My Experience

15+ years in business and technology. Open to full-time or fractional leadership roles, consulting engagements, and discrete projects.

Leslie Neal

Leslie Neal

Senior product leader with experience in hands-on product management and transforming how teams build and ship digital products at Fortune 50 enterprises, B2B SaaS, startups, and agencies.

I've built marketing technology platforms that drove $40M in revenue, directed product strategy across 70+ teams, and scaled new teams from 0-1.

I'm a highly technical product leader with expertise in cutting through complexity, aligning stakeholders and leaders who don't naturally agree, and building high-performing teams that deliver measurable outcomes.

Experience

Workable Strategy

Jan 2023 – Present

Founder | Product Consultant

  • Served as consulting partner to multi-brand QSR company; transformed product operations, trained product managers, devised new communication frameworks, and defined cross-functional digital measurement capabilities — read the case study
  • Aligned product leaders at Fortune 50 retailer to achieve digital transformation goals by establishing roadmap strategy, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional operating models
  • Designed and implemented a custom discovery and development framework and product operations playbook for a large, complex enterprise — read the case study

The Home Depot

Feb 2022 – Dec 2022

Director, Product Strategy & Operations

70+ product teams +4% portfolio funding +5% customer engagement
  • Directed product portfolio strategy across 70+ product teams, aligning digital initiatives to corporate goals and securing record-breaking online sales
  • Managed capital investment and resource allocation, and expanded portfolio funding by 4% through performance-focused annual planning and ROI determination
  • Partnered with external vendors to design personalized, omnichannel experiences, increasing customer engagement by 5%
  • Led executive communications, quarterly business reviews, and board presentations as chief of staff to the Head of Product

The Home Depot

Jun 2021 – Feb 2022

Sr. Manager, Product Strategy & Operations

+30% productivity $10M capital reallocated 7 team members hired
  • Established and scaled a new product strategy and operations team to oversee product operations and portfolio roadmap prioritization, increasing productivity by 30%
  • Created a unified 5-year roadmap, reallocating $10M of capital to higher-impact initiatives by identifying redundancy and improving cross-functional alignment
  • Hired and developed 7 team members, fostering a culture of entrepreneurship, customer focus, and collaboration
  • Developed frameworks for OKRs, value-based prioritization, measurement, and storytelling across product teams

The Home Depot

Nov 2019 – Jun 2021

Sr. Manager, Product Management – Marketing Technology

$40M+ revenue increase +115% funding secured 10+ platform teams
  • Defined MarTech strategy and aligned 20+ marketing leaders on personalization roadmap for CMS, CDP, and campaign systems to support omnichannel retail experiences, securing a 115% increase in funding
  • Designed MarTech team structure and led strategic hiring of 6 product managers to meet stakeholder needs and technology requirements
  • Delivered $40M+ revenue increase through end-to-end product leadership of 10+ enterprise platform teams managing product content, digital assets, and customer data
  • Orchestrated build vs. buy evaluation and managed RFP processes for DAM, CDP, CMS, and Campaign Management tools and managed ongoing partner relationships

The Home Depot

Jan 2018 – Nov 2019

Sr. Product Manager – Marketing Technology, DAM

$11M sales increase 7x image reuse $2M tech costs saved
  • Transformed digital asset management systems supporting product content workflows across retail operations, saving $2M in tech costs and mitigating $10M in legal exposure
  • Boosted image reuse by 7x and adoption by 200% by redesigning DAM workflows, implementing metadata standards, and aligning cross-functional OKRs for merchandising, marketing, and online teams
  • Built integrations between CMS, DAM, and PIM systems to drive faster delivery of product content, increasing sales by $11M

Moxie Interactive

Aug 2016 – Oct 2017

Technology Solutions Consultant

$1M+ new agency revenue 5 product teams 3 agencies coordinated
  • Designed and delivered innovative mobile products and digital service portals for a Fortune 50 telecom, generating $1M+ in new agency business
  • Facilitated coordination across 5 internal product teams and 3 agencies

Aptos

Jan 2015 – Aug 2016

Principal Product Consultant

+25% client revenue +50% implementation capacity
  • Delivered 12+ enterprise e-commerce and CMS solutions, increasing client revenue by 25%
  • Led professional services team restructure, increasing implementation capacity by 50%

FreebeePay

May 2012 – Sep 2014

Director of Product Management

$1.2M funding raised +40% user acquisition
  • Built and scaled product and go-to-market strategy for a mobile POS platform; attracted $1.2M in funding that led to acquisition
  • Drove a 40% increase in user acquisition and launched white-label offers and payments tools

Earlier Career — Background in software sales, real estate, and media production.