My Value Proposition

Establishing Product Operations and Strategy for Data Products

Fractional CPO

The Need

You may feel that your current product management efforts are falling short - whether it’s due to a lack of visibility, misalignment with organizational ​priorities & goals, or insufficient strategic thinking. Perhaps your product and engineering teams are not fully in sync, resulting in miscommunication, ​and inefficiencies. Or maybe you haven’t yet established a product team, and you’re seeking input on product-related issues internally, or externally.

How I Can Help

I specialize in building tailored operational frameworks for product management that enhance team collaboration and support the continuous ​evolvement of your strategy and its execution. My approach is deeply rooted in defining clear mission, goals, and success metrics, to keep teams ​aligned & focused on driving impact. I have extensive experience in product storytelling for diverse stakeholders, both internal and external.

Example Projects May Include

• Defining and optimizing stakeholder interfaces for better collaboration.
  
• Developing a tailored goal-setting framework that works for you (and not the other way around).
  
• Developing strategic frameworks, including roadmaps, planning routines, and storytelling decks.
  

Productizing Data and Building Data Strategy

Fractional CDO

The Need

Being "data-driven" can mean different things for different teams, and identifying what it means for yours is key. While many teams collect data, ​without clearly defined goals, there’s a significant risk of incurring high costs for data storage and management without realizing any real benefit.

Your team may be investing in inefficient or ineffective efforts to leverage data, or they may have varying processes around data production and ​consumption that complicate cross-team alignment and collaboration.

How I Can Help

I work with teams to define clear, actionable goals for their data, whether for internal decision-making or external product features. Once those goals ​are established, I help productize the entire lifecycle - from data production to consumption, by creating a clear strategy and detailed work plans. ​This includes platform engineering, tool selections, and developing processes around data governance, quality, and more. With extensive experience ​working with data engineers, ML teams, and BI specialists, I help form interfaces and workflows that ensure your data efforts are optimized and ​aligned with your broader priorities and strategy.

Example Projects May Include

• Managing data pipelines for generative AI prompts and responses.
  
• Developing effective data management systems for internal analytics.
  
• Streamlining MLOps with active learning feedback loops and auto-retraining.
  

Mentoring and Educating Product and Engineering Teams

The Need

• Many product managers lack first-hand experience in managing data products*. You may find that a significant (even growing) portion of ​your engineering efforts are unmanaged and treated as a "black box", or that your PMs avoid using data in their decision-making - leading to ​inefficiencies and trust issues.
  
• Having worked in companies at different stages of their lifecycle, from start-up founding team members, to scale-up and mature tech all ​through enterprise, I've learned the different needs and challenges it presents to product managers. Your team may specialize in your ​domain but could use help with necessary adaptations in product management focus and style.
  

How I Can Help

I’m passionate about fostering talent just as much as I am about data and products. Throughout my career, I’ve worked extensively with dozens ​of product managers to build necessary skills. I work through either tailored, targeted training programs or 1:1 professional mentoring.

Example Projects May Include

• Managing data as a product
  
• Data-driven decision frameworks & analytical practices
  
• 1:1 mentoring for a product leader dealing with leadership challenges such as leading strategy and roadmap discussions, forming effective ​relationships with cross-team partners, and more
  

* while I focus here on data products, I often see similar patterns and issues with product management of other highly technical products with significant backends.

My Services

I offer tailored freelance services designed to deliver sustainable solutions that drive ​measurable results. If your organization is looking for an expert to help in anything data ​product management related, let’s connect to discuss how I can contribute to your ​initiatives.