
Isabelle Rucho
Product Manager | Product Marketing - Freelance
Salary / Daily rate
74110 Morzine, France
Mobility: Geneva
Freelance
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
I'm a product management and product marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience across B2B SaaS, AI, gaming and consumer technology. I help software and AI companies build the right product, sharpen how it is positioned and create sustainable growth. As a fractional or freelance Product Manager, Product Marketing Manager and Product & Growth Partner, I can lead a defined project or become a senior, hands-on extension of your team. My work spans product strategy and discove
Work experience
Product Management & Product Marketing | Freelance
Scale Smarter
Jul 2026 - Present
4 months
Remote
Independent consultant specialising in senior product leadership, product marketing and customer communication systems for founder-led B2B SaaS and AI companies. https://scalesmarter.io
Founder
CampaignPath
Jan 2026 - Present
10 months
Remote
Building an AI-assisted B2B SaaS product that helps solo marketers and small teams move from campaign context to strategy, positioning, channel priorities and activation plans. • Identified an opportunity to improve fragmented marketing-planning workflows through customer, competitor and community research. • Own the complete 0→1 product lifecycle across vision, ICP, roadmap, requirements, UX, AI design, testing, pricing and go-to-market. • Designed a staged AI workflow connecting brand context, market intelligence, positioning, channel strategy and campaign activation. • Built user-control and governance mechanisms including editing, regeneration, approval, versioning and quality validation. • AI-assisted development across React, TypeScript, Supabase and Vercel, moving the product from concept to working SaaS.
Tidio
Mar 2024 - Jul 2025
1 year 5 months
Lead Product Manager
May 2024 - Jul 2025
1 year 3 months
Developed vision, strategy and led Connet Tribe (two squads) including an SPM. Owned AI Agent capabilities, integrations, APIs, SDKs and automation workflows, aligning the roadmap around resolution, adoption and revenue. • Built a 0→1 AI Product Recommendation Engine from customer research and conversation analysis, defining the experience, positioning and product proposition. • Created go-to-market positioning, messaging, customer cohorts, launch communications, lifecycle education and sales enablement. • Increased AI metered revenue and conversation resolution by 25% through feature gating, upsell design and product-adoption improvements. • Improved WordPress and WooCommerce activation by 12% through funnel analysis improvements • Introduced in-product messaging, changelog and public roadmap to scale customer education, product updates and product feedback.
Senior Product Manager
Mar 2024 - May 2024
3 months
Owned Tidio’s Email Campaigns product across strategy, activation, audience data, integrations, feature access and customer experience. • Increased Tidio's activation by 10% by introducing Entri.com domain-verification within the first month. • Assessed the market, customer needs, competitors, product gaps and revenue potential, recommending investment move toward Tidio’s AI-first strategy. • Planned the product sunset and led end-of-life communications across customer notices, FAQs, timelines and sales and support enablement. • Defined CRM and CDP data requirements to improve Tidio's users' audience targeting and lifecycle communication.
SureSwift CapitalFreelance
Jul 2020 - Jul 2023
3 years 1 month
GM/ Product Lead
Dec 2022 - Jul 2023
8 months
Owned product strategy, roadmap, P&L, growth and a six-person team for a B2B2C reference-checking SaaS platform. • Used customer interviews, competitor analysis and market sizing to refine the ICP, positioning, messaging and enterprise product strategy. • Grew ARR from $850k to $1.1m within six months through enterprise focus, pricing optimisation and clearer product-market alignment. • Took a Greenhouse integration from discovery through launch, partner go-to-market and customer communications, contributing to 6% month-on-month growth. • Improved G2 ranking from 13th to ninth through customer advocacy communications, while consolidating HubSpot, Chargebee and Apollo across acquisition, billing and renewals • Defined revised pricing and managed the customer experience surrounding billing, subscription changes and international expansion.
Product Lead
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 7 months
Owned product strategy, delivery, growth, revenue and a four-person team for a B2B2C affiliate and partnership platform. • Increased ARPU from $41 to $53 and MRR by 12.5% through customer insight, pricing, packaging and feature-led monetisation. • Increased onboarding completion from 45% to 85% through funnel analysis, experimentation, segmentation and lifecycle communications. • Shipped two-way merchant and affiliate messaging, improving the product proposition and increasing weekly active users by 40%. • Designed upgrade, downgrade, cancellation, retention and failed-payment journeys across the product, email and CRM.
Product Manager (Growth)
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
1 year 1 month
Owned product growth, monetisation, positioning and lifecycle strategy for a document-workflow automation SaaS product. • Used customer research, competitor analysis and market sizing to reposition the product and clarify its messaging across the website and product journey. • Grew MRR from $110k to $140k and visitor-to-trial conversion from 15% to 35% through improved proposition, website journeys and activation. • Increased ARPU by 15% through a price increase and grandfathering communication strategy while keeping associated churn below 3%. • Built experimentation and lifecycle programmes across onboarding, trial conversion, retention, upsell and referral, improving activation by 6%.
Head Of Marketing
Laundrapp
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
10 months
London, UK
Led marketing, growth and customer engagement across acquisition, activation, retention, revenue and referrals. • Combined customer research, product priorities and market analysis to define the company’s first cohesive positioning and marketing strategy in two years. • Reduced CAC from £35 to £21 within three months through proposition, targeting and channel optimisation. • Reactivated 13% of churned customers through segmented email, push-notification and retargeting journeys. • Implemented Braze and defined the customer data, segmentation and lifecycle communications required across email, push and SMS.
Digital Marketing Lead
Clyde & Co
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
1 year
London, UK
Led digital marketing, MarTech and customer-facing platform strategy for a global B2B law firm across more than 40 offices. • Created the firm’s first digital marketing and platform strategies, connecting customer needs, business development and digital experience. • Built a three-year roadmap spanning website, CRM, analytics, content operations, email and sales enablement. • Led positioning, information architecture, SEO and content strategy for a multilingual corporate website. • Defined firmwide email and digital communication practices and scoped a multimillion-pound CRM transformation.
PokerStars
Sep 2010 - Aug 2016
6 years
London, UK
Head of Team Pro Marketing
Oct 2014 - Aug 2016
1 year 11 months
London, UK
Led global ambassador, influencer and sponsorship strategy across more than 35 markets, managing a $5m budget and over 40 ambassadors. • Defined audience strategy, positioning, talent proposition and activation plans across content, community, product launches and live events. • Adapted global messaging and campaign frameworks for regional acquisition and customer-engagement teams. • Introduced OKRs and ROI dashboards, increasing measurable programme impact by 28%. • Launched PokerStars’ first Twitch channel and developed customer experiences connecting ambassadors with online and live-event audiences.
Marketing Manager
Sep 2010 - Oct 2014
4 years 2 months
London, UK
Led product marketing and integrated campaigns across desktop software, mobile products, online games and live events. • Contributed to customer research, positioning and go-to-market for launches including PokerStars Mobile, Home Games and Spin & Go. • Developed customer communications across CRM, product, web, social, PR, television and live-event channels. • Created tournament and customer-experience initiatives that generated more than $100k in additional annual revenue. • Delivered digital experiences covering website, intranet and games, defining UX, content, SEO and CRM integrations and achieving top-three Google rankings within six months.
Product Marketing Manager
GVC Group
Oct 2009 - Oct 2010
1 year 1 month
London, UK
Led positioning and go-to-market for new gaming products within an international direct-to-consumer portfolio. • Launched Circus, the product line’s most commercially successful slot-game release at the time. • Defined the proposition, campaign narrative, launch plan and customer acquisition journey. • Developed a supporting free-to-play Facebook experience and coordinated PPC, affiliate, display, social and remarketing communications. • Built acquisition websites from strategy through branding, development, partnerships and SEO.
Audience Development Manager
London Metropolitan UniversityFreelance
Jul 2009 - Oct 2009
4 months
London, UK
Led audience development for exhibitions, events and membership programmes. • Developed campaign positioning and communications across PR, advertising, email, web and social media. • Helped deliver the organisation’s second-most successful exhibition launch at the time for visitor numbers and press coverage. • Built membership acquisition and retention activity across events, newsletters and digital content.
Marketing Campaigns Manager
Youth Media (UK) Ltd.
Aug 2008 - Jul 2009
1 year
London, UK
Planned and delivered audience-focused campaigns for clients including the RAF, Royal Navy, CNN, Financial Times and Fitness First. • Translated client objectives and audience insight into campaign propositions, channel plans and delivery briefs. • Managed campaign websites, content, digital assets and cross-functional delivery. • Reported on campaign performance, audience response and customer insight.
Public Relations Communications Officer
Department of Health and Social CareFreelance
Nov 2006 - Apr 2007
6 months
London, UK
Delivered stakeholder and public-facing communications for public-sector and education audiences. • Produced web, campaign, PR and editorial content. • Coordinated internal contributors, external partners and delivery schedules.
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Essentials
2022 - 2022
5 months
The Open University
BA (Hons), Humanities (2.1)
2008 - 2010
3 years
The British School of Paris
Business Studies, Design & Technology, French
1998 - 2000
3 years
Licenses & certifications
Product Management for AI & Data Science
Issued: Jan 2024
Advanced Product Managment : Vision & Strategy
Issued: Oct 2023
Inbound Marketing
Issued: Jul 2023
HubSpot Sales Software
Issued: Jul 2023
HubSpot Marketing Software
Issued: Jul 2023
Revenue Operations
Issued: Jun 2023
Inbound
Issued: Jun 2023
Agile Scrum Product Owner
Issued: Jan 2020
Product Management
Issued: Jan 2020
AdWords Search Certification (Google)
Issued: Aug 2019
AdWords Fundamentals (Google)
Issued: Jun 2019
Masterclass : Strategic Marketing
Issued: Oct 2015
Masterclass: e-CRM
Issued: Jan 2015
CIM Associate (ACIM)
Issued: Aug 2014
Usability & User Experience
Issued: Feb 2014
Masterclass: Analytics & Optimisation
Issued: Jul 2013
Mobile Marketing Campaigns
Issued: Feb 2013
People Managers Bootcamp
Issued: Apr 2012
Prince II & Agile Project Management
Issued: Feb 2012
Certificate in Marketing Communications
Issued: Jan 2005
Portfolio

Docparser: Repositioning That Helped More Than Double Trial Conversion
