Tara Hamilton-Whitaker Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Inquisitive, born from the pioneering spirits of MEL Science and Curiosity Box, is revolutionizing the way we see, learn, and engage with science. We are dismantling the myth that science is only for the elite, transforming it into something thrilling, accessible, and unequivocally cool. Our mission is to make science inviting and exhilarating for everyone, fueled by the belief that the essence of science—curiosity, experimentation, and discovery—resides in every person.We're not just about making science approachable; we're about inspiring the next wave of curious thinkers, innovators, and inventors. Our tools? Entertaining hands-on experiments, immersive AR and VR technologies, and in-depth explanations that spark genuine understanding and wonder.

London, Gb

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

> Reported directly to Jitse Groen, the CEO and Founder of Just Eat Takeaway and Takeaway.com> Oversaw P&L for the Product & Tech group, managing a significant USD $320M investment program> Successfully merged the Just Eat and Takeaway product & tech teams, resulting in a 60% improvement in efficiency> Led a diverse team of 2.3k technologists across 10 countries, supporting both B2C and B2B markets in over 20 locations.> Focused on delivering excellence, optimizing tech operating model efficiency, and cultivating high-performance teams through talent development, D&I initiatives, and engagement.> Led cross-functional teams through change management lifecycles, maintaining smooth business function.> Established department targets and monitored progress towards KPIs, motivating and coaching teams to attainment.> Tracked organizational performance against objectives and revamped strategies to better meet targets.Represented Product & Technology at board and investor meetings as required.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

> Member of the Executive Team that secured the Just Eat + Takeaway.com merger → moving Just Eat from a £5bn FTSE 100 to a £12bn FTSE 50 organisation; continues to operate at Executive level, reporting into the CEO in the new organization> Responsible for the successful delivery of £150M+ tech programme portfolio → budgeting/budget management, working in partnership with Engineering & Product to manage a distributed team of c1.2k heads across the globe from countries including UK, CA, ANZ and UKR> Led the design and implementation of a new tech operating model and cross-company strategic planning process promoting innovation/NPD → credited with delivering £8-figure incremental EBITDA in 2019 and improving speed to market by 57% via business process and structure optimisation> Built and managed a team of c70+ project/programme managers, agile coaches, business analysts and community advocates focused on improving transparency, focus and overall performance> Led a cross-functional trading work stream aimed at accelerating our YoY quarterly trading performance that won the praise of the CEO and led to a wider roll out of cross-functional working across the company> Spearheaded diversity & inclusion across product & tech → increasing % diverse hires from 43% to 52% and building a function focused on promoting community, culture and belonging. Member of the cross-company Diversity & Inclusion steering group supporting the Women in Tech, LGBTQ+, BAME and Neurodiversity communities.

London, England, Gb

> Responsible for digital business operations and the day to day running of the Digital P&L> Working across business analysis, delivery, content, product, data, marketing and engineering> Double-digit margin increase across digital business plus double-digit revenue growth in 18m > Preparation of analysis, proposals and presentations to support M&A including both divestments and acquisitions > Preparation of LRP, growth analysis and documentation to support the sale of the business> Design and implementation of a product development framework> Creation of dynamic scenario models to support strategic decision making

London, Gb

- Responsible for Product Development and Audience growth - Content, Marketing and SEO- Member of the Lifestyle Board of Directors and Digital Exec - Grew scale by 110% and revenue by 15% despite 20% reduction in costs over 12m- Led the turnaround of the UK’s #1 Women’s Lifestyle Site- Led a cross-company initiative to generate new consumer-direct revenue- Evangelised Lean Startup and rolled Agile working practices out across content & marketing- Indepth analysis, planning and direction to drive growth from SEO, email and CRM

London, Gb

- Responsible for New Product Development, Social Media and Web Analytics- Management of the Capital Investment budget £2m+ - Preparation of business cases, ROI model and financial reporting- Launched IPC’s Mobile portfolio → 22 mobile sites in 12 weeks, self-funding in 9 weeks- Grew IPC Media’s mobile portfolio to 41 mobile sites, 17 mobile apps and 30% of total traffic- Proposed and launched a social gifting tool that resulted in a 5% YoY increase in gifted subs- Gift Direct won Digital Marketing Campaign of the Year at the 2012 PPA Customer Awards

London, Gb

- Responsibility for Social Media, Web Analytics and Product Management- Evangelized and embedded agile working practices. - Reduced release cycles from 2 weeks to 2 days- Won ‘Most Engaged Mgt Team’ at the Agile Awards. - Invented the ‘Epic Board’ - an Agile PM tool commended by McKinsey Consulting- Invited to judge the 2011 UK Agile awards- Invited to deliver a lecture at Loughborough Business School- Managed an outsourced web analytics function and designed dashboards/reports to track KPIs - Developed a social media marketing centre of excellence and won 5 industry awards- Invited to deliver the Social Media Keynote at the AOP Digital Directors Forum- Chaired an AOP Census Round Table debate on Social Media- Selected as one of 30 'stars' across Time Warner Europe to attend an Exec Leadership course run by Ashridge Business School

London, Gb

- Responsible for recruiting and managing a programme management function to support a growing tech team – 15 to 150+ in 18m - Management of key projects including new web launches, server migrations, commercial microsites and database development. - Scoped and project managed the launch of www.goodtoknow.co.uk, which became the #1 UK Women’s Lifestyle site within 18m.

London, Gb

- Responsible for managing the day-to-day priorities of a rapidly growing team of developers (Front-end/Back-end). - End-to-end PM including requirements gathering, creation of functional specs, wire framing, IA definition, UX brief and UAT. - Development of bespoke templates and tools using excel to manage project delivery and day-to-day workflows.

London, London, Gb

- Project managed the implementation of a Digital Asset Management System and trained 50 members of staff to use it - Front-end development and day-to-day management of the corporate Intranet and corporate website- Led the scoping, design and delivery of a community extranet using Community Server.

Bsc Management & Systems

Management & Systems, Business Administration And Management, General

International Baccalaureate Diploma