Jacob Clark

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ABOUT JACOB CLARK

High-agency product & technology leader with over 15 years’ experience delivering measurable product outcomes and large-scale transformation while building high-performing engineering cultures across organisations such as LexisNexis, BBC, Civica, UK Government, Co-op, Gousto, The Very Group, and Booking.com.Strategic and pragmatic, I build lean, user-focused engineering cultures that prioritise transparency, empowerment, and sustainable delivery. With a hands-on background rooted in software and data engineering, I bring technical credibility across the modern product stack, spanning applications, platforms, cloud-native architectures, and AI/data systems.I have led multi-million-dollar budgets and multi-level teams, delivering measurable improvements in delivery speed, quality, and employee engagement. I apply DORA and SPACE metrics, DataOps practices, and Centre of Excellence models to raise engineering maturity and enable continuous improvement.Career highlights- LexisNexis IP – Reduced operating spend by $3M while increasing revenue, NPS/eNPS, deployment frequency, and enabling Data-as-a-Product and GenAI workflows- AND Digital – Scaled the Manchester practice from £300K to £1M+ in revenue; hired and developed 60+ engineers and secured key regional clients- UK Home Office – Established a Cloud Centre of Excellence, delivering £1.5M+ in savings through centralised insight and optimisation- BBC – Modernised app architecture, removing £1M in cost and improving app store ratings from 3 stars to 4.I believe that when we focus on people and outcomes, technology complexity falls away, enabling sustainable, high-velocity value delivery.