Go-to-market
10 product management consultants
These ten product management consultants hold current independent, freelance, fractional or advisory-firm consulting roles in product management and product strategy. A reader can learn how an experienced product management consultant sets product strategy, builds a roadmap and product process, and helps founders and teams prioritize.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexander Jarzebinski
LinkedInExperience: Product Management Consultant · Freelance
Freelance Product Management Consultant since November 2023. He was also Vice President of Product at emcee (2022–2023) and Co-Founder Chief Product Officer at BattleBards LLC (2014–2025), and his profile cites product leadership across Meta, PlayStation, Blizzard, startups and growth-stage companies, covering product strategy, monetization, platform relaunches and organizational design.
Alexis Longinotti
LinkedInExperience: Product Management Consultant & Advisor · ProductFlex
Product Management Consultant & Advisor at ProductFlex since 2014, providing independent product management services from ideation, product vision and roadmap planning to execution, go-to-market and analytics, per the profile. The listing also shows Director of Product at Lively (2012–2013) and Senior Product Manager at Shutterfly (2008–2011) roles.
Joe Coles
LinkedInExperience: Fractional Product Management Leader, Consultant & Coach · JC Product Consulting
Fractional Product Management Leader, Consultant & Coach at JC Product Consulting since 2023 and Fractional Product Management Lead at airifi since 2024. He was also Product Strategy Consultant at Aferian plc (2023–2024) and Director of Product at HOMESERVE LABS LIMITED (2017–2022), and his profile describes working with teams to build product strategies, roadmaps and capabilities.
Matthew Rowbottom
LinkedInExperience: Product Strategy and Product Management Consulting (Fractional) · Consulting
Fractional product strategy and product management consultant since October 2025, providing retained and project-based product leadership for SMB, startup and growth-stage companies, per his profile. He was also Director of Product Management at 1WorldSync, by Syndigo (2019–2025) and Senior Product Manager, Ecommerce SaaS Platforms at CBS Interactive (2012–2019).
Mike Kalmakis
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Principal Consultant · Kalmakis Product Advisory
Founder & Principal Consultant at Kalmakis Product Advisory since 2020, which his profile says helps AI-native SaaS businesses define product strategies, ship better software and scale. He was also Senior Vice President of Product Management at Evertune AI (2025–2026), and at True Fit he was Senior Vice President, Product Management (2023–2024) and Vice President of Product Management (2019–2024).
Olga Katzenelson
LinkedInExperience: Product Management Consultant · Self Employed
Self-employed Product Management Consultant since March 2025, working as a freelance product leader who helps startups define product strategy, design product systems, establish product processes and mentor product managers, per her profile. She was also Lead Product Manager at Delivery Hero (2021–2024) and Senior Product Manager at Lendico Deutschland GmbH (2018–2021).
Paul Clenahan
LinkedInExperience: Product Management Consultant Advisor · Independent
Independent Product Management Consultant Advisor since 2015 and Founding Product Leader (Consultant Role) at Lirvana Labs since 2022. He was also Product Strategist (Consultant Role) at Winmore (2019–2021) and VP of Products (Consultant Role) at Tanzu Observability by Wavefront (2016–2017), and his profile describes fractional product executive work helping founders and teams bridge strategy and execution.
Rachel Beck, MPA, MS Data Science
LinkedInExperience: Product Management Consultant (AI, Product and Data) · Independent Consultant
Independent Product Management Consultant (AI, Product and Data) since March 2025. She was also Director of Data Product (Product Management and Strategy) at exchange.design (2024–2025) and Product Manager, Analytics and Business Intelligence (Sr. Tech Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation) at CARE (2020–2023), and her profile describes leading cross-functional teams, conducting user research and making technical trade-offs.
Scott Blanksteen
LinkedInExperience: Product Consulting Fractional Chief Product Officer (CPO) & Startup Advisor · Self-Employed
Self-employed Product Consulting Fractional Chief Product Officer (CPO) & Startup Advisor since February 2023, helping growth-stage companies with product strategy, design and team leadership, per his profile. He was also Senior Director, Product Management, Android at Google (2021–2023) and Vice President, Product (Corporate Officer) - Commerce at Walmart (2020–2021).
Victor Nelson
LinkedInExperience: Product Management and Market Development Consultant · Independent Product Management Consultant
Independent Product Management and Market Development Consultant since 2018, a title his listing also shows for 2010 to 2013. He was also Co-founder and Principal Product Manager at Convage (2016–2018) and Manager of SaaS Product Management at NRG Energy (2014–2016), and his profile describes finding unsolved market and customer problems and working with teams to build and launch products.
Choose the right perspective
Match the consultant's background to your product and stage, since enterprise SaaS, consumer, marketplace and data products call for different experience. Decide whether you need strategic advice or a hands-on fractional product leader who will run the roadmap and team.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you assess whether a company's product strategy and roadmap are aligned with its business goals?
- 02What product management process do you put in place first for a team that has outgrown founder-led decisions?
- 03How do you decide what to build next when sales requests, customer feedback and strategy conflict?
About this directory
This is a professional research starting point based on business profile data retrieved on . Titles and companies reflect that source snapshot and may describe past or present roles. Check the linked profiles for current details. Inclusion does not imply Instant Expert membership or availability.
Request a correction or removal