Passionate problem solver, with experience in consumer products, enterprise products and those in between. Built, led, managed and coached teams to deliver exceptional products. I enjoy creating and working in great teams, as much as recognising a user problem and solving it.
Head of Product Management @ Over the last 5 years have taken the product from a
Passionate problem solver, with experience in consumer products, enterprise products and those in between. Built, led, managed and coached teams to deliver exceptional products. I enjoy creating and working in great teams, as much as recognising a user problem and solving it.
Head of Product Management @ Over the last 5 years have taken the product from a consumer tool to a leading enterprise collaboration product.
Hired and manage a team of Product Managers and UX Designers responsible for the delivery of web, mobile and desktop applications.
Talk to and understand the needs of both buyer and user, to recognise opportunities and define a roadmap for the product.
Define product strategy and direction for a technology team of 50 developers, QA’s and architects.
Responsible directly for solving problems related to user retention and enterprise capabilities. From January 2013 to Present (3 years) London, United KingdomSenior Product Manager @ Delivered the complete re-architecture and re-design of the Files application, the most critical, and used part of the Huddle product.
Talked to customers, propsective customers and lost customers to understand the needs of our market, and the problems we could solve.
Managed a team of Product Managers, delivering our first iOS application, first desktop sync product and overall improvements to the main web application. From May 2010 to January 2013 (2 years 9 months) London, United KingdomLead Technical Analyst @ Lead Analyst on the largest technology redesign and platforming in Travelocity history, delivering a new way to book your next adventure.
Coordinated with agile teams across three continents, to deliver engaging and useful products that changed people’s lives.
Gathered and defined requirements across multiple stakeholders, in multiple countries and time zones.
Managed and mentored analysts across the TVLY business. From 2007 to 2010 (3 years) Business Analyst @ Gathered requirements, and designs for a new lifestyle e-commerce product, selling theatre tickets, music tickets and other items to users, on one of the largest e-commerce sites in the UK.
Managed the analysis and implementation of the Zuji-lastminute.com integration, putting together the largest Asian OTA and the UK’s largest OTA (at the time). The project required understanding the travel markets in Taiwan, Australia and Hong Kong, and building a product that met the core needs of all of them. The differences were…extensive. From January 2006 to 2007 (1 year) London, United KingdomTechnology Consultant @ From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) Technology Consultant @ From 2004 to 2006 (2 years)
Bachelor’s Degree, International History, First Class Honours @ The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) From 2000 to 2003 Luke Taylor is skilled in: Agile Methodologies, Product Management, Agile Project Management, Scrum, SaaS, Cloud Computing, User Experience, Mobile Devices, Mobile Applications, Software Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Software Development, Business Analysis, Enterprise Software, E-commerce
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