Andrew Milburn

Product Director | 15 yrs | B2B | B2C | FinTech | SaaS | GenAI

Tadworth, England, United Kingdom

About

An accomplished Product Director and an influential leader with proven experience leading global product teams to manage both established products and develop 0 to 1 products. (B2B, B2C) Track record of delivering sustainable ROI enabled through a clear product strategy, customer focus, data and market analysis and strong technical Agile delivery practices. A strategic, passionate and driven product leader, motivating both Product and Engineering teams to deliver customer value in complex organisations.

Experience

  • Director of Product Management at AXA UK
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Product Director at Global Relay
    Sep 2021 - Mar 2026 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    Reporting to CEO. Leading the global product strategy and delivery teams, to improve risk identification, user efficiency and self-service. Responsible for ROI, prioritization, development, and revenue growth. • Leading global product team (Canada and UK) ~1600 customers, ~30 Product FTE, Engineering ~112FTE. • Responsible for client engagement to build new business and prioritise product investment opportunities. • Enhance existing products while managing 0 to 1 new product innovation. Scaled underlying SaaS platform and introduced Language and GenAI capabilities. • Embed best practice product discipline to raise maturity of the team.

  • comparethemarket.com (London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid)
    • Product Director: Growth Ventures
      Jan 2021 - Sep 2021 · 9 mos

      Reporting to CEO & CPO. Leading growth by incubating new product opportunities. Responsible for business case development, rapid user and market testing and acquisition tuck-ins. • 5 direct reports (Product, Engineering & US) plus agency support. • Defined platform strategy for Comparison as A Service (SaaS). • Incubated new £30M rev car financing venture opportunity. • Managed £3M acquisition & due-diligence process for Energy business tuck-in.

    • Product Director: Insurance, Utilities & SME Products
      May 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Reporting to CPO. Managing product line P&L. Leading the development and implementation of product strategy to improve customer lifetime value, acquisition, retention and conversion. • Managed +$100M revenue, P&L, 6 direct reports, 10 PMs & Eng. & offshore partners. • Owned product roadmap balancing ROI and customer impact. Set team OKRs, managed trade-offs between short term trading needs and long-term strategy. • Defined product vision and strategy. Prototyped, developed, and optimized experiences. Launched new product Energy & Telco products driving 3-year growth of 86%. • 0 to 1 launch of energy auto-switch product (web and mobile) experience. Driving ~£15m pa. rev. • Improved broadband and mobile product lines 3-year performance by 28% through the optimization of commercials and customer experience.

  • American Express (Full-time · 7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Director of Product Management: Card Member Experience
      Apr 2015 - May 2018 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for aligning global card member servicing experience across 21 markets to improve customer experience while reducing the cost to serve. • Partnered with markets to grow card member engagement and ROI across 21 countries and 33.5 million card members. ~$750M revenue, ~$130M in savings, +8% pts satisfaction. • Enhanced card member servicing, account management, statement, referral, and benefits experience. Global rollout of React and Micro Services architecture. • Launched global referral product. (~$350M revenue) Managed senior stakeholders to localize and bring parity of card member servicing experiences across all markets.

    • Director of Product Management: Content
      Dec 2011 - Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Responsible for developing, launching and training users on new enterprise-wide content management capabilities. • Deployed global content management and content management system migration (Adobe). Reduced spend ~£10M. Delivered global content audit to reduce cost. • Improved customer navigational experience, site search & SEO. • Launched enterprise video capability. • Increased YOY traffic by 20%.

    • Director of Product Management: Strategy & Innovation
      Aug 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for aligning enterprise digital investment opportunities and enterprise digital capability roadmap. • Aligned business investment priorities. Managed ROI prioritization. • Established enterprise product roadmap and manage organisational digital transformation committee.

  • Managing Consultant at PA Consulting Group
    2001 - Aug 2010 · 9 yrs 8 mos

    Improved business performance through technology led change - Established global mobile strategy and roadmap for Citi Bank. - Designed corporate innovation strategy and stage-gate processes for Estée Lauder. - Define mobile strategy to reduce the cost of managing chronic conditions for Humana. - Ran PMO to launch plastics derivative trading onto the London Metal Exchange. - Enhanced Pfizer field force efficiency by improving multi-channel marketing efforts.