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Ireland

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Senior Product leadership role in a major technology consolidation investment for the group's three major brands across the Asia-Pacific region (8 markets). Acting as the 2IC to the Product Director, my responsibilities include:Spearheaded product strategy for a large-scale technology consolidation across three major brands in 8 APAC markets.Led cross-functional teams through scoping, design, and execution phases, with a focus on driving business value and enhancing user… Show more Senior Product leadership role in a major technology consolidation investment for the group's three major brands across the Asia-Pacific region (8 markets). Acting as the 2IC to the Product Director, my responsibilities include:Spearheaded product strategy for a large-scale technology consolidation across three major brands in 8 APAC markets.Led cross-functional teams through scoping, design, and execution phases, with a focus on driving business value and enhancing user experience.Established governance structures balancing executive reporting needs with product team autonomy.Key stakeholder for prioritizing product features and scope trade-offs, ensuring alignment with overall product vision and goals.Oversaw the simultaneous launch of an Online Marketplace, CRM, and Finance systems, ensuring seamless delivery, post-launch optimization, and continuous iteration.Key Achievements:Launched in 6 markets on time and within budget, with post-launch metrics validating product-market fit, in all markets.Drove operational improvements that enhanced decision-making speed and product delivery capabilities across the company. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Led four product teams across Asia to deliver high-impact product features across six markets and two brands.Launched a new React app across multiple markets, driving a consistent and optimized user experience.Rolled out an advanced search engine and personalized recommendations, significantly enhancing search functionality and user engagement across markets.Boosted mobile app adoption by implementing loyalty loops, fostering customer retention and repeat… Show more Led four product teams across Asia to deliver high-impact product features across six markets and two brands.Launched a new React app across multiple markets, driving a consistent and optimized user experience.Rolled out an advanced search engine and personalized recommendations, significantly enhancing search functionality and user engagement across markets.Boosted mobile app adoption by implementing loyalty loops, fostering customer retention and repeat engagement.Key Achievements:Successfully deployed across all markets, increasing product performance and user satisfaction.Enhanced mobile app engagement, resulting in increased adoption and long-term user retention Show less

Asia, Pacific & Americas

Directly led a small, agile team to consolidate and standardize the eCommerce platform across 8 APAC markets, delivering a unified marketplace experience.Drove key initiatives such as integrating Stripe as a payment gateway, enhancing checkout UX, expanding payment options, and improving page load speed.These optimizations resulted in multi-million dollar annual revenue gains and significantly improved the customer experience.Played a pivotal role in the "test & learn"… Show more Directly led a small, agile team to consolidate and standardize the eCommerce platform across 8 APAC markets, delivering a unified marketplace experience.Drove key initiatives such as integrating Stripe as a payment gateway, enhancing checkout UX, expanding payment options, and improving page load speed.These optimizations resulted in multi-million dollar annual revenue gains and significantly improved the customer experience.Played a pivotal role in the "test & learn" phase, setting the foundation for a larger regional transformation. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Elevating to Senior Product Manager, I led the strategic direction and growth of the Hirer Advertiser portfolio, achieving notable milestones in product innovation and team leadership:+ Directed four Product Managers, overseeing personal development and the portfolio's long-term roadmap.+ Spearheaded a single experiment that lifted the ANZ business's e-commerce conversion by 5%, resulting in a multi-million dollar revenue increase for the fiscal year and transforming the team's way… Show more Elevating to Senior Product Manager, I led the strategic direction and growth of the Hirer Advertiser portfolio, achieving notable milestones in product innovation and team leadership:+ Directed four Product Managers, overseeing personal development and the portfolio's long-term roadmap.+ Spearheaded a single experiment that lifted the ANZ business's e-commerce conversion by 5%, resulting in a multi-million dollar revenue increase for the fiscal year and transforming the team's way of working. (Much shorter lead-time from hypothesis to result)+ Pivoted the "Concierge" product to "Guaranteed Hire," scaling the initial team to 15 members and enhancing non-core revenue by several million, annually. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Promoted to Product Manager, I assumed full responsibility for enhancing the job-posting e-commerce funnel, leading to significant improvements in user experience and revenue generation:+ Developed and executed the medium-term roadmap, incorporating customer discovery insights to drive product evolution.+ Mentored two Associate Product Managers, fostering their professional growth and development.+ Spearheading experiments into choice architecture and pricing asymmetry for… Show more Promoted to Product Manager, I assumed full responsibility for enhancing the job-posting e-commerce funnel, leading to significant improvements in user experience and revenue generation:+ Developed and executed the medium-term roadmap, incorporating customer discovery insights to drive product evolution.+ Mentored two Associate Product Managers, fostering their professional growth and development.+ Spearheading experiments into choice architecture and pricing asymmetry for e-comm funnel, leading to a new product creation called "Concierge", an assisted ad-writing option for time-poor Hirers. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

In my initial role at Seek, I was pivotal in managing and optimizing the e-commerce delivery team's backlog, streamlining the triage and prioritization of bugs, issues, and feature requests. My contributions included:+ Assisting in the development of long-term product roadmaps under the guidance of Senior Product Managers.+ Conducting competitor analysis and product reviews to inform strategic decisions.+ Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to maintain the… Show more In my initial role at Seek, I was pivotal in managing and optimizing the e-commerce delivery team's backlog, streamlining the triage and prioritization of bugs, issues, and feature requests. My contributions included:+ Assisting in the development of long-term product roadmaps under the guidance of Senior Product Managers.+ Conducting competitor analysis and product reviews to inform strategic decisions.+ Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the e-commerce platform. Show less

Albert Park, Melbourne

Product Manager for a small software company, primarily driven by true customer value. Working the right way to deliver real benefits and not bound by standard processes or 'best practice'​. Interpreting market data and customer feedback to drive the team to design, develop and deliver new products and features that solve real market problems.Running the daily development stand-ups with the local team and liaising with the company's offshore resource to manage multiple… Show more Product Manager for a small software company, primarily driven by true customer value. Working the right way to deliver real benefits and not bound by standard processes or 'best practice'​. Interpreting market data and customer feedback to drive the team to design, develop and deliver new products and features that solve real market problems.Running the daily development stand-ups with the local team and liaising with the company's offshore resource to manage multiple development streams, focusing on effective branch management and release processes. Running requirements workshops and problem discovery/ideation sessions with clients. Grooming massive backlog lists and regularly asking "Why should we build this". Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Sole system tester for Jetstar’s new web-based SDMS system ‘StarSafe’. Role also required significant involvement with system design, refining requirements and third party management. System successfully rolled out to thousands of employees, spread across five countries.

London, United Kingdom

Involvement in all project testing and roll out of any major changes to systems/processes of the Portfolio Valuations department. (Unit Linked, Segregated and Managed Valuations, PMC Valuations & Fund Accounting)

No Code Ai/Ml, Passed

In depth look at AI/ML using leading "no code" tools to develop models for existing use cases.

Strategy Design / Insights For Innovation

Product Management