Will Sinclair Marshall

About Me

I love the outdoors and being active. I paraglide in the Lake District, hike regularly, paddleboard, and have recently started a van conversion project to better facilitate these weekend adventures! I also enjoy running and tennis, I recently completed my first marathon (just!) and love travelling off the beaten track.

I would describe myself as a technologist and a generalist; I regularly teach myself different technologies or languages for better understanding. I'm reasonably proficient in html, css, a little Javascript, Ruby and the Ruby on Rails Framework, and Django. I'm also currently finishing building a Sustainability Management platform for SMEs using the low-code tool 'Bubble'.

I am very interested and engaged in business innovation, particularly within start-ups and SMEs. I like to make small investments in young businesses with a focus on sustainability.

Work

The Venture Studio (formerly Nova)

Product Manager

August 2023 - Present

At The Venture Studio, I lead product management for two key projects and guide the validation process for start-ups in our investment portfolio, blending strategy, leadership, and hands-on development to foster growth and innovation.

• Multi-Project Leadership: I oversee the entire product lifecycle for Thrift, an innovative pricing tool for charity retailers, and our in-house investment management software, critical for our operations and used by external managers, demonstrating our ability to meet sophisticated market demands.
• Strategic Validation Process: As the product lead for our startup validation process, I play a pivotal role in assessing the potential of initial investments. My responsibilities include conducting thorough market analysis, product feasibility studies, and user testing to evaluate the scalability and impact of startup products.
• Success Story – Lifecycle Health: In a co-founder and product lead role for Lifecycle Health, a healthcare startup aimed at proactive screening, my strategic and product insights were key in securing an additional investment round, showcasing my capability to evolve startups into market-ready entities.

Bath House (One House Group Ltd)

Project Manager / Systems Manager / Strategy & Operations

June 2018 - July 2023

I initially joined on a contract basis to establish a new finance department and provide Project Management resource. Shortly afterwards I was offered a permanent role, incorporating responsibility for all business systems.

My responsibilities changed during the covid lockdowns, and as we entered recovery, I assumed responsibility for strategy and operations, growing my team to enable this.

Some of my achievements during this period:

• Owned the Social & Environmental Strategy, reduced single-use plastic in our products by 95%
• Designed and built a custom Purchase Management App
• Moving our retail systems onto Lightspeed
• Implementing two B2B ordering platforms for our wholesale and hospitality customers
• Oversaw re-platforming our ecommerce site to WooCommerce, and managing our external web development team (40% y.o.y. organic growth)
• Co-ordinating between design, marketing, product and order fulfilment departments to manage ongoing web development
• Oversaw rapid recovery and growth across our B2C businesses, with marked increases in efficiency and profitability following covid lockdowns
• Implementing Scrum project management within my teams, leading to a major increase in productivity and employee satisfaction
• Improving company-wide communication by providing new tools and regular staff newsletters, as well as introducing a employee perks scheme

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure

Project Engineer / Electrical Engineering Lead / Worksite Lead

July 2017 - June 2018

• Based primarily on the Tideway 'Super Sewer' project in London
• Assumed role of Electrical Engineering Lead, and MEICA Lead for two Central London worksites (~£50m subcontract) after 3 months
• Reported on contract performance directly to C-Level
• Worked with pre-contracts team, preparing bids for tender across the country
• Recipient of Graduate of the Year award

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Contact

• Twitter
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• Instagram
• GitHub

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