Debbie James
Debbie is an experienced product leader and change management consultant with 20+ years delivering innovation, transformation and growth across a number of sectors including Media & Publishing, Healthtech and Martech.
From launching Channel 5’s My5 streaming platform to spearheading Time Out Media’s digital transformation, she brings a blend of creativity, commercial acumen and technical depth.
Consultant/Mentor
Product management sits at the intersection of art and science, and the opportunity to lead teams with vision and purpose is what makes it so exciting and engaging. Delivering both business and user value is a huge motivator for me.
Experience
Debbie has a passion for identifying business and user needs and creating strategies and roadmaps that deliver tangible outcomes and turn vision into impact. She has helped companies on their digital transformation journey to become more product-centric and has built and scaled teams and ways of working to deliver outstanding results and improve employee engagement.
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20+ years of digital product management experience, over 10 years in digital transformation leadership roles
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15 years in Media and Publishing and 2 years in B2B SaaS leadership
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Triple-digit growth across a number of products and companies
Specialisms
​Consulting
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Product mentor
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Customer journey mapping
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Customer profiling
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Go-to-market product strategies
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OKR's and metrics
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Prioritisation strategies
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Product and digital transformation
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Product leadership transition mentoring
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Product market fit
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Product marketing
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Product operating model design
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Product vision, strategy and roadmapping​
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Customer journey mapping
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Product discovery and design thinking
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Product vision, strategy and roadmapping
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Team Culture
