Product Owner, Product Lead, Platform Product Manager

Gather user requirements, write clear stories, plan releases, analyse data, and coordinate designers, developers, and marketing. Uses analytics dashboards, backlog tools, and customer interviews in highly collaborative settings.

Consumer mobile app companies | Business software vendors | Digital agencies | Financial platforms | Healthcare technology providers | Educational technology start-ups

Many transition from senior developer or consultant, showcasing the ability to translate technical detail into user value. Demonstrated success launching smaller features leads to ownership of full products, then multi-product portfolios.

Product-led growth remains a dominant strategy. Skilled managers can progress to group product manager, director of product, or even general manager of a business unit. Experience is transferable across sectors.

User story mapping and prioritisation techniques | Data-driven product metric interpretation | API capability assessment for partnerships | Competitive feature benchmarking frameworks | A/B testing design and analysis | Roadmap visualisation and stakeholder communication | Basic revenue modelling for product lines

Active listening to surface real user pain | Persuasive storytelling for vision buy-in | Empathy balancing user and business needs | Negotiation across conflicting priorities | Structured problem framing and validation | Facilitation of workshops and retrospectives