Roy Belchamber

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Roy Belchamber
Experienced & passionate product leader
  • Residence:
    UK
  • City:
    London area
Core Competencies
  • Strategic Vision
  • Team Leadership
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Market Analysis
  • User Research
  • Data-led Strategy
Technical Skills
Data Analysis
SaaS
AI
UX
Agile Methodologies
Subject Matter Expertise
  • AML Transaction Monitoring
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Sanctions Compliance
  • KYC
  • Market Surveillance
  • Payments
  • Compliance Obligations
  • Product Frameworks

Roy Belchamber

I build
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20 +
Years Experience
7
Products Built
3 k+
Subscribers
10 +
Product Awards

Skills & Experience

Strategic Vision

It must all start with strategy!

I have a track record of defining and executing product strategies that are aligned with the company vision. This is at the heart of driving viable products that  deliver value to the business.

Done well, it delivers innovative products that delight users as well as roadmaps that are forward-thinking and executable.

Team Leadership

Building great products starts with building a great product team.

The best teams I have been privileged to work in and for have had a broad mix of experience, skills and personalities.

I understand how to build, mentor & motivate such teams. I have an open, down-to-earth approach. I am not affraid to get hands-on when needed. 

Product Lifecycle Management

Complex product portfolios demand ongoing and active management throughout their life - from concept, through MVP, launch, growth and maturation. 

The approach I prefer involves continuous evaluation and enhancement. This ensures products remain relevant and successful.

The goal? Sustained product-led growth and competitive advantage.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaboration is at the heart of every successful product team.

This demands effective, high-quality communication, ideally supported by efficient tooling and transparency.

Aligning across sales, marketing, operations and engineering teams is no small feat! But when culturally embedded in the business it is transformative. It drives roadmaps that all can believe in.

Market Analysis & User Research

Robust market analysis and strong user research leads to the best products.

Done well, user research can drive the confident design and delivery of exceptional user experiences.

Likewise, staying attuned to market, competitive and regulatory landscapes, ensures products not only innovate, but also contribute to positive business outcomes.

Data-Led Strategies

Gut feel has a role to play in many successful products. But this must be supported by data insights.

Knowing the correct KPIs to track across a product portfolio's lifecycle is complex. Done well it brings facts to focus and guide tough decisions

Focusing on measurable outcomes drives continuous improvement and value, to both the company and its customers.

Work History

KYC360, UK
Head of Product
2023 - current

Part of the senior leadership team, I guided and supported a team of three product managers, building & delivering KYC, screening and adverse media monitoring solutions into a SaaS platform used by 1000+ customers.

I helped mature product culture as we transformed to fully embrace agile delivery. Oversaw initial MVP build and launch of two new product offerings into the platform.

NetGuardians SA, Switzerland
Head of Product Management
2021 - 2023

Hands-on leader and mentor of a small product management team for this venture-funded Swiss fintech specialising in innovative use of AI for payment fraud prevention. During my tenure I helped the organisation move from platform and services into an Agile multi-product setup, expanding the product portfolio to include AML transaction monitoring and consortium data sharing solutions.

Swift, UK
Senior Product Manager
2016 - 2021

Defined, designed, built & launched a cloud-hosted real-time cross border fraud prevention service for correspondent banking clients. This multi-million Euro project successfully launched approximately 18 months after inception and proved to be the fastest selling software product in the company’s history, signing up more than 500 subscribers in its first 2 years. Leading & mentoring a team of product managers, product marketing manager and data scientists.

Freelance
Consultant
2013 - 2016

I took a career break to focus on personal goals and other new business opportunities as well as some freelance financial crime consulting engagements.

Thomson Reuters, UK
Product Director, Screening & Transaction Monitoring
2011 - 2013

Having sold our business to Thomson Reuters, I took responsibility for expanding the offering to also include transaction screening. I led the integration of the transaction monitoring, market surveillance and transaction screening offerings into a much wider product & services portfolio, establishing the framework to scale and grow the product globally and drive consistent delivery.

Northland Solutions, UK
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
2000 - 2011

As a small early entrant in the nascent transaction monitoring domain, we designed, developed and deployed software for organisations to tackle financial crime and market abuse. Organically funded and profitable from year 2, we grew our client base to more than 80, directly, via partners and through white label relationships. I learned how to structure a product business for growth, the importance of making partnerships work and placing the client at the centre of everything.

IBM, UK
Senior Pre-Sales Consultant
1998 - 2000

Specialised in supporting the sales process into the retail and FMCG sectors, across a portfolio of CRM solutions.