Freya Wiggin

Freya wiggin

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Fintech Woman of Year Finalist | Product Director | #STANDOUT45 Women In Fintech Power List |

  • Education

    • University of birmingham

      2015 - 2018
      Bachelor’s degree geography ba 2:1

      Geography BA Economics

    • Cheltenham ladies'​ college

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      Geography
  • Experience

    • Patient station

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
      Radio broadcaster

      Broadcaster on a hospital radio channel. Organising shows and creating content.

    • Bbc

      Jan 2011 - Sept 2016

      Experience organising large events with a variety of stakeholders.

      • Event Specialist

        Sept 2012 - Sept 2016
      • Event Assistant

        Jan 2011 - Jan 2016
    • Montpellier public relations ltd

      Jun 2013 - Jun 2013
      Work experience

      Work experience placement

    • Centre of excellence online ltd

      Aug 2014 - Jan 2016
      Certified reflexologist

      I have a diploma in reflexology with a specific interest in women’s health issues

    • Blm

      Sept 2014 - Sept 2014
      Work experience
    • University of birmingham

      Sept 2014 - Jul 2018
      Student

      Graduated BA (hons) Geography 2:1

    • Cheltenham pilates & yoga studios limited

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
      Receptionist
    • His hons john wait

      Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
      Criminal law

      Shadowing a top criminal judge on sentencing and criminal cases

    • Kings chambers

      Sept 2015 - Sept 2015
      Work experience
    • Chartered institute of ecology and environmental management (cieem)

      Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
      Student member
    • St. james’s place wealth management

      Sept 2018 - Mar 2019
      Corporate responsibility

      During the six months in Corporate Responsibility I helped organise International Women's Day, introducing new concepts to be implemented to support women in the business. I also undertook a project with Business in the Community, gathering data from across the business, communicating with external stakeholders to work towards achieving the community mark award.

    • St. james’s place wealth management

      Jul 2019 - Apr 2022

      Product owner of multiple advice tools at St. James's Place Wealth Management. Developing and implementing financial technology in the UK & ASIA with financial advisors and integrating these products with the CRM system Salesforce.- Product owner of OPAL, the goals-based financial planning tool and it’s delivery in the UK and Asia and the Open Banking Proposition at St. James’s Place Wealth Management- Responsible for delivering opportunities to enhance the digital product offering for Partners and Partner practices at St. James’s Place Wealth Management, assessing their business value, developing cases, prioritising stories, epics and themes and ensuring feature development work delivers maximum value and is aligned with the product strategy - Responsible for defining a product vision and strategy that engages multiple users with differing requirements- Creating, owning and maintaining the product backlog features that deliver the product strategy - Providing vision, direction and assistance to the development teams - Ensuring the quality of advice tools, holding development and support teams to account for the delivery of that quality - Owning the release roadmap - Responsible for influencing the 3rd party global relationships and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders across the group- Providing an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of build sprint goals - Responsible for the research and analysis of market trends, following competitors, industry and wider digital and fintech trends Show less Developed the strong financial education brand START, which has become the ‘go to’ page for financial education for under 30’s. Ownership of several projects including the launch of a social media campaign, the launch and creation of a financial education website, and the organisation and rebranding of financial education events to empower young people to develop sensible financial planning habits and dispel some of the misconceptions around investing.Organising multiple successful Private Client events for clients with upwards of 2 M FUM. Show less

      • Product Owner

        Sept 2021 - Apr 2022
      • Interim Product Owner - Business Development & Advice

        Oct 2020 - Sept 2021
      • Corporate Strategy

        May 2020 - Oct 2020
      • Inclusion & Diversity

        Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
      • Private Clients

        Apr 2019 - Sept 2019
      • Project Manager

        Jul 2019 - Jul 2019
    • 145 studios

      May 2020 - May 2021
      Co-founder
    • Wealth wizards

      Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

      - Responsible for envisioning and leading the strategy and execution of multiple SaaS products that are driven by cutting-edge technology, owning the discovery and execution- Building mobile first financial products from idea to implementation, owning the discovery and roadmap end to end which get over 10,000 users a month- Collaborating with cross-functional technical teams to deliver value to clients through continuous discovery and agile development, shifting between different stages of product and solution life cycle- Working closely with Design and UX Research to define customer journeys to create amazing user experiences; in parallel with Engineering to ensure effective delivery of the product- Assessing new products business value, developing cases, prioritising stories, epics and themes and ensuring feature development work delivers maximum value and is aligned with the product strategy - Responsible to mitigate impediments impacting successful team completion of build sprint goals - Responsible for the research and analysis of market trends, following competitors, industry and wider digital and fintech trends Show less

      • Product Manager

        Aug 2022 - Apr 2023
      • Associate Product Manager

        Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
    • Femtech fintech

      Jan 2023 - now
      Founder

      Developing the next generation in Fintech through 20 minute learning sessions with experts in finance services and technology

    • Wtw

      Apr 2023 - now
      Associate director - product

      Responsible for envisioning and leading the strategy and execution of LifeSight Product, owning the discovery and execution of new products and features for more than 400,000 members across over 40 employers and over £20b of assets under management- Leading the development / execution of Product ‘programs’ and multiple products in parallel- Overseeing the end-to-end product development lifecycle for both Android and iOS platforms which get over 30, 000 unique users per month and are rated 4/5 to 4.6/5 on the app stores respectively - Leveraging market research and user feedback to inform product strategies- Fostering collaboration between large cross functional teams- Translating customer insights into innovative solutions Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Product owner

      Scrum alliance
      Dec 2021
    • Certified scrummaster® (csm®)

      Scrum alliance
      May 2020
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Event Specialist

      Issued by BBC
      BBCAssociated with Freya Wiggin