AI Product Leadership · Interim CPO
When several AI products compete for the same resources, another ideation session will not solve the problem. Clear product ownership will. I take on that responsibility on an interim or advisory basis, from portfolio decisions to a dependable delivery cadence.
This service fits when product ownership is fragmented across management, engineering and business teams, priorities change every week, or external development partners work without a shared roadmap. It supports established product organizations and teams professionalizing their first AI products alike.
- A prioritized product portfolio with visible dependencies and documented decisions
- Roadmaps that align management, engineering, business teams and vendors
- Clear ownership for products, decisions and handovers
- Decision forums and a delivery cadence that hold up in daily work
- Fewer parallel initiatives and priorities people can understand
- More dependable coordination with internal teams and external partners
- Decisions are made once, documented and not renegotiated every week
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Understand the portfolio
We make products, objectives, dependencies and decision paths visible together.
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Set priorities
We separate strategically important initiatives from merely urgent ones and decide what to stop pursuing.
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Embed delivery
The roadmap, ownership and decision forums are established so your team can run them without external support.
Relevant case study
In an engagement with a US software company, Luca took CPO-level responsibility for seven products and a distributed team in Germany and Vietnam. The portfolio was refocused, roadmaps and capacity realigned, and collaboration standardized across Jira and Confluence.
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Do you take on operational product ownership?
Yes. Depending on the engagement, I act as interim CPO or as a product leadership partner alongside the existing team. Scope and decision rights are agreed before the work starts.
Do you work with external development partners?
Yes. Aligning internal teams and external development partners is an explicit part of the service. Shared priorities, clear handovers and dependable decision paths are essential.
Is this only relevant to pure AI products?
No. The same product and portfolio ownership helps digital products with individual AI features and organizations managing a mixed product portfolio.
Tell me briefly what you are working on. You will get an honest view on whether and how I can help.