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I'm Joel

Accomplished digital product management and experience design leader, underpinned by proven skills in large-scale programme and project delivery in matrix environments.

Trailblazer in Silicon Valley for 8 years, designing and delivering a full-stack commerce platform for the world's largest retailer, generating $1bn+ in annual revenue. Track record of building multi-disciplinary teams to unlock the power of technology, managing risks and optimising resources to achieve double-digit growth in B2B, B2C and DTC.

Recognised for making the complex a little simpler - solving problems and helping people and processes get 'unstuck'.

Joel Albyn

My career to date

I’ve over 15 years in digital product and portfolio leadership and management. In that time, I’ve had the opportunity to wear a number of different hats – commercial, project, programme, business change, product, UX and UI design and pure-play innovation. Without doubt, I’m a visual thinker, with a keen focus on delivery to the bottom line - and driving double-digit growth is a given!

Product vision / strategy

Product roadmaps

Rapid prototyping

Programme governance

Project planning

Exec-level partnership

RAID mangement

Agile / Kanban

Budget and cost control

Customer empathy

Experimentation

Web / native app design

Investment cases

Target operating models

OKR definition

Building global teams

Coaching and mentoring

EQ across stakeholders

What else have I been up to

Joel and team volunteering with Age UK

Volunteering at Age UK Leeds