Fractional Product Leadership · Operations · Strategy
Blackbird Product Collective
Senior product expertise · Without the full-time overhead
We embed with your team as a strategic product partner — bringing 13+ years of product leadership, operational rigor, and mission-focused execution to the problems that matter most.
What We Offer
Our Services
Engagements deliver senior-level impact from day one — whether you need a focused sprint or a long-term embedded partner.
Clarity Sprint
A focused engagement to diagnose your biggest product challenge and deliver a clear, actionable path forward.
Alignment Sprint
Cross-functional alignment and roadmap clarity for teams moving fast but pulling in different directions.
Execution Sprint
End-to-end product leadership for a defined initiative — from discovery through delivery.
Retainer — Monthly
Ongoing fractional product leadership embedded with your team as your strategic product partner.
Leadership Consultancy
Hourly advisory for leadership teams navigating complex strategic or organizational product challenges.
Product Leadership
Focused hourly product leadership for a specific problem, workshop, or deliverable.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute discovery call. No pressure, no pitch — just a conversation.
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Capabilities & Lineage
13+ years of product leadership, program management, and operational execution across defense, intelligence, and commercial technology.
Core Capabilities
Product Strategy
- Vision & roadmap development
- Market & competitive analysis
- OKR / KPI frameworks
- Product-market fit validation
- Go-to-market planning
- Dual government & commercial roadmaps
Operations & Process
- Agile / Scrum / SAFe / Kanban
- Budget management & forecasting
- IR&D and CapDev governance
- Process design & optimization
- Cross-functional coordination
- ETC tracking & financial reporting
Leadership & Coaching
- Team hiring & org design
- PM mentorship & growth
- Executive stakeholder management
- Board & investor communication
- Workshop facilitation
- Culture & operating rhythm development
Discovery & Research
- User interviews & usability testing
- Jobs-to-be-done framework
- Data analytics & funnel analysis
- A/B testing & experimentation
- Customer journey mapping
- Mission-domain user research
Intelligence & Geospatial
- GEOINT product delivery
- Remote sensing & UAS systems
- Data architecture & governance
- AWS GovCloud deployments
- AI/ML initiative adoption
- Defense-to-commercial translation
Tools & Platforms
- Jira, Confluence, Asana, Notion
- Figma, Miro, ESRI / ArcGIS
- AWS GovCloud, Azure
- SAFe 6.0, Scrum, Agile Hybrid
- HoneyBook, client ops infrastructure
- SQL, geospatial data analysis
Certifications & Credentials
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Every engagement starts with a conversation. Tell us about your situation and we will find the right path forward.
We work with a small number of clients at a time. Every engagement gets our full attention.