Gareth Wood

Overview

Based in Birmingham. I lead onboarding and activation at Vellum Bio. Took growth activation from 23% to 58% in three quarters. Most at home with lifecycle and user research. Outside work: long runs and longer podcasts.

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Experience

1. Director of Product

   Dec 2024 - Present
   Vellum Bio · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Birmingham, UK
   • Ran 171 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
   • Launched the growth product in 4 markets.
2. Senior Product Manager

   Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
   EY · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Birmingham, UK
   • Took growth activation from 19% to 53% in three quarters.
3. Senior Product Manager

   Dec 2018 - Jun 2022
   Lloyds Banking Group · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Birmingham, UK
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Ran 58 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
4. Senior Product Manager

   Jul 2016 - Dec 2018
   AIB · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Birmingham, UK
   • Grew growth revenue from $2 million to $14 million ARR.
   • Ran 124 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
5. Product Manager

   Feb 2013 - Jul 2016
   Stripe · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Birmingham, UK
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new growth customers from 19 days to 3.
   • Ran 50 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

1. University of Cambridge

   BA, Computer Science
   2005 - 2008