customer Success, Sales, Marketing and internal
NatWest/RBS teams (legal and regulation)
- Led highly agile development team (engineers, QAs, designers) in the delivery of all new features
- Conducted user interviews to understand painpoints and validate features (wireframes)
- Created design assets and collateral for sales and marketing teams
- Participated in Sales demo calls as well as Customer Success training and onboarding calls
- Competitor analysis and market research (to support new feature developments)
- Responsible for defining epics, user stories, scenarios and wireframes for all requirements
- Coached team on agile principles, user stories, story pointing, BDD scenarios and Figma
Achievements & deliverables
- Delivered new sign-up & onboarding flow resulting in: 20% more leads from website, onboarding time reduced
from 24 hours down to 1 hour
- Increased # of payments made from APtimise by 25% through innovative new features (payment scheduling, payment suggestions)
- Delivered internal billing & subscription tool enabling automated invoicing of our customers
- Delivered UX review, redesign and delivery of APtimise.com (worked with 3rd party development to deliver)
- Delivered entire redesign of current product (from lo fi wireframes through to hi-fi interactive designs in Figma)
- Led cross-venture initiatives for new feature roll outs (International Payments, Virtual Cards)
- Implemented Google Analytics and HotJar within core product
- Improved quality of new features and user stories, leading to less rework and bugs
- Built out a lo-fidelity component library in Figma to support other product managers in rapid prototyping
- Created a set of user personas for core APtimise product
APtimise, is the UK? only end-to-end FinTech accounts payable Saas solution, with particular focus on payment
execution. In this role I am the lead product manager for APtimise working with our third party vendor, as well as the product lead working across a number of internal APtimise projects.
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Lead product manager responsible for the development of the core APtimise product as well as APtimise.com
(marketing website)
- Worked with stakeholders to define cross-platform requirements, identify dependencies and co-ordinate
releases
- Defined and owned the core product roadmap (theme based)
- Responsible for overall product prioritisation working with Customer Success, Sales, Marketing and internal
NatWest/RBS teams (legal and regulation)
- Led highly agile development team (engineers, QAs, designers) in the delivery of all new features
- Conducted user interviews to understand painpoints and validate features (wireframes)
- Created design assets and collateral for sales and marketing teams
- Participated in Sales demo calls as well as Customer Success training and onboarding calls
- Competitor analysis and market research (to support new feature developments)
- Responsible for defining epics, user stories, scenarios and wireframes for all requirements
- Coached team on agile principles, user stories, story pointing, BDD scenarios and Figma
Achievements & deliverables
- Delivered new sign-up & onboarding flow resulting in: 20% more leads from website, onboarding time reduced
from 24 hours down to 1 hour
- Increased # of payments made from APtimise by 25% through innovative new features (payment scheduling, payment suggestions)
- Delivered internal billing & subscription tool enabling automated invoicing of our customers
- Delivered UX review, redesign and delivery of APtimise.com (worked with 3rd party development to deliver)
- Delivered entire redesign of current product (from lo fi wireframes through to hi-fi interactive designs in Figma)
- Led cross-venture initiatives for new feature roll outs (International Payments, Virtual Cards)
- Implemented Google Analytics and HotJar within core product
- Improved quality of new features and user stories, leading to less rework and bugs
- Built out a lo-fidelity component library in Figma to support other product managers in rapid prototyping
- Created a set of user personas for core APtimise product
Google, Onboarding, Less, Website, Fintech, Support, BDD, Development, International, Sales, Feature, Redesign, Hotjar, Demo, LED, UP, Manager, Marketing, Analytics, Rapid Prototyping, User stories, Product Manager, Wireframes, Saas, Agile, Agile development, Training, Market research, Research, UX, Prototyping, Google analytics, Design
2018 - 2018
job
UX Product Manager
Milestone Group.
Milestone provide investment automation solutions. During this project, I worked on their Oversight product which
provides automated daily processing of investment fund values to ensure that the valuations provided by service
providers is independently verified. I lead the UX design and product management as part of a Scrum team on a
digital transformation web project (migrating core Oversight product from legacy desktop application to a new web-based solution).
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Wireframing, user story creation, feature prioritization, technical discoveries, internal demos as well as being
responsible for the overall design, look and feel of new web offering
- Worked with business stakeholders, clients and other product managers to define, validate and launch new
product features
- Participated in customer and internal advisory boards to validate new product feature ideas
- Lead presentations and training sessions on a number of topics including wireframing, prototyping tools, user
story-writing and BDD scenario-writing
Achievements & deliverables
- Launched MVP of Oversight product
- Lo-fi and hi-fi interactive prototypes for new web based product
- Co-led the introduction of agile methodologies (Scrum sprints, sizing, user stories etc) and general product
management principles throughout the organization
- Created product backlog for Oversight product
provides automated daily processing of investment fund values to ensure that the valuations provided by service
providers is independently verified. I lead the UX design and product management as part of a Scrum team on a
digital transformation web project (migrating core Oversight product from legacy desktop application to a new web-based solution).
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Wireframing, user story creation, feature prioritization, technical discoveries, internal demos as well as being
responsible for the overall design, look and feel of new web offering
- Worked with business stakeholders, clients and other product managers to define, validate and launch new
product features
- Participated in customer and internal advisory boards to validate new product feature ideas
- Lead presentations and training sessions on a number of topics including wireframing, prototyping tools, user
story-writing and BDD scenario-writing
Achievements & deliverables
- Launched MVP of Oversight product
- Lo-fi and hi-fi interactive prototypes for new web based product
- Co-led the introduction of agile methodologies (Scrum sprints, sizing, user stories etc) and general product
management principles throughout the organization
- Created product backlog for Oversight product
Product Manager, Manager, LED, Processing, Feature, Web, BDD, Transformation, Service, Management, Agile methodologies, User stories, Design, Automation, Agile, Wireframing, Training, Digital transformation, Product Management, UX, Prototyping, Writing, UX Design, Scrum
2016 - 2017
temp
Product Manager
BCA Research.
BCA Research providing industry leading financial research to investment managers, fund managers, traders and s
pension providers. I was the lead Product manager for BCA Edge and BCA Analytics, which were BCA? flagship
digital research products.
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Responsible for defining and owning the product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with company objectives and overarching vision
- Worked closely with multiple Scrum teams, business stakeholders globally (UK, Montreal, US, Australia) and UK-based customers.
- Led regular C-Level presentations showcasing new features and initiatives, as well as reporting on existing
features and client adoption.
- Participated in Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups where appropriate, sprint reviews and sprint demos to the rest of the business).
- Responsible for the gathering and validation of product requirements, as well as marketing campaigns and communications; working with BAs and directors from different areas of the business (Marketing, Sales, Corporate Development)
- Led and co-led multiple requirement gathering sessions and workshops (including 2 day off site workshop with the entire business).
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Responsible for the creation of all wireframes, from lo-fi static wireframes through to interactive ?
prototypes, and then worked with UI and UX resources to implement designs.
Achievements & deliverables
- Established product management function across entire organization
- Introduced agile ways of working and fortnightly releases of incremental value
- Within 2 months of starting, delivered the first new features across either product for over 1 year
- Increased customer engagement with core product by 50% through targeted email campaigns (feature usage)
- Helped introduce Google Analytics, HotJar and Tableau for product usage reporting as well as sales KPI
reporting
- Established key metrics and produced monthly product reports (engagement, digital adoption, user onboarding) which were shared across the business
- Setup the first digital focus group at BCA (involvement from sales, marketing, client engagement, research and customers)
pension providers. I was the lead Product manager for BCA Edge and BCA Analytics, which were BCA? flagship
digital research products.
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Responsible for defining and owning the product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with company objectives and overarching vision
- Worked closely with multiple Scrum teams, business stakeholders globally (UK, Montreal, US, Australia) and UK-based customers.
- Led regular C-Level presentations showcasing new features and initiatives, as well as reporting on existing
features and client adoption.
- Participated in Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups where appropriate, sprint reviews and sprint demos to the rest of the business).
- Responsible for the gathering and validation of product requirements, as well as marketing campaigns and communications; working with BAs and directors from different areas of the business (Marketing, Sales, Corporate Development)
- Led and co-led multiple requirement gathering sessions and workshops (including 2 day off site workshop with the entire business).
- clickable?
Responsible for the creation of all wireframes, from lo-fi static wireframes through to interactive ?
prototypes, and then worked with UI and UX resources to implement designs.
Achievements & deliverables
- Established product management function across entire organization
- Introduced agile ways of working and fortnightly releases of incremental value
- Within 2 months of starting, delivered the first new features across either product for over 1 year
- Increased customer engagement with core product by 50% through targeted email campaigns (feature usage)
- Helped introduce Google Analytics, HotJar and Tableau for product usage reporting as well as sales KPI
reporting
- Established key metrics and produced monthly product reports (engagement, digital adoption, user onboarding) which were shared across the business
- Setup the first digital focus group at BCA (involvement from sales, marketing, client engagement, research and customers)
Analytics, Manager, Focus group, LED, Workshop, Hotjar, Pension, Feature, Google, Development, KPI, Workshops, Onboarding, Sales, Marketing, Management, Product Manager, Tableau, Wireframes, C, REST, UI, Agile, Research, Product Management, UX, Scrum, Google analytics
2015 - 2016
job
Product Owner and BA
unknown.
Product Ow ner & Agile BA @ Turner Broadcasting Contract July 2015 - March 2016
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Working as part of Turner Broadcasting? European Application Development Scrum team as the Product Owner and BA.
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Responsible for working with various areas of the business (London & EMEA) to gather requirements, establish
workflows and define business processes (BPMN 2.0).
- Responsible for defining the product backlog, sprint backlogs and overall roadmap.
- Facilitated requirements gathering workshops and demo sessions.
- Transformed functional requirements into user stories, BDD scenarios (gherkins), wireframes and designs.
- Liaised with 3rd party stakeholders (systems integrations, vendors and suppliers).
- Led daily stand-ups, sprint planning, refinement sessions and sprint retrospectives.
- Worked closely with development teams to identify solutions and establish feasibility
Achievements & deliverables
- Responsible for introducing and coaching the team on Scrum principles and methodologies.
- Led a Turner-wide Linear & Non-Linear Metadata restructuring project (EMEA)
- Lead BA across automated subbing and dubbing workflow between internal & 3rd party systems (EMEA)
- Product owner for Turner EMEA Titles?integration with Turner North America systems
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Working as part of Turner Broadcasting? European Application Development Scrum team as the Product Owner and BA.
Responsibilities & day-to-day activities
- Responsible for working with various areas of the business (London & EMEA) to gather requirements, establish
workflows and define business processes (BPMN 2.0).
- Responsible for defining the product backlog, sprint backlogs and overall roadmap.
- Facilitated requirements gathering workshops and demo sessions.
- Transformed functional requirements into user stories, BDD scenarios (gherkins), wireframes and designs.
- Liaised with 3rd party stakeholders (systems integrations, vendors and suppliers).
- Led daily stand-ups, sprint planning, refinement sessions and sprint retrospectives.
- Worked closely with development teams to identify solutions and establish feasibility
Achievements & deliverables
- Responsible for introducing and coaching the team on Scrum principles and methodologies.
- Led a Turner-wide Linear & Non-Linear Metadata restructuring project (EMEA)
- Lead BA across automated subbing and dubbing workflow between internal & 3rd party systems (EMEA)
- Product owner for Turner EMEA Titles?integration with Turner North America systems
Scrum, Coaching, Agile, Product owner, Wireframes, User stories, Integration, Workshops, Workflow, BDD, Development, Dubbing, Demo, LED, Processes
2014 - 2015
job
Scrum Master, Agile Business Analyst and Product Owner
unknown.
Product Ow ner & Agile BA @ MLex (via Aqovia) September 2014 - July 2015
- Working on a small project as part of a Scrum team delivering a new subscription based news site.
- Acted as Scrum Master, Agile Business Analyst and Product Owner.
- Within this role my activities ranged from being responsible for identifying new requirements,
documenting them as user stories in JIRA, working with the client stakeholders to prioritize these,
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facilitating daily stand ups, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, working with the client?
technical team to remove impediments; as well as providing static designs for the front end
developers to work from (.PSD files).
- Facilitated client workshops for requirements gathering, validation and prioritization.
- Working on a small project as part of a Scrum team delivering a new subscription based news site.
- Acted as Scrum Master, Agile Business Analyst and Product Owner.
- Within this role my activities ranged from being responsible for identifying new requirements,
documenting them as user stories in JIRA, working with the client stakeholders to prioritize these,
s
facilitating daily stand ups, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, working with the client?
technical team to remove impediments; as well as providing static designs for the front end
developers to work from (.PSD files).
- Facilitated client workshops for requirements gathering, validation and prioritization.
Scrum, Jira, Scrum master, Agile, Product owner, User stories, Workshops, Analyst, PSD
2013 - 2015
freelance
Senior Consultant
Aqovia.
Aqovia are a London based consultancy and software house that provide software solutions and consultancy to the media, publishing, education and telco sectors. I worked as a Senior Business Consultant deploying best practice agile
methodologies (Scrum) across a number of internal and client facing projects. I worked with clients in the roles of an Agile Business Analyst, Scrum Master, Product Owner and Product Manager.
methodologies (Scrum) across a number of internal and client facing projects. I worked with clients in the roles of an Agile Business Analyst, Scrum Master, Product Owner and Product Manager.
Scrum, Scrum master, Agile, Product owner, Product Manager, Analyst, Software, Manager
2014 - 2014
job
Agile Business Analyst
unknown.
I was brought onto Pearson's existing OneData project team (internal) to define, establish and put in
place an agile approach for developing software (Scrum) but more importantly to also to standardize and improve the gathering, documenting and modelling of software requirements.
- Introduced sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming sessions, show and tells & sprint
retrospectives
- Led the successful implementation and adoption of JIRA & Confluence for project management
tracking, requirements tracking (epics, user stories, bugs) and development reporting (moving away from Google documents).
- Defined work flows, statuses, columns, swimlanes etc.
- Assisted on the re-design of various aspects of the application using Photoshop to create static
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designs, working against the company? style guide and branding guidelines.
place an agile approach for developing software (Scrum) but more importantly to also to standardize and improve the gathering, documenting and modelling of software requirements.
- Introduced sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming sessions, show and tells & sprint
retrospectives
- Led the successful implementation and adoption of JIRA & Confluence for project management
tracking, requirements tracking (epics, user stories, bugs) and development reporting (moving away from Google documents).
- Defined work flows, statuses, columns, swimlanes etc.
- Assisted on the re-design of various aspects of the application using Photoshop to create static
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designs, working against the company? style guide and branding guidelines.
Design, Branding, Project Management, Scrum, Jira, Agile, User stories, Management, Implementation, Confluence, Analyst, Development, Software, Google, Guide, LED
2013 - 2013
job
Business Analyst @ Pearson
unknown.
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Working directly with Pearson? Head of Schools management team to provide analysis and supporting research on existing digital offerings within the schools sector. Assisted with client
presentations, supporting documentation and design work.
Working directly with Pearson? Head of Schools management team to provide analysis and supporting research on existing digital offerings within the schools sector. Assisted with client
presentations, supporting documentation and design work.
Design, Research, Management, Analyst
2011 - 2013
job
Systems Analyst
unknown.
Working in an agile environment, I was part of the deployment team responsible for debugging, testing,
support, configuration, training and roll out of new and existing software.
support, configuration, training and roll out of new and existing software.
Training, Agile, Deployment, Support, Analyst, Testing, Software
My education
2007
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2010
Reading University
BSc, Information Technology
BSc, Information Technology
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