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John
Wood
Vice President of Product Management
GoCardless
John Wood is the Vice President of Product Management at GoCardless. He leads the dedicated team responsible for building GoCardless’ bank payments platform, which currently powers payments for over 100,000 merchants and partners globally. Prior to GoCardless, John drove product strategy for core payment services as the Director of Product Management at CNN and held product roles at Penguin Random House and RapidNFC. He holds a BSc in Chemistry from The University of Manchester.
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03 December 2025 09:45 - 10:15
Winning is a byproduct: Three golden rules to build great products, and a great career
Product Managers are central to creating and operating businesses today. But unfortunately, most PMs are trained to think of their career as a zero-sum game. This talk will highlight three golden rules for PMs to become successful product leaders - Attributes of great PMs - Focus on people - Focus on process Among other things, it will discuss how to rally cross-functional teams using frameworks (like OKRs), tips to influence others without authority especially when working remotely, and using data and experimentation to launch the "most valuable products". The talk will contain real-life anecdotes and should be useful and relatable to Product Managers and Leaders at all levels.