Description

Interim Product and Transformation Leader -- with a focus on HR Tech, Workforce Data & AI Products. Experienced working between executive leaders and deep technical specialists (particuarly in data science and AI)

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

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Interim Head of Product
HUMAN RESOURCES
March 2025 - December 2025 (9 months)
London, United Kingdom
Hired to turnaround an enterprise freelancer management product:
Led strategic pivot from Freelancer SaaS to Talent Marketplace. Restructured 9-person team, cut operating costs 30%, hired 5 key roles in Product, Design and Engineering.
Rescued critical enterprise account — resolved priority pain points, cut bloated feature set 30%, onboarded 10,000+ contractors.

Improved product quality and reduced churn through hands-on QA, simplified designs and workflows, no-code prototyping, and AI integration.
Product Strategy Digital Transformation Product management Technical project management
WPP UK
Product & Solution Lead, Workforce AI
DIGITAL AND IT
October 2022 - September 2024 (1 year and 11 months)
London, United Kingdom
Commercialising a PhD-built workforce optimisation engine. Translating a theoretical model (proven at PWC) into viable solutions for a different services market -- where resourcing was reactive and data less governed.
Generated £1.5m in AI consulting revenue through workforce optimization solutions demonstrating 15-20% efficiency gains. Designed $2m US programme with Microsoft Consulting.

Delivered 20% resource utilisation improvement for 500-person agency — reduced planning from 3 days to 2 hours, £250k annual savings
Advised WPP on Workday for resourcing — improving data quality and simplifying multiple job/skill taxonomies across agencies.
artificial intelligence Digital Transformation Product management Human Resources
The Adecco Group
Senior AI Product Manager
DIGITAL AND IT
March 2021 - September 2022 (1 year and 6 months)
London, United Kingdom
Global role leading API-first AI products (Parsing, Skills Ontology, Talent Matching) — intelligence layer for enterprise applications. 3 direct reports, 25 coordinated across data science, cloud, design, engineering.
Transformed academic data science teams into agile product squads shipping commercial software. Established metrics for match quality (precision, recall) and engagement.

Led cross-functional roadmap influence across Salesforce and TextKernel stack. Developed AI bias and regulatory risk protocols with Legal, Security and Ethics teams.
Assessed HR tech vendors and partners for competitive benchmarking and integration opportunities.
artificial intelligence Human Resources Product management Data science Team management