Fraser Whitfield

Experience

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  British Council

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2012

  English Language Teaching Assistant

  Taught English language to students aged 14-22. I was responsible for the creation and delivery of lesson plans.

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  SC Johnson Professional GmbH

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2018

  • Product Manager

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Future Leaders Graduate Programme

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2015
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  Impact

  Aug 2013 - Mar 2014

  Ignite Graduate Training Programme
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  Tobii

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  Product Consultant

  -Consulted on key product, marketing and branding initiatives for clients across FMCG, Healthcare, Media, Travel and Public sectors leading a team of 4 analysts-Won and delivered significant contracts with several major brands competing against leading consulting firms-Developed skills in client relationships and applying research and product best practises in diverse scenarios

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  Financial Times

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2021

  Product Manager

  -Led strategic research initiatives within the FT Digital Products team, contributing to significant subscriber growth for the emerging US business as a vital member of the newly-formed US Product Growth team.-Played a key role in a number of high profile global projects-Acted as product lead for end-to-end development of the FT's further education platform for the US market.

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  Knights plc

  Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

  Lead Product Manager

  -Led digital customer product initiatives in a top UK legal & professional services firm, bringing user centricity to Knights' digital transformation strategy.-Successfully conceptualised, scoped, and directed the end-to-end development of a conveyancing and remortgage mobile application within 6-months of joining the organisation. Included integration of 3rd party tooling to meet KYC, money laundering and credit checks, and payment handling.-Shaped the 2022 digital product strategy (B2B & B2C) as a key member of the digital transformation team.-Managed vital supplier relationships, ensuring project budget adherence and satisfactory outcomes. Show less

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  SenseOn

  Jan 2022 - now

  -Established, lead and nurture a team of Product Managers, Product Marketeers and Product Designers-Reporting to the CEO, I am responsible for the definition and articulation of the product vision and strategy ensuring internal alignment as well as delivering key customer/ partner communications.-Maintain a product roadmap working with engineering leadership to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.-Ensure user, business, market and technical considerations are represented throughout product development, leading multiple complex projects.-Fostering a culture of experimentation through the use of data and implementing strategic guardrails using OKRs.-Deliver real impact through product initiatives by owning and driving launch processes alongside Marketing, Sales, Customer Success and Finance colleagues.-Introduced customer centricity and built a team of experts to take a previously technical-led product to the next level achieving significant business growth and excellent customer retention Show less

  • Head of Product

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Product Director

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Senior Product Manager

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023