Mike Salway Email & Phone Number

I’m an accomplished Group Product Manager with 15 years experience in Product Management and 19+ years leading technical teams to deliver great products to customers. I’m passionate about Lean Product Management, Lean Customer Development, User Experience and modern development practices (XP, Agile) to create digital mobile and web products that customers love. I build and grow product teams around a culture of data-driven decision making, experimentation, accountability, commitment to excellent, regular iteration and short feedback loops to ensure value is delivered to customers and therefore value is created for the company.I’m organised (inbox zero), passionate, self-motivated and can drive from idea to delivery. I get stuff done, with an inclusive and motivating leadership style. I can get into the weeds with the developers and designers, and I can work with execs and stakeholders on long-term product planning and strategic thinking. KEY SKILLS- Growing Product Teams: Leading, growing and mentoring product managers and senior product managers – helping them achieve their best, the best for their teams and the company. - Building the right product: Understanding the problem space of the customer and finding product/market fit by validating ideas/assumptions through customer research, user testing, A/B testing and analytics- Building the product right: Working directly with and influencing UX and technical teams, managing and running ceremonies, creating user stories and ultimately delivering product features; and then measuring their success through quantifiable and actionable success metrics, leading indicators and health metrics.- Strategy: Developing strategic and tactical product roadmaps based on market and technology opportunities and pivoting when required- Vision: Communicating the vision and bringing the wider business and customers on the product journey, including product demonstrations, presentations and workshops - Product Marketing: Developing a go-to-market strategy and plan, and executing on it – including legal, operations, marketing, IT, finance, onboarding plans, release notes, blogs, videos, EDM’s, social, training, customer care, sales enablement and more- Delivery: Proven track record of delivery from inception to go-live, including all elements of financial management, stakeholder management, technology and customer outcomes.- Collaboration and communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to drive decisions and buy-in. - Advocate for Customer Experience above all else.

Listed skills include Software Development, Telecommunications, Project Management, Release Management, and 11 others.

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  University Of Newcastle

  Computer Science