
Toby Treacher
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since March 23, 2020
With an abundance of hands-on experience, Toby is a seasoned product leader who puts the customer first and hits the ground running while adding value quickly. He's equally comfortable working on visions and roadmaps as well as refining backlogs and launching products/features—delivering clarity at the interface between the business and technology. Using feedback and data, Toby initiates, designs, implements, and delivers digital products and services across the web and mobile platforms.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Product Management
- Digital Product Management
- Go-to-market Plans
- Mobile Web
- Product Strategy
- Product-market Fit
- User Experience (UX)
Work Experience
Founder
Just Provisions
- Worked as a founder and raised seed capital to create an innovative online eCommerce platform.
- Acted as a product owner by conducting extensive primary and secondary marketing research, including interviewing target customers.
- Created a product vision and roadmap for the delivery of consumable products (food and beverages) to owners and crew of super yachts.
- Built, refined, and delivered the feature backlog, including working with a UK 3rd-party partner to build a custom technology platform based on Drupal.
- Used design thinking to build an innovative mobile-optimized user experience.
- Built dashboards using Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio) and Microsoft Power BI to provide sales, financial, and operations data to identify new opportunities, efficiencies, and plan capacity.
- Built and optimized end-to-end business processes from ordering to payments using a variety of platforms, including HubSpot, Podio, Slack, and Xero.
- Moved the original technology platform to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and rearchitected it for microservices.
- Deployed AI using TensorFlow libraries to expedite order entry and predict organizational utilization.
Product Coach
GlaxoSmithKline
- Embedded agile ways of working across nine high-profile teams on three continents.
- Built customized team agile assessment tooling to help all teams make improvements.
- Shortened time to market and accelerated value delivery by 30%.
Chief Product Owner
Oxford University Press
- Led and coached a high performing team of five product owners.
- Deployed an Azure-based publishing platform to more than 1,000 editors.
- Delivered across multiple business divisions on three continents.
- Oversaw and was responsible for global backlog using Jira, throughout a phased rollout.
- Mentored the delivery team on SAFe agile working practices.
- Responsible for business user acceptance testing (UAT) sprints and planning.
- Created data analytics reporting capability using MS Power BI and Tableau.
Service Delivery Manager
Virgin Media
- Served as a proxy business product manager and was responsible for the successful deployment of Pega (AI), a type of call center software with approximately 3,500 agents.
- Performed risk management, quality management, resource management, and communications for the launch program.
- Managed the business readiness backlog including the definition of the target operating model and operational handovers.
- Accepted working increments, working with on-and-offshore technology partners to perform business UAT testing and bug fixing.
Digital Change Lead
Vodafone
- Worked with the digital ExCo on an Agile transformation for a team of 100.
- Created a business/benefits case for reorganization and change.
- Helped HR business partners to identify the best candidates and facilitate the transition.
- Coached initial (seed) teams on Scrum ceremonies and Agile practices.
- Implemented a variety of tools—including Targetprocess and Trello—and implemented online sales dashboards in PowerBI to inform product backlog prioritization and support value-based delivery.
- Served as the product lead for online customer self-care and billing (Oracle-based) capabilities with 6 million monthly users.
- Managed a product backlog refinement and offshore agile delivery including the coordination of feature-releasing iOS and Android apps.
- Optimized the online billing customer journey to reduce monthly contact by 5%.
- Responsible for the online launch of the Samsung Galaxy 8.
Program Lead
Network Rail
- Delivered the first commercial high-density station-wide passenger WiFi solution in a major UK station available to 2 million users.
- Served as the key SME on the public sector (OJEU) procurement of passenger connectivity on the rail corridor.
- Supported a £300 million competitive bid by coordinating stakeholders including train operating companies, UK government departments, and mobile network operators.
- Built the business case and financial model for nationwide terminal station WiFi coverage.
- Followed the procurement process and worked with winners to design, build, and maintain the public network.
- Defined the commercial model and passenger experience.
- Delivered the first commercial high-density station-wide passenger WiFi solution in a major UK station available to 2 million users.
- Worked with the GDS and Department for Transport while using successful project management public sector methodologies.
Associate Consultant
CGI, Inc.
- Assessed the viability of a £10 million eCommerce platform investment in South Africa.
- Built the commercial blueprint for UK mobile telecoms that shared a real-time advertising platform which later became Weve.
- Consolidated a fragmented international mobile app strategy into a single centralized iOS and Android technology platform.
- Acted as the digital SME on a range of different engagements.
Project History
Agile Transformation: Scrum Pilot
Worked with a large enterprise to build the first scrum teams and test new ways of working—leading to dramatically improved outcomes and higher team satisfaction/engagement.
Free Public WiFi
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/station-improvements/free-wifi-at-our-stationsWorked for the national rail operator to build the MVP WiFi service at two of the UK's busiest stations with more than 80 million annual footfall.
eCommerce Startup: Just Provisions
http://www.just-provisions.comBuilt the technology behind the first eCommerce business that targeted owners and crew of super yachts.
Product Vision: National Data Networking Strategy
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/G479RuhROt5U6nWorked with the UK rail industry for a government consultation on the future of digital products and services in the UK .
Product Strategy: Municipal WiFi
http://bit.ly/2CcKxDRWorked with Stockport Business Improvement Districts to highlight the opportunities around the provision of public (municipal) WiFi.
Education
Diploma in Blue Ocean Strategy
INSEAD - Paris, France
Master's Degree in Business and Languages
Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh, Scotland
Certifications
Advanced Certificate in Executive Coaching
Institute of Leadership and Management
SAFe Program Consultant
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Agile Product Manager
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Jira, Trello, Microsoft Power BI, Google Data Studio, Google Docs, Slack, Confluence, HubSpot, GitHub, Rally, TargetProcess, Siebel CRM
Paradigms
Agile Product Management, Agile, Microservices
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications, Food & Beverage, Education Technology (Edtech)
Platforms
Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Monday.com
Other
Business to Business (B2B), Product-market Fit, Product Vision, Mobile Web, Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Roadmaps, Go-to-market Plans, Business Models, Business Model Canvas, Product Marketing, Product Delivery, Digital Product Management, Agile Certified Practitioner, WordPress, Microsoft Office, User Experience (UX), Business Analysis, User Requirements, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Feature Roadmaps, Agile Coaching, Airtable, Data Analysis, Dashboard Design, Stakeholder Management, Backlog Management, Customer Insights, Data Analytics, MySQL, Dashboards, Strategy, New Products, Competitive Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Business, Languages, Human Resources (HR), Marketing, Market Fit, Sales, French-English Translation, Executive Coaching, Product Coach, MVP Design, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Metrics, Value Modeling, Feature Prioritization, PI Planning, ClickUp, Leadership, Active Listening
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