A girl in the Product World

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Aug 2025

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Welcome to the A girl in the Product World podcast, where I talk to people disrupting the Digital Product scene. I love creating meaningful products in my career. That's why I enjoy talking to people doing just that to find out how they do things and why. Enjoy!

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August 6, 2025Episode 1649 min

Nam Sarmah: From Product to Power - Survive, Thrive and Lead

If there is a podcast episode you need to listen to as a reminder that you can have it all, it's this one!I'm joined by the one and only Nam - Founder of Women in Product UK and CPO Track, NED and Portfolio Executive. Fiercely and unapologetically taking over the Product space globally, launching her UK-based businesses most recently in New York and Dubai. But this conversation is special because we go beyond the career. Nam dives into the path that led to where she is today and she shares so many timeless gems. Don't miss out on this episode and enjoy!

March 25, 2025Episode 1530 min

30. Sarah Aggarwal: The very honest journey from Grad to Head of Digital Strategy

A very honest conversation with Sarah, the Head of Digital Strategy at Virgin Media O2 about her journey from joining the company as a Finance Grad to where she is today. We touch on so many key topics including women being in leadership positions to breaking out of a junior mindset in your career.She is the inspiration we need!

August 7, 2024Episode 1417 min

29. EMERGENCY EPISODE! UK Product Recruitment advice for non-UK citizens

Zach is back with me for another Product Recruitment episode. This time, we're giving you the load down on Product recruitment for those requiring sponsorships and visas to work in the UK.There's a ton of useful advice and of course, please always refer to the official UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visasEnjoy!

July 31, 2024Episode 1335 min

28. What is Crypto and Blockchain?! Ziad (Ramp's CPO) explains

The million dollar question that I'm sure a lot of us think about -What exactly is Crypto and Blockchain?!I'm joined by the brilliant Ziad El Baba, who is the COP at Ramp - A Fintech Payments company. Ziad talks to me about his journey, his enormous contribution to the growth of Credit Karma and so much more.

June 5, 2024Episode 1243 min

27. Building Products, Companies and Yourself: A CPO's guide to success

Alastair is an incredible, well-rounded CPO, with huge amounts of experience in Product and Business. Specialising in being a Generalist, he's helped business to go from 0 to Series C, scale-up majorly and be an Advisor. Having worked for huge brands such as Tesco, Lloyds and Accenture, he has a knack for joining the dots.But at the heart of it all, Alastair is a Product pro - and boy does he add value.I hope you enjoy this chat with him as much as I did!Alastair is also runs the Product Tapas newsletter - compiling all the latest Product news in one place. Check it out: https://producttapas-newsletter.beehiiv.com/ Enjoy!

April 17, 2024Episode 1126 min

26. Turning a Financial company into a Tech business

Anthony is the Product Director for Platform API at New Day, which is a company dedicated to improving people’s credit.With an impressive career thus far, Anthony has worked for the likes of BT, Barclays, HSBC and Apple. He also holds a Bachelors and Masters from Loughborough university and is a Product legend.He joins me today to talk through his experiences, including how he helped to shape NewDay, a financial company into a Tech business!We cover so much more including - Prioritisation - Forming a Product vision- How women can succeed in tech And so much more...Enjoy!

March 19, 2024Episode 1015 min

25. Casa: The AI matchmaker to find your dream home!

We've all been there - searching day and night on property sites and apps to find our ideal home. Finding something great, then seeing the price (ouch!) or finding a cracking price and then viewing the cracks in person (eye-roll)Well, Rowan is here to change all of that!Finding this painful gap in the market, he embarked on his journey to create an AI platform to help home-seekers be matched to their perfect property. That too, without the endless searching. Before long, he founded Casa - the platform to find your dream property in minutes.In this episode, Rowan talks to me about his journey and how he's aiming to turn the property market on it's head!Enjoy!

March 6, 2024Episode 914 min

24. EMERGENCY EPISODE - Getting Hired during the Product Crisis!

One of the downsides to working in Product is how the recruitment landscape can change negatively.This is something many people have faced since the change in the market in 2023...which has meant 2024 has been a slow start.I'm back with another episode with Zach, a Executive Consultant from Sphere Digital Recruitment to help you get hired in Product, during this challenging time!

January 24, 2024Episode 821 min

23. An episode with me!

This episode is slightly different...I wanted to sit down and have a chat about my own Product journey, in hopes it can inspire and help others. Enjoy!

December 13, 2023Episode 739 min

22. Taking Risks in Product

How does one take risks when the stakes are high and you're working in some of the biggest tech companies around?Dipesh Joshi, a Product Lead at Sky has some solid advice on doing so!An extremely committed and experienced Product person, Dipesh talks to me about what it's really like working for big tech companies, what inspires him and his advice to you. He's even had his own successful podcasts in the past - will he make a comeback??Enjoy!