As an Advanced Certified Product Owner (A-CSPO) at YouTube, Emily Golding thrives on transforming complex challenges into innovative business tooling solutions that delight users. With a passion for building collaborative, high-trust scrum teams, Emily believes in fostering a shared understanding of the "why" behind the work, empowering teams to achieve extraordinary results together. Her background in education and higher education research, including a master's degree from Oxford University where she studied the role of mentorship on US college campuses, informs her approach to coaching and developing people in the workplace. This commitment to growth extends beyond her day job, as evidenced by her volunteer role as a grief group facilitator with hospice and her current enrolment in NYU's Certificate in Executive Coaching program. By integrating leadership development principles, personal growth learnings, empathy, and real-world experience, Emily brings a truly human-centered approach to product ownership at YouTube.