Lung Alexandra

Stepping-in as interim CPO or VP of Product to hire, scale and lead the product management teams and practices for short periods. I fix product or business challenges, level up the product teams, establish effective product discovery & delivery processes, drive growth and help hire a full time product leader. Coaching for VPs of Product, CPOs and founders on how to become strong C-level execs that drive growth, make the right decisions and achieve greater impact. Topics covered: - audit of the organization and processes to optimize business impact - increase acquisition / retention through product led growth techniques - organisational design of product & design teams - from 1st hire to hyper-growth - product strategy definition and how to decline it into actionable initiatives - coach PMs and level up to transition to senior PMs or managers - product culture - help teams deliver the right product fast through best in class methods adapted to the company - improve discovery & delivery practices

Coach for Wilco's founders

I teach workshops focused on hands-on exercises and real job life stories to empower product people to become better professionals and build successful products. Here are some of the topics: Outcome-based product roadmaps, rapid prototyping and experimentations, Facilitation, user research, cognitive biases in product design, product problem discovery and much more. Check the future sessions here: https://www.productacademy.ch/workshops/

I enjoy sharing my experiences and my stories in order to empower people worldwide to build better products and to take a step forward in their career. You can find my past and future speaking engagements here: http://www.alexandralung.com/index.php/public-speaking/

- Member of the Leadership team and manager of a team of 10 people - Defined new Product vision & strategy in 2 months - Restructuring of the teams and objectives - Accelerate product adoption and prepare for launching in a new country

Joined as CPO to shape the global product strategy of Signaturit group and drive the product integration plan for M&As (Signaturit, Ivnosys, Universign...). With the ambition to become the European leader of e-signature, I lead the product and design teams and coordinate all product initiatives spanning SMB to Enterprise clients.

- Drive Product led growth in a fast paced scale up environment (between series B and series D when Aircall became an unicorn - 1B$ valuation in 2021) - Lead, manage and mentor a team of 15 PMs and Designers (hired 8 people in my first 3 months) - Drive the strategic direction, define the global roadmap for all product initiatives and ensure its execution - Scale up the PM and Design practices and refine processes to improve quality and speed, whilst reducing waste

- Coach product teams on lean startup, agile and user-centered design values and practices.  - Strong collaboration with balanced teams of design and engineering and with stakeholders - Define, validate and communicate product vision and strategy - Build and pilot outcome focused product roadmaps - Conduct user research to understand user needs or test usability in order to create feasible and valuable solutions - Formalise assumptions and risks and run lean experiments to validate or invalidate them - Break down complex problems into simple solutions that continuously deliver measurable value - Define OKRs to insure alignment on what success means - Focus on data-driven approaches to build valuable features and accelerate the learning process

- Definition of the product strategy with the CEO & CTO - Product roadmap definition and implementation, multiple complex product launches - Translation of technical innovative concepts into a visual product and balancing form and function - SaaS cloud based product lead: concept, vision, technical specifications - Business development, solution selling, negotiations - Cloud and CSB market analysis, Competitive benchmark - Industry trends and customer segmentation; Positioning and differentiation