Frankie Woodhead

CEO

Harrogate, England, United Kingdom18 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led product and technology teams for 5m+ users.
Successfully scaled multiple fintechs and banks.
Expert in driving digital transformation in financial services.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech executive with extensive experience in product management and technology leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementLeadershipAdvisoryFintechClient SuccessStrategic LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyProduct DevelopmentRegulatory CompliancePayments

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Software as a Service (SaaS)Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Financial ServicesCore BankingPartnershipsGo to marketTalent ManagementCore Banking ImplementationSME BankingP&L ManagementOpen BankingDigital TransformationOperational ExcellenceGrowth

About

C-suite product & technology leader with a proven track record scaling fintechs, SaaS, and Tier 1 banks from zero-to-one through Series A–D. Passionate about building exceptional teams, delivering category-defining products and using technology to drive meaningful business and customer outcomes.

Experience

18 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 6 mos

Current Experience

Thrive

2 roles

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Group executive leadership of the product, technology, security, data & AI teams at Thrive.
Supporting 5m+ users across 600+ customers around the world.

Product ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Software as a Service (SaaS)LeadershipMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Non Executive Advisor

Jan 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Product & technology advisory to the executive team & CEO during a period of hyper growth.

AdvisoryProduct ManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

The bank of london

Chief Product Officer

Nov 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr · Harrogate, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Member of the UK & Group executive reporting into the Group CEO, accountable for product vision, strategy, design & execution.

Product ManagementFinTechFinancial ServicesPaymentsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Regulatory Compliance

10x banking

4 roles

VP & GM, Retail & SME Banking

Mar 2023 – Nov 2023 · 8 mos

Executive general manager covering product, proposition, go-to-market, business development, client success & P&L.

Client successStrategic LeadershipCore BankingPaymentsPartnershipsGo to market

Senior Director, Product & Engineering - Core Banking & Lending

Promoted

Aug 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Accountable for strategic vision, leadership, P&L, engineering build & run for the flagship 10x product for global tier 1 clients in 4 continents.
Direct leadership for a team of 200+ product & engineering colleagues of all levels. Member of the 10x Senior Leadership team.

Talent ManagementStrategic LeadershipProduct ManagementCore BankingPaymentsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Global Head, Client Success

Mar 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

Global senior leadership role leading global proposition shaping & implementations of the cloud-native 10x platform.
Key point of contact with JP Morgan Chase, Nationwide & leadership to colleagues in Australia enabling WestPac.

Client successCore Banking ImplementationStrategic LeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Global Head : Business Development, Strategy & Partnerships

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs

Global senior leadership role leading strategy, business development & tech partnerships on behalf of a hyper growth FinTech.
During this role we concluded 10 year / £200m sales processes with JP Morgan Chase, Nationwide Building Society & Westpac over a 6 month period. Negotiated partnership agreements with 50+ technology providers including AWS, Salesforce & Confluent.

Business DevelopmentGo-to-Market StrategyPartnerships