- Formulates and executes a comprehensive product strategy that aligns with Wirecutter's overall mission and business objectives.- Fosters a culture of innovation and experimentation within the product, design and data and analytics teams, encouraging risk-taking with A/B testing, experimentation, and growth loop exploration.- Mentors and manages the Product teams, providing them with the resources, support, and expertise they need to excel.- Spearheads the development and implementation of innovative product and digital initiatives.- Continuously measures and refines product strategies based on analysis to track progress and optimize performance.-Fosters a user-centric approach to product development, prioritizing features that enable users to discover Wirecutter's value quickly and effectively, minimizing friction and maximizing engagement and satisfaction.- Leads integration efforts between Wirecutter and The New York Times' relevant tooling and platforms.- Builds productive and strategic relationships across our business, audience, and editorial teams.

Sam led a team of Product Managers who worked with many different clients at this digital agency to create a clear product strategy for products from many diverse industries while aligning stakeholder groups large and small toward a unified vision. Sam’s work spanned many teams with dozens of engineers, designers, marketers, researchers and analysts to deliver on the product goals of the agency and its clients. Sam specifically specialized in teaching organizations with new or developing product development groups how to implement Agile Methodologies and Scrum best practice to achieve product development goals.

Sam managed a team of Producers who guided cross-functional teams to build digital products and experiences for clients from a wide variety of industries and organization sizes. Sam built a remote culture of measurable growth, innovation, and experimentation from the ground up, while also focusing on the product and digital strategies of larger clients, focusing on experimentation, data-driven decisions and hypotheses, and measuring results.

Sam built and managed a team of Product Managers who guided distributed, cross-functional teams to build digital products and experiences for clients from a wide variety of industries and organization sizes. Sam built a remote culture of measurable growth, innovation, and experimentation from the ground up, while also focusing on the product and digital strategies of larger clients, focusing on experimentation, data-driven decisions and hypotheses, and measuring results.Additionally, Sam managed four designers to envision digital experiences following agile best practices and iterative development.