Georgina Montgomery

The person behind the perspective

Georgina Montgomery

Finding the customer problem worth building for.

I lead product organisations at the intersection of customer problems, business ambition and technical possibility. My focus is on helping teams make considered choices about what deserves to be built, what should be learned first and what should be stopped.

I see a roadmap as an expression of judgement, not a list of promises. Discovery and delivery belong in the same operating system: evidence from customers should change priorities, and the consequences of those priorities should be visible to the business.

I build relationships between product, engineering, design and commercial teams so that the organisation can make trade-offs together rather than negotiate them late in delivery.

Portrait of Georgina Montgomery
Georgina MontgomeryChief Product Officer · Australia · Global perspective

In my own words

Product leadership is a discipline of choosing. I connect customer evidence with commercial judgement and technical possibility, so teams understand why an investment matters and what would cause us to change direction.

Georgina Montgomery

Career

Chapters of accountability

  1. 2020 — Present

    Chief Product Officer

    Aldermoor Group

    Leading product strategy, portfolio priorities and the operating model for discovery and delivery. Aligning customer problems, business objectives and technical capacity around a considered product direction.

  2. 2016 — 2020

    Vice President, Product

    Fairhaven Holdings

    Led product teams across discovery, launch and adoption. Developed a practical approach to prioritisation and evidence-led collaboration with engineering, design and commercial colleagues.

  3. 2013 — 2018

    Director of Product, Growth

    Lumen Payments

    Built the self-serve onboarding that tripled small-business adoption.

  4. 2008 — 2013

    Senior Product Manager

    Kestrel Systems

    Launched the company's first SaaS product and learned to measure outcomes rather than output.

Education

Formation

  • B.Des, Interaction DesignNational Institute of Design2004
  • MBA, Strategy & FinanceWestbrook School of Management2004

Recognition

Honours

  • Product Leader of the YearThe Product Leaders Forum2024
  • Best Digital ExperienceThe Enterprise Technology Awards2022

Working languagesEnglish · Indonesian