Product Tank Leeds: Practical Approaches to Product Management

It's that time again! Please join us and fellow product tankers for an evening of knowledge sharing and chatting about all things product. We have three great speakers lined up sharing practical tips and learnings from their experiences.

We will be kicking off at 18:30 with some drinks, food and time to chat then settle in for three talks from our speakers starting at 19:00.

The talks we will enjoy for the evening will be as follows:

19:00-19:25 'Improving product management by applying agile principles beyond the delivery cycle' brought to us by Dale Reed

Dale has over 30 years of experience starting from software development through to team leadership and product management. In that time, he has worked in a range of verticals developing and managing software for a diverse user base including accountants, builders, bingo players, celebrities, criminals, priests and vehicles. Dale focusses on the ‘why’ to ensure his team never lose track of the vision, and he works to build a collaborative and engaging working environment.

19:30-19:55 ,How to build a kick ass proposition plan' brought to us by Soffia Bowring

Soffia started her career in the Marketing world, and has been working in Product since 2014 when she joined the Energy team at comparethemarket.com. Having moved to Sky Betting and Gaming in 2016, Soffia has been leading the Promotions squad to deliver product improvements across the Sky Bet website. Including their industry leading loyalty scheme ‘Sky Bet Club’, and in-play notifications.

20:00-20:25 'Driving cultural change by design: Learnings from 3 years of digital discovery' brought to us by Jimmy Adams

Jimmy Adams, Discovery Lead at Sky, will be sharing experiences of a 3-year-long grassroots initiative formed to drive cultural and product innovation, inspired by design thinking, NASA and Michael Douglas

20:30- Time to chat, socialise and maybe nip over to the pub!