Imogen WallaceChief Product Officer · Essays & perspective

Chief Product Officer Australia · Global perspective

A record of
consequential work.

Active customers
12 M
Across four product lines
Net Promoter Score gain
+46
After a discovery-led redesign
Products to $100 M ARR
3
From zero, in five years
Roadmap retired
70%
To focus on what customers valued

Decisions & consequences

01

Product portfolio focus

The product portfolio had become a collection of commitments without a shared view of customer value. I worked with commercial and engineering leaders to identify the problems each initiative addressed, the evidence behind them and the capacity required. We reduced competing priorities and gave each remaining investment an explicit learning objective.

02

Customer discovery

A proposed feature had strong internal support but an unclear user problem. We ran a focused discovery programme with customers, observed the work surrounding the request and tested a smaller proposition. The findings changed both the product scope and the way the team described the value to customers.

03

Product adoption

A launch met its delivery milestone but required a clearer path to adoption. I brought product, customer success and sales into a common review of onboarding friction, usage signals and customer expectations. Product decisions were then informed by the whole customer journey rather than release completion alone.

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