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Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Location
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal Member Since
January 5, 2022
Rosemary is a product leader who has specialized in software development, agile enablement, and lean methodologies for over 10 years. She has worked across diverse domains, including government, finance, retail, and SaaS. Rosemary has done freelance consulting and training with incubator programs like startup bootcamp and UX research on four continents and has built and scaled business models for Fortune 500 companies as well as startups.
Project Highlights
Product Management Training Program
Built a thriving new business vertical that expanded Mind the Product's service offering and revenue channels.
Sainsbury's Chop Chop
Built a new app and service offering for Sainsbury's based on an on-demand grocery delivery model.
Aramex Mobile App
Conducted discovery on customer segment, problem space, and product and market fit. Created a minimum viable release priority and ongoing roadmap for Aramex.
Expertise
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager
2022 - 2023
Spotify
- Incepted a new team that focused on the holistic distribution of talk content types.
- Drove the creation of an audiobook distribution strategy from launch to phase three.
- Developed a strategy for topic-based distribution of podcast content.
- Delivered features to support the launch of the audiobook's direct sales experience.
Senior Product Manager
2021 - 2022
RCRDSHP
- Acted as the first product manager for RCRDSHP.com.
- Collaborated with founders and CPO on structuring the product roadmap.
- Worked actively with a head of engineering on backlog, acceptance, and QA process.
Director of Product Management
2020 - 2021
Dext
- Trained product managers across all value streams in discovery, design thinking, and agile frameworks.
- Worked actively with three value streams to design quarterly roadmaps.
- Coached senior product managers into management positions.
Head of Product | Interim
2020 - 2020
Float
- Designed and implemented a cross-functional team process that helped improve communication and efficiency across all functions.
- Created a collaborative roadmap schedule that helped align customer insights, organization data, and business goals.
- Trained the product team and relevant stakeholders on discovery and framing practices.
- Created a qualitative data collection process for Float to consistently access and distill the organization's data.
Director of Product | Training Platform
2017 - 2020
Mind the Product
- Founded a new business vertical for Mind the Product, testing the business model, service offering, sales cycle, marketing, and value proposition.
- Built a community of over 90 product managers who were willing to teach exclusively for Mind the Product, as well as signed an NDA that protected our IP and training materials.
- Created two sales channels, both public and private, which turned over six figures per year at the end of my tenure.
Senior Product Manager
2014 - 2016
Pivotal
- Seeded the 'pivotal way' product culture as the first product manager in the newly opened London office.
- Mentored and trained new product managers in discovery, framing, and stakeholder management.
- Conducted discovery on new apps for global brands and managed projects to deliver the minimum viable release and beyond.
Senior Product Manager
2012 - 2013
ThoughtWorks
- Assisted Sankofa.org in testing and building the first iteration of an artist and activist platform funded by Harry Belefonte.
- Conducted a design thinking workshop for training with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
- Conducted field research among union workers to gather data for an organizing platform funded by Wikimedia.
Product Manager
2011 - 2013
Case Commons
- Built a field research program that allowed designers to shadow caseworkers.
- Managed the automated QA team and increased testing efficiency in the automated test suite.
- Collaborated on the discovery with new state agencies who wanted Case Commons to adapt its technology for their processes.
Project History
Product Management Training Program
https://www.mindtheproduct.com/product-management-training/Built a thriving new business vertical that expanded Mind the Product's service offering and revenue channels.
Mind the Product Training is a thriving program that teaches thousands of PMs every year through two sales channels, public workshops, and corporate sales.
I developed the content plan, the content library, the customer journey, the sales process, pricing, and market positioning.
I cultivated and recruited a community of 90 product managers globally who were all willing to teach for Mind the Product as a side gig.
I developed the content plan, the content library, the customer journey, the sales process, pricing, and market positioning.
I cultivated and recruited a community of 90 product managers globally who were all willing to teach for Mind the Product as a side gig.
Sainsbury's Chop Chop
https://chopchopapp.co.uk/Built a new app and service offering for Sainsbury's based on an on-demand grocery delivery model.
Began the project from the greenfield discovery stage.
I conducted customer development, competitor analysis, lean testing of the service offering, and an ongoing roadmap to build priority for minimum viable release.
Worked with Sainsbury's on logistics and operations for the service and developed the brand and tone for the app.
I delivered the first release within three months in the London Beta market and expanded to three additional regions within one year.
I conducted customer development, competitor analysis, lean testing of the service offering, and an ongoing roadmap to build priority for minimum viable release.
Worked with Sainsbury's on logistics and operations for the service and developed the brand and tone for the app.
I delivered the first release within three months in the London Beta market and expanded to three additional regions within one year.
Aramex Mobile App
https://www.aramex.com/us/en/aramex-appConducted discovery on customer segment, problem space, and product and market fit. Created a minimum viable release priority and ongoing roadmap for Aramex.
Aramex is the largest courier in the Middle East.
They wanted to improve the service they provided their customers while decreasing customer service costs and invested in revamping their mobile app from scratch.
I was tasked with conducting field research in three regions, customer discovery, customer journey mapping, and creating a minimum viable release and a six-month roadmap.
They wanted to improve the service they provided their customers while decreasing customer service costs and invested in revamping their mobile app from scratch.
I was tasked with conducting field research in three regions, customer discovery, customer journey mapping, and creating a minimum viable release and a six-month roadmap.
Education
2010 - 2012
Master's Degree in Policy
New York University - New York, USA
2002 - 2006
Bachelor's Degree in History
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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