Simon Conway

A dynamic, experienced and hands-on product manager focused on product discovery and growth.

My passion is working with start up/scale up business to find product market fit and drive growth through modern product practices.

simon.conway@condaal.com

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linkedin.com/in/simonconway

I love product management!

Especially...

Working at start-ups/scale-ups, to establish traction and drive growth.

I find these businesses the most exciting! A shared vision, exciting potential, ability to have a tangible impact, an emerging culture.

I have a strong work ethic which is required at this stage. And I thrive in ambiguity which I find is helpful in early stage companies.

Working hands-on, in small teams solving real business problems.

I am a firm believer in the Marty Cagan style Product Operating Model. For me, this means working in small, cross functional teams, solving real business problems, working at pace, releasing real value to customers often, iterating based on customer insights all in the service of an ambitious vision.

In addition, I value a growth learning environment where teams are encouraged to share, coach, mentor and learn from each other. (A powerful cultural approach!)

B2B productivity tools that apply AI to improve innovation.

I love tools that improve CX, research, discovery, delivery or general business productivity. My dream is to work at the next Figma, Slack, Aha, Miro, Webflow, Atlassian, ToDoist, Notion.

I love to work on products that help teams work smarter. I like reimagining processes and rituals. I like the complexity of B2B software and I am fascinated how AI is rapidly changing our approach to innovation.

Remote-first working. 

I have many years of experience in remote-first and full remote work. I firmly believe remote first, done well, is a more productive work approach. (My highest impact work was fully remote or remote first).

The value I add

Modern practices

I have applied many modern frameworks for innovation including

Product Operating Model

Customer Journey Management

Agile

Business
building

I develop culture through teaching, sharing, coaching, learning

Product coaching

Designing, presenting and leading workshops and presentations.

Creating and delivering training courses

Remote first
expert

Years of experience and success working remote-first‍

Several fully remote and remote-first projects.

Designed remote working for a team of 100 in the pandemic.

Testimonials

Here is what my colleagues and clients say....

"He is understanding and inspirational - the sort of person you simply want to work for and go the extra mile with."

Edwin Groenenndaal - CEO, Harness Intelligence

“As I’ve grown in my career Simon’s coaching was and remains invaluable. Moreover, he cares much more about people over process and genuinely is a great great individual.”

Jason Burin - Product Director, Diageo

"Simon is one of the 'go to' people in AND Digital for Product centric knowledge."

Stuart Munton - Chief for delivery - AND Digital

“Simon is a valued member of my leadership team. His contribution has helped make Newton the successful club it is today.”

Shan Beerstecher - Club Executive, AND Digital

"Simon not only is one of the best Product principals I have come across in all my years of professional services, but also has a keen commercial awareness and business development acumen"

Fahad Ansari - Business Development Manager - AND Digital

"Simon is exceptionally knowledgeable on modern product, agile and experience design, with a sharp commercial and business awareness"

Mary Ahern - CEO - Alps Education

“Simon is a brilliant Product consultant. He faces into big-picture problems, quickly understanding the wider scope of what's really going on. He is remarkably action-oriented."

Tom Rooney - Product Director - Primark

"A stand out quality is Simon’s genuine passion about supporting other people’s growth and championing their successes."

Nick Simm - Squad Lead - AND Digital