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Sarah Field

@sarahfield

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Commercial product leader with 25+ years delivering insurance technology and cross‑functional teams.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior product leadership roles where I can lead cross‑functional teams, drive product strategy and market expansion, mentor product professionals, and deliver measurable adoption and compliance outcomes.

I am a commercially focused product leader with over 25 years' experience delivering property & casualty insurance solutions across the UK and international markets. I specialise in building scalable, compliant platforms for insurers and brokers, including reinsurance, multi‑currency finance and employee benefits.

Throughout my career I have led distributed, high‑performing teams and driven consistent delivery outcomes — achieving 95%+ on‑time roadmap delivery and 0% attrition in an 8‑person product team over two years. I combine Agile and Waterfall practices with strong stakeholder management to translate usage insights into prioritized roadmaps.

I have launched insurer platforms into new territories (including Australia and New Zealand), introduced multi‑currency capabilities to support market expansion, and run early adopter programmes to de‑risk go‑to‑market decisions. I focus on product readiness, adoption metrics and test‑and‑learn approaches to validate feature value.

I mentor product and UX teams, champion continuous improvement, and enjoy working across time zones to align cross‑functional stakeholders and drive measurable product outcomes that support revenue and compliance goals.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director – Product Management

Applied Systems Europe

May 2023 - Jul 2025 (2 years 2 months)

Directed a 22-person Europe product organisation and achieved 95%+ roadmap delivery by implementing product readiness protocols, early-adopter programmes and A/B testing to increase adoption and engagement.

Product Strategy Roadmapping Stakeholder Management A B Testing Pro Product Adoption Team Leadership UX collaboration

Product Manager

Applied Systems Europe

Sep 2021 - May 2023 (1 year 8 months)

Owned insurer distribution and broker portal roadmaps, managed 3 product owners and ran early-adopter programmes to validate propositions and maximise ROI for territory expansion.

Roadmapping Product Management ROI Analysis UX collaboration Stakeholder Management SaaS

Consultant

Applied Systems Europe

Apr 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 5 months)

Provided implementation consultancy for brokers adopting Applied’s SaaS platform, conducting gap analysis and managing stakeholder expectations to streamline delivery.

Implementation Consultant Gap Analysis Stakeholder Management SaaS Platforms Project Delivery Client Engagement

Senior Business Consultant

RWITL

Jun 2019 - Apr 2020 (10 months)

Led requirement elicitation and stakeholder management to deliver an online portal solution for a Caribbean insurer on time and within budget through strong coordination with integrators.

Stakeholder Management Project Delivery Integration P C Insurance Budget Management

Business Analyst & Practice Lead

Sirius Financial Systems

Sep 2008 - Jun 2019 (10 years 9 months)

Led an insurer consultancy practice of 20 on/offshore members, introduced standards and training to improve requirement elicitation and drove delivery of functional requirements across UK, Australia and Caribbean clients.

Training Stakeholder Management Insurance Systems

Operational Product Manager

Sirius Financial Systems

Jun 2002 - Sep 2007 (5 years 3 months)

Owned strategic direction for Sirius product portfolio, led migrations from VB to .NET, launched products into New Zealand and Australia and managed R&D budget and release schedules.

Product Strategy Release Management Market Analysis