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Senior Product Manager · Digital Platform Lead

Leadingdigitalplatformsatenterprisescale.

Platform ownership and operating model design across global organisations. 15 years across Honda, Fortescue, Abbott, 3M and Direct Wines.

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18
European markets
77%
Backlog reduction
0.02%
Budget variance
£multi-M
Budget managed
150%
Digital sales growth
100s
Stakeholders trained
1st
Profitable year in 3
10+
Agencies managed
01

Platform Leadership

I own the whole system, not just my part of it.

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Most organisations have people who manage workstreams. I take end-to-end accountability for the platform itself, the roadmap, the operating model, the agency relationships, the budget, and the outcomes. At Honda that meant 18 European markets, multiple agencies, and a multi-million-pound budget. At Fortescue I established a stable BAU delivery model that gave the business the flexibility to scale resource and take on new projects.

The backlog is a symptom. The operating model is the diagnosis.

02

Strategic Delivery

I connect platform decisions to business outcomes.

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Good delivery is not about moving fast. It is about moving in the right direction. I bring clarity to complex environments, aligning engineering velocity to commercial priorities, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring every sprint decision can be traced back to a business outcome. At Fortescue I delivered a Salesforce Data Cloud integration across multiple regions in 15 days. Speed matters. Direction matters more.

Speed matters. Direction matters more.

03

Commercial Ownership

I treat the platform budget like it is my own.

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I have owned multi-million-pound digital platform budgets and closed them with 0.02% variance. I understand that every sprint decision has a commercial implication and product managers who do not understand the budget are managing tasks, not products. Commercial governance, forecasting, and agency cost control are part of the role, not someone else's responsibility.

Product managers who do not understand the budget are managing tasks, not products.

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Selected work

Selected work

Delivery, Transformation and platform leadership.

Fortescue · 2025–26 · Delivery

Rebuilding a global delivery model from the ground up

77% backlog reduction. Agency overspend resolved.

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Honda · 2023–25 · Commercial

Closing a multi-million-pound budget at 0.02% variance

0.02% variance against plan across 18 EU markets.

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Abbott · 2022–23 · Platform

Designing and delivering a new CRM programme

Subscription performance improved by 27%.

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More case studies across Delivery, Platform, Governance, Commercial, and Analytics.

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WSJF Scoring

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How I work

Strategy. Alignment. Outcomes.

Five principles that have shaped my approach to product and platform leadership over 15 years across global organisations.

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Latest writing

Thinking on product, platforms
and digital leadership.

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Let's talk.

Whether you want to discuss a role, explore a collaboration, or simply connect, I would be happy to hear from you.

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At a glance

Common questions about Tom Dixon's background and approach.

Tom Dixon is a Senior Product Manager and Digital Platform Lead. He owns platform strategy and operating model design across global organisations, taking end-to-end accountability for the roadmap, the operating model, agency relationships, the budget, and the outcomes rather than managing a single workstream.

Tom Dixon has 15 years of experience across global organisations including Honda, Fortescue, Abbott, 3M and Direct Wines.

Tom Dixon's approach is summarised as strategy, alignment, outcomes. He starts with the operating model rather than the backlog, treats budget ownership as part of product ownership, and treats agencies as part of the delivery team rather than external suppliers.

At Fortescue, Tom Dixon established a stable BAU delivery model and delivered a Salesforce Data Cloud integration across multiple regions in 15 days. At Honda, he led the European digital platform across 18 markets. He has also closed a multi-million-pound platform budget at 0.02% variance.

Tom Dixon is based in Wokingham, UK.