Ed Barrett

Product Specialist

About

An emerging product specialist, I excel at maximising value by facilitating analysis and communication. I enjoy solving problems with measurable outcomes and finding innovative solutions.

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Experience

Product Owner

Laya Healthcare

April 2025 – Present

Remote & Cork, Ireland

  • Promoted an agile mindset and scrum rituals in a more traditional organisation; initiated backlog refinement sessions.
  • Owned the backlog for the Laya mobile app.
  • Managed the operational coordination of EAA compliance across the company; developed an agile approach to accessibility advancement.

Highlight: Collaboration in practice. Built a reputation for open and transparent collaboration while navigating a tightly controlled regulatory environment. Persistently energetic and oriented towards value delivery. Supported key thought‑leaders to shift towards a more agile mindset.

Junior Product Manager

MediaHQ

March 2023 - February 2024

Remote & Dublin, Ireland

  • Made strategic decisions on roadmapping, cost and risk control.
  • Deeply involved in a database restructuring to boost update efficiency.
  • Ensured buy‑in across stakeholders and assisted the development team by owning and prioritising the backlog.

Highlight: End‑to‑end ownership. Wrote a business case for a browser extension feature, performed user research to determine product‑market fit, wrote user stories, created and user‑tested prototypes, executed the go‑to‑market strategy, launched and maintained the feature.

Associate Product Manager

MediaHQ

February 2022 - March 2023

Remote & Dublin, Ireland

  • Fulfilled data requests and analyses, leveraging Python libraries, AI and public APIs.
  • Communicated data‑driven objectives via presentation and visualisation.
  • Built a Python automation tool that became an invaluable research asset, saving work and guiding strategy.

Highlight: Data deep dive. Transformed research efficiency by managing an internal suite of tools. Provided an adaptive source of automation and data analysis for the less technical research team, guiding improvements to the product and aligning research objectives with business goals.

Skills

Product Management

  • Strategic thinking
  • Data‑driven decision making
  • Cross‑functional co‑ordination
  • User research and empathy

Product Ownership

  • Prioritisation and backlog management
  • Sprint planning and execution
  • Agile leadership
  • User story writing

Technical Literacy

  • Data analysis and visualisation
  • Python programming
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Web technologies

Education

University College Cork

BA Psychology and Computing – First Class Honours

UCD Professional Academy

Digital Product Management – Distinction