Your Product Director resigned.
Keep product decisions moving while you find the right replacement.
Senior product judgement. Without the full-time hire.
Make high-consequence product decisions in days, without waiting months for a senior hire.
Built for the moments your roadmap cannot wait for.
Explore the moments Lumia can step into.
Board meeting next Thursday.
Pressure-test the roadmap before you present it.
Engineering is waiting.
Challenge the next big decision before months of work disappear.
Everyone wants an AI strategy.
Separate genuine opportunities from expensive distractions.
Everything comes through you.
Stop being the bottleneck for every product decision.
The perfect candidate starts in 6 months.
Your roadmap still needs decisions this week.
Product leadership, redesigned.
A focused membership for the decisions that cannot wait for recruitment, another retainer or more days in the diary.
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One decision at a time
Add every product question to the queue. We focus on the most important one, then move straight to the next.
02
Useful in 48 hours
Most requests come back within two working days, with a recommendation your team can actually use.
03
Senior by default
No junior team hidden behind a senior sales pitch. Every recommendation comes directly through John.
04
One fixed monthly price
No proposal for every new question. No surprise scope conversation. You know exactly what support costs.
05
Flexible on purpose
Use Lumia while hiring, during a critical quarter or for the long haul. Stay because it is useful, not contractual.
06
Decisions, not theatre
No workshop programme unless you need one. Every request ends with a clear recommendation and what happens next.
The product leader you wish was already in the room.
Our Product Director just left. What now?Which bets deserve the next quarter?Turn this strategy into decisions.Pressure-test the board narrative.Are we solving the right customer problem?Where is product delivery actually stuck?What should the founder stop owning?Do we need a Product Director yet?Our Product Director just left. What now?Which bets deserve the next quarter?Turn this strategy into decisions.Pressure-test the board narrative.Are we solving the right customer problem?Where is product delivery actually stuck?What should the founder stop owning?Do we need a Product Director yet?
Is this AI opportunity real?Which customer segment should we back?Why is activation falling?How should we price this?Challenge the investment case.What evidence do we need before building?Cut this roadmap in half.Design our product operating model.Is this AI opportunity real?Which customer segment should we back?Why is activation falling?How should we price this?Challenge the investment case.What evidence do we need before building?Cut this roadmap in half.Design our product operating model.
Review the leadership team structure.Help us hire the right product leader.Should we buy, partner or build?What do we stop funding?Turn customer noise into priorities.Prepare the difficult product decision.Reset the next 90 days.Give engineering a clear direction.Review the leadership team structure.Help us hire the right product leader.Should we buy, partner or build?What do we stop funding?Turn customer noise into priorities.Prepare the difficult product decision.Reset the next 90 days.Give engineering a clear direction.
Experience behind the judgement.
Executive leadership built the judgement. Startup and venture work proves it can still move at speed.
Executive leadershipStartup & venture work
Startup & venture work
SolarTyle
Built in 2 weeksChallenge
Turn AI ambition into a useful place to start.
Contribution
AI-enabled product and operations tooling
Startup & venture work
PikClub
Built in 2 weeksChallenge
Replace spreadsheet-based sweepstakes management.
Contribution
Sports prediction and sweepstakes platform
Executive leadership
BT
8 monthsChallenge
Create new revenue beyond broadband and mobile.
Contribution
New digital payments proposition and product experience
Startup & venture work
Foremates
Built in 3 monthsChallenge
Replace three fragmented golf apps with one experience.
Contribution
All-in-one golf product and mobile experience
Executive leadership
Vodafone
3 yearsChallenge
Turn connectivity into products people actually want.
Contribution
Connected product strategy, proposition and experience
Executive leadership
Hive
6 yearsChallenge
Build the UK's leading smart home brand.
Contribution
Smart home product strategy and connected experiences
One subscription, better product decisions.
No bespoke proposal needed to understand the offer. Start with Studio when decisions are coming every week.
Starter
Perfect for founder-led businesses that need to make better product decisions.
£995/month
- One active strategic request
- Executive recommendation within 48 hours
- Follow-up questions included
- Cancel anytime
Most popular
Studio
For companies without a product executive
For teams making product decisions every week.
£3,495/month
- Ongoing strategic support
- One priority workstream at a time
- Executive reviews
- Monthly leadership session
- Priority turnaround
- Cancel anytime
Executive
For businesses that need a senior product executive embedded within the leadership team.
Tailored pricing
- Leadership team participation
- Board support
- Executive workshops
- Hiring support
- Direct access
- Tailored engagement
Experience behind every Lumia decision.
Lumia Studio is led by John Gutch, a Founder and Product & Digital leader with experience across BT, Vodafone, Hive, Livensa and start up companies.
The obvious questions, answered.
Why wouldn't we just hire a Product Director?
You probably should. Eventually.
But hiring takes months. Product decisions do not wait.
Lumia Studio bridges that gap.
Is this fractional product leadership?
Sometimes.
Studio gives you senior product judgement on demand.
If you want someone embedded in your leadership team, that is what Executive is for.
Will I work directly with John?
Yes.
Every recommendation comes through me.
That is the whole point.
Do I get a set number of hours or days?
No.
You are buying outcomes, not my calendar.
If a decision needs an hour, great. If it needs longer, we will do what is right.
How fast do we get something useful?
Most requests are turned around within 48 hours.
Bigger challenges are broken into smaller decisions so momentum never stops.
What counts as a request?
Anything you would normally ask an experienced Product Director.
Roadmaps.
Strategy.
AI.
Board papers.
Prioritisation.
Organisation.
If you are unsure, just ask.
What don't you do?
Very little is automatically off the table.
Strategy. Delivery. Hiring. Team shape. Board preparation. Product operations. Getting hands-on when something is stuck. If it helps close the gap, I will get involved.
The honest answer starts with a short call. We will find the real gap, agree what useful looks like and decide whether Lumia is the right fit.
No theatre. No rigid job description. Just the help the business actually needs.
Can we cancel?
Yes.
Monthly means monthly.
Stay because it is useful, not because you are tied in.
