Fractional Product Leadership

Founder & Product Practice Lead

Senior product leadership, on the team — not the sidelines.

Former VP of Product & Design and Innovation Lab Leader. Two decades guiding teams through 0→1, post-PMF scale, and $100M+ portfolios — at the intersection of AI, product strategy, and execution.

Fractional VP / Head of Product Advisory B2B SaaS · Series A → Growth
Heather Gawel, Founder & Product Practice Lead, Momentum Product Co.

Background

Structure and clarity in complex, fast-moving environments.

Two decades leading product, design, and innovation — most recently as VP of Product & Design and Innovation Lab Leader. The throughline: turning ambiguous strategy into shipped outcomes, and growing the leaders who carry the work forward.

  • Led teams through 0→1, post-PMF scale, and $100M+ portfolios.
  • Deep experience where AI, product strategy, and execution intersect.
  • Known for bringing structure and clarity to complex, fast-moving environments.
  • Extensive experience upskilling PMs to make faster decisions and increase impact.
  • Domain range: medtech, salestech, energy, e-learning, and cybersecurity.

The Playbook

Three core plays.

Where senior product leadership creates outsized impact for scaling B2B SaaS.

01

Revenue Growth & Innovation

Driving revenue growth and innovation in Enterprise SaaS through 0→1 product development, expansion strategies, and finding new business opportunities in any market.

02

Value-Driven Product Teams

Transforming product teams into value-driven, customer-focused organizations — fostering a culture of rapid iteration, revenue orientation, and strategic impact, while building trust and collaboration across sales, engineering, and the exec team.

03

Product-Market Fit & Second Acts

Accelerating product-market fit — and finding second acts for companies whose single-product success has plateaued.

Why I Do This

From engineer to product obsession.

Engineering school first, then business school, then product. The throughline was always the same: understanding how value gets delivered, and connecting technology to business impact.

"Today, one of the most rewarding parts of my role is helping product teams develop this same obsession — teaching them how to evaluate, prioritize, and articulate value creation that solves user problems and drives expansion and retention at scale."

My focus is smaller and scaling organizations where senior product leadership creates outsized impact — fast.

Impact

What people say.

"
If you are looking for a product leader with drive and fire, she is unmatched.
CPO · Direct Leader
"
She gets the team excited by rallying around customer pain points and how we are helping them — quick decision-making, business value focus, metrics, and customer-centricity.
Design Lead · Cross-Functional Partner
"
Under Heather's leadership, in just five weeks our business went from no definitive roadmap to a clear plan with multiple options depending on the level of investment strategy.
Engineering Director · Leadership Triad Partner
"
Heather is a catalyst for innovative communication. Her product leadership played a major role in my growth as a product leader — and in helping the team overcome a massive project with extraordinary time constraints.
Principal Product Manager · Direct Report
"
One of the best I have worked with — exceptional EQ, and a strong, fair, humane, transformative leader.
HR Business Partner

Core Competencies

What I bring to the table.

Outcome-Driven Leadership
Customer-Centric Product Thinking
Strategic Opportunity Spotting
Fast, Iterative Execution
Coaching & Talent Development
Trust-Based Leadership & Influence

Where I Focus

Building high-impact product teams that thrive in high-growth B2B SaaS.

Let's Connect

Translate strategy into shipped outcomes.

Interested in collaborating? Whether in a fractional VP of Product, Head of Product, or advisory capacity, I help organizations translate strategy into shipped outcomes — and teams into durable competitive advantage.

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