William Burton

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VP of Product, Vista Labs - unit economics · matching · trust & safety

Vista Labs
Bristol, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
14+ years experience
University of Warwick
English
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Overview

Currently at Vista Labs, where I lead marketplaces with a team of 9. Ran 127 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Took marketplace activation from 21% to 58% in three quarters. Most at home with matching and trust & safety. Jazz piano, badly.

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Skills
two-sided networksunit economicsdocumentationtrust & safetymatching
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Looking for a product manager who has worked on unit economics at scale

Role
Product manager
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$175k-$205k + equity
Team
Marketplace, 13 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Production experience with matching Production experience with two-sided networks Good judgment about what not to build
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp £93k-£152k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Bristol, UK · remote OKtrust & safetytwo-sided networksmatching
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Experience

  1. VP of Product
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Vista Labs · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bristol, UK
    • Ran 66 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
    • Grew marketplace revenue from $4 million to $25 million ARR.
    • Launched the marketplace product in 10 markets.
  2. Product Manager
    Oct 2020 - Jun 2023
    Lloyds Banking Group · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bristol, UK
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 19 days to 3.
  3. Product Manager
    Feb 2019 - Oct 2020
    BBC · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bristol, UK
    • Took marketplace activation from 28% to 43% in three quarters.
  4. Director of Product
    Aug 2015 - Feb 2019
    Shell · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bristol, UK
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
    • Took marketplace activation from 26% to 47% in three quarters.
  5. Associate Product Manager
    Feb 2013 - Aug 2015
    Stripe · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bristol, UK
    • Took marketplace activation from 20% to 58% in three quarters.
    • Killed 7 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.

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Education

  1. University of Warwick
    BSc, Business Administration
    1997 - 2000

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