I'm Marie. Most product consultants come from SaaS startups. I spent over ten years inside FCA-regulated financial services: pension platforms, insurance underwriting systems, investment software. Environments where compliance is non-negotiable, the data is complicated, and a bad product decision has real consequences. That background is rare. It is also exactly what businesses in regulated industries need and rarely find.
Services
I work remotely with clients across the UK. Some need someone embedded in their team long-term. Others need a short, focused piece of work. Either way, you are getting someone who has navigated regulated environments for over a decade — not a generalist who has read about them.
Your product direction feels unclear, your backlog is a wish list, or your roadmap does not connect to your strategy. I review your proposition, your goals, how your backlog is structured, and how your roadmap is being used. You get a written view of where things are misaligned and what to do about it. Honest observations, no fluff.
Your team is busy but not making the progress you expected. Sprints are chaotic, delivery is inconsistent, or your Agile process has drifted into something that no longer works. I look at how your team is set up, how work flows through it, and where things are breaking down. I then help you implement the right approach — whether that is Scrum, Kanban, or something in between — so your team can deliver reliably.
You want to understand how AI could be part of what you build or how your team works, but you are not sure where to start. I help you think through where AI tools could genuinely add value in your product or processes — whether that is automating something your team does manually, improving how you use data, or exploring what an AI-assisted feature could look like. I am actively educating myself in this space and will give you a grounded view, not a sales pitch for technology you do not need.
You have a development team but no senior product person running what they build. I join you a few days a week: owning the backlog, driving discovery, keeping stakeholders aligned. Most fractional POs come from SaaS. I come from pensions, insurance, and investment platforms. Compliance constraints, FCA requirements, risk-aware delivery are things I have dealt with throughout my career, not things I need to learn on the job.
You don't need someone in the weeds. You need someone to talk things through with. We check in regularly and I stay across your roadmap and the decisions coming up. Useful for founders carrying the product function themselves, or heads of product who want a sounding board with direct experience rather than a generic consultant.
I'm putting together a set of practical tools based on ten years of actual delivery: how to run a backlog properly, how to structure discovery, how to write user stories developers can work from, how to handle a stakeholder who keeps moving the goalposts. Usable from day one, not textbook theory. Get in touch if you want to know when they're ready.
Pricing
I don't charge by the hour. Every engagement is either a fixed fee or a monthly amount. You know the cost before anything starts.
Varies with the size and complexity of the product. We agree the scope before anything starts.
Scope depends on team size and how embedded the issues are. I'll tell you what it needs before you commit to anything.
A focused session and a written report. Deliberately narrow in scope. The goal is two or three practical actions, not a technology strategy.
Rate depends on days per week and length of commitment. Longer arrangements work out cheaper per day. We'd usually do a short trial first.
Two calls a month plus async support in between. Minimum three months. Anything shorter doesn't give enough time to be genuinely useful.
About
I've spent my career in financial services product, which sounds dry until you've actually done it. Pension platforms, FCA-regulated investment software, insurance underwriting systems: environments where the regulatory constraints are real, the data is complicated. The cost of a bad product decision isn't abstract.
What I've got good at over the years is the bit in the middle: understanding what a business actually needs, translating that into something a development team can build. Keeping everyone aligned while it happens. I've managed teams, worked with offshore developers, sat in front of boards. I have pushed back on clients when their requirements didn't make sense.
Outside of work, I play netball competitively with Doves Netball Club in Bristol. I recently completed my PADI diving qualification. I think staying curious and doing hard things outside your comfort zone tends to make you better at work too.
On AI
AI is something I'm actively educating myself on. Not to become a technical expert, but to understand what it can genuinely do for businesses: what is worth trying, what the limitations are. Where the practical value actually sits. I want to give clients a grounded view, not just pass on what I've read. So I stay close to it, test things in my own work. I keep updating my thinking as it develops.
Experience
Over ten years across pension platforms, insurance underwriting, investment software, and financial data — all in regulated environments where the stakes are real. The full detail is on my LinkedIn.
How it works
Straightforward from start to finish.
Tell me what's going on. I'll ask questions and give you an honest view of whether I can help. We'll work out what that would look like. No charge for the call.
Scope, output, timeline, cost. Written down before anything starts. No surprises later.
I work with your team directly. I keep you updated. If something isn't working I'll say so early.
A report, roadmap, audit, or discovery pack, documented so your team can run with it, with or without me.
If something here sounds like what you need, drop me a message. I'll come back to you quickly and we can work out whether it's a fit.
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