Growing tech and digital product companies often reach a point where product decisions need someone senior in the room, but not the cost, time or risk of a full-time executive hire.
I step into that gap, building the product function, systems and roadmap an organisation needs until you have exactly what you need to hire permanently.
A few signs it might be time to bring in senior product leadership.
Setting priorities and sequencing the roadmap around what's actually moving the business, not whoever argues loudest in the room. Drawing on 7+ years leading product functions at global scale.
Standing up the product function from the ground up, from playbooks and rituals to how decisions actually get made. I build a product practice that outlasts my involvement, for companies with no dedicated product discipline yet.
Working directly alongside founders and leadership teams as a senior product voice at the table, translating between vision, execution, and what the market and data are actually telling you.
Supporting the hire of your permanent product lead end-to-end, from defining the role and running the search to a structured handover that sets them up to succeed.
Ongoing embedded product leadership, ideal for teams that need a steady senior voice in the room without the cost of a full-time hire.
Full-time coverage while you search for or onboard your permanent product lead, so momentum and decision-making don't stall.
A focused, time-boxed engagement to solve one problem, like a roadmap reset or building a product function from scratch.
"Hana came in when LUMOS had no dedicated product discipline. She grasped our vision and current state remarkably quickly, delivered a full playbook of priorities, timelines and concrete plans, then supported our Product Lead hire end-to-end. Efficient, perceptive and a real pleasure to work with."Cynthia Rahardja — Co-founder & COO at LUMOS
Led behavioural systems for one of the world's largest online games, across a platform of over 140 million monthly active users.
Built platform software for products serving global organisations across 180 countries.
Built a product function from the ground up for an Australian startup, from priorities and roadmap to a structured Product Lead hire.
I take a small number of engagements at any given time, working with founders and leadership teams who need senior product judgement without a full-time hire. If this sounds like what you need, I'd love to hear from you.