Fraser Scobie Email & Phone Number

Wantage, Gb

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

- Orchestrated the strategic development of the Review Pipeline Management product portfolio, focusing on reporting and dashboard solutions for both internal and external users.- Aligned strategic objectives with peer review product strategy, conducting comprehensive product discovery, resulting in a detailed opportunity solutions tree linked to key business metrics.- Implemented a data-driven approach, seamlessly blending qualitative and quantitative analysis of customer needs to inform product development.- Spearheaded the go-to-market launch plans for a significant Manuscripts Dashboard upgrade.- Delivered a 20% increase in editor engagement and increased customer satisfaction, directly attributable to the successful release of the Manuscripts Dashboard upgrade for Chief Editors.

- Assumed the Lead Product Manager role for B2B partnerships, providing maternity cover, necessitating a profound understanding of Frontiers' publishing platform products and workflows, encompassing Submission, Peer Review, and Production.- Led and coached the partnerships product team, incorporating partners' customer feedback and collaborating with PMs across the entire organisation to brainstorm new feature requirements.- Established a new, regular product-to-partner communications process, yielding 10% increase in customer satisfaction.- Collaborated on the go-to-market launch for key product improvements in Peer-Review, contributing to increased user adoption.

- Spearheaded strategic planning, roadmap development, and detailed requirements definition for the Manuscripts Dashboard, Journal Performance Reporting, and Transfer Zone as the Product Manager.- Conducted cross-domain workshops, leveraging Google Analytics and Tableau for data-driven decisions, to influence stakeholders and identify top-priority initiatives.- Drove the end-to-end creation and launch of the new Journal Performance Reporting product for B2B partners, attaining an impressive 80% account activation rate.- Achieved a remarkable 50% increase in transfer offer conversion rate through strategic enhancements and optimisations.- Advocated for the adoption of Pendo as a user guidance and analytics tool, presenting a compelling business case to the CTO, resulting in successful procurement for enhanced business insights.

Oxford, United Kingdom

- Delivered Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) for the Research Data Platform, demonstrating the product's capabilities in a tangible and impactful manner.- Applied advanced data science techniques, incorporating machine learning and image extraction algorithms, to identify crucial document components.- Collaborated with stakeholders and product managers, taking the lead on development teams, organising and communicating the product roadmap, and defining detailed requirements.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

- Controlled the product development of a significant data warehouse solution, eliciting requirements by collaborating with stakeholders to discern business needs.- Applied agile methodologies and scrum rituals, engaging in roadmap planning and prioritisation workshops, contributing to a 15% improvement in efficiency.- Mentored junior Business Analysis team members, fostering professional growth and development.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Croydon, United Kingdom

- Facilitated three delivery teams for a complex digital transformation programme spanning the entire Criminal Justice System.- Conducted user research and crafted high-level user journeys for the four top priority personas, producing high-value insights to the programme.- Coordinated the delivery of the programme backlog for the alpha phase, enabling the demonstration of key features to key stakeholders.

RMADS Development; PIA Assessment; Data Analysis; Stakeholder Engagement; Security Controls and Procedures review

Benefits Management Support; Change Process Development Support; Stakeholder Workshops

Application Migration Strategy Development; Market Analysis; Change Process Development; Applications Analysis; Hosting Solutions technical assessment

Benefits Analysis • Benefits model development; • Benefits workshops with Stakeholders; • Evaluation Criteria development; • Benefits and Requirements cross-analysis; Benefits sensitivity analysis

Cost Model Production • Scalability assessment; • Procurement assessment; • Technical Architecture assessment; Cost Options Analysis;

Systems Requirements Development • Service portfolio and service definitions assessment; • Requirements management; • Stakeholder engagement; Requirements workshops

Phd, Physics

Activities and Societies: Durham University Consulting Society, Trevelyan College Bar Staff Developed an innovative solution.

Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering

Masters, Physics And Astronomy

Activities and Societies: Finance Committee Member, Fitness Chair, Captain of Table Tennis, Basketball, Badminton and Pool Obtained 2:1.