Director Of Product Management - Core Applications & Workspace Usability
Responsible for the Workspace Core Applications product team and these are the applications that are used by all users in all communities - Trading, Banking and Investment & Wealth Management.Also responsible for the Workspace Usability team, which is responsible for the overall experience of Workspace as it pertains to surfacing framework services (settings, sharing, navigation, notifications, menus) and also the how users interact with the Workspace UI.• Work closely with all communities to understand their users’ workflows and requirements and to determine how best to combine and implement them in our applications to create a cohesive experience for all users• Ensure that a specific requirement from one community does not adversely affect the experience for another community and adds to the overall value of Workspace• Have close relationship with my technology counterparts to discuss product and technology strategy, how to best implement and utilize strategic framework services as well as resource planning• Brought stability and focus to the Usability team and improved the relationship with the community teams, resulting in smoother collaboration leading to a much-improved experience for our Workspace users• Manage two teams of product managers to bring out the best in each team member and hired new, high-quality people to join the team• Set the strategy and vision across all capabilities to ensure alignment across the team and across the wider Workspace team• Working on the Microsoft partnership since the inception, defining the solutions and capabilities needed in order to fulfil the required workflows as determined by the communities.• Launched new applications for the Workspace ecosystem and ensured that the migration path from the equivalent Eikon applications is as seamless as possible.• Manage the £7.5M budget for the team, working with development, project management and other teams to ensure we stay on budget and on-time with deliverables.