Growth Partner to Product-Led Businesses
Where customer insight, design and product strategy come together to create growth.
What stage are you at and what’s holding your product back?
We’ve raised money. Now we need to deliver.
You’ve got funding, ambitious growth targets and investors expecting progress.
But your product team isn’t yet equipped to turn that pressure into a clear roadmap and consistent execution.
We need to respond to what’s changing.
Your market is shifting. Maybe it’s regulation, new technology, new competitors or changing customer behaviour.
You know standing still isn’t an option. But with competing opportunities and limited resources, it’s not always obvious what to do next or where to focus.
We need senior product thinking, but we’re not ready for a full-time hire.
You’re at the point where product needs more direction, challenge and leadership, but a permanent Head of Product, CPO or larger product team doesn’t make sense yet.
Who I work with
Placeholder — needs your criteriaI build capability.
Not dependency.
Most consultants arrive with a methodology, produce some recommendations and leave.
I prefer to work alongside your team.
I’ll help you solve the immediate challenge — while improving the way your organisation makes product decisions, tests ideas and turns strategy into action.
Work that made a difference
Halved a 6-week onboarding window for 13,000 apprentices
Diagnosed where the time actually went: 51% of lead time sat on hold, waiting on manual reconciliation. Shipped a phased strategy and a working prototype; Slice 1 now in delivery.
Validated a £200+ price point from zero brand equity
Building a padel racket brand from 0 → 1. Found a gap in a fast-growing market, then built the product end-to-end.
Built an in-house design practice and a product operating model
Set the direction and ways of working for product and design at the regulator, then hired and grew the team to run it.
Took a $10k+ product from phone-only to self-serve
Shipped a website transformation for a NASDAQ-listed expedition cruise company against an 18-month roadmap.
Trusted by founders, product leaders and ambitious teams across industries.
Neil is simply brilliant — as capable of operating a company as he is a department.
Anant Sharma
CEO, Matter Of Form
Highly proactive, a strong communicator and presenter, and a true team player. He has a natural talent for unpacking complex domains and making them accessible to stakeholders and product & tech colleagues alike. What I particularly admire about him, and what makes him a particular asset, is his drive: he is always seeking next steps, always pushing things forward, while never losing sight of the ‘why’.
Joss Wyatt Head of Product, BPP
Neil brings a real depth of leadership skills. This shines through in how he manages and motivates the people around him, and in his ability to set a strategic vision and align people towards its delivery. In his role at FCA, he was as a trailblazer for embedding a digital product operating model and ways of working whilst building an in-house design practice.
He communicates with crisp clarity, insight and gravitas, whilst remaining personable and approachable for stakeholders and team members alike.
Brian McIntyre Head of Digital, FCA