Data geek at heart, product manager by profession
Senior Product Manager specialising in data intensive products. Currently learning to code on the side whilst building technical products that deliver real outcomes.
About Me
Hey there! My name's Rich and I specialise in data product management and data strategy. Give me genuine, ambiguous problems with data and AI and I'll give you bundles of energy. I'm currently building products while learning to code, combining years of technical product thinking with a desire to get back to hands-on development.
How I Work
- I love context and some time to think through problems so that we can execute in the right way
- I ask questions early to make sure we're solving the critical problems, not the loudest ones
- I create safety for teams to own hard problems, disagree constructively, and grow through solving them together
- I'm a natural fixer and love jumping into the weeds, even when I should let others own the problem - help me spot when I'm doing this
What I'm Building
- For the past 8 years, I've been creating technical products that solve genuine problems with data. Now I'm learning to build alongside the teams I lead
- I started with this portfolio site to learn coding fundamentals, now I'm building a job aggregator using LLM classification and a complete data pipeline to analyse market demand for job seekers
- My focus is on analytics, and self-service data, where my experience is deepest and AI automation can add real value
Values
- Learn through iteration - the best insights come from shipping and measuring, not endless planning
- Lead with empathy - understand the person and their context before jumping to solutions
- Execute quickly with a strategic filter - if it doesn't move us toward our goal, why are we building it?
Experience Highlights
Senior Product Manager
Momentus Technologies
Global Event Management SaaS, 60K+ users, 50 countries
- Launched customer data strategy and embedded analytics products, targeting $2.5M in ARR and across 100 enterprise clients
- Developed customer benchmarking and classification tools with AI driven event taxonomy & classifier exceeding 0.85 F1 scoring
- Drove internal AI enablement using LLM tools, reducing answer discovery time by 25%
Data Platform & Analytics Product Lead
Pollinate
Series C Fintech, 200+ employees, £70M+ raised
- Led data product strategy, whilst managing 15-member cross-functional data organization, 5 direct reports (PMs, Data Scientists)
- Achieved £100K+ in annual savings through platform restructuring
- Increased product activation from 8% to 57% through experimentation
Product Lead, Data & Analytics
Pollen
Series C D2C Events & Travel Platform, £40M+ GMV
- Led and helped build 16-person central data team delivering analytics across 8 experience verticals
- Developed CX headcount planning model, improving margins by 15%
- Increased data platform adoption from 30 data professionals to over 400 general users
Skills & Tech Stack
Core Competencies
Data & Analytics
AI & Development
Featured Projects
Job Market Aggregator
In ProgressLLM-powered job aggregator using data pipelines and classification to analyze market demand patterns
Project 2
Future AI-native analytics project
Coming SoonProject 3
Future AI-native analytics project
Coming Soon