Former Chief Product Officer
Executive Product Strategy Advisor to Scaling Companies
Founder of OneRank.io, AI-powered strategy platform
Speaker at global product & technology conferences
Award-winning Product Leader (PLA, Products That Count)
15+ years building and scaling global B2B and platform products across North America, Europe and APAC
Previous Product Leadership Experience Across Global Technology Companies
ABOUT
Work With Me
Elena leonova
How We Can Work Together
2/ Strategic Product Advisory
For executive teams and senior product leaders operating at scale.
I partner with organizations facing complex strategic decisions — from growth and profitability tradeoffs to portfolio direction and investment prioritization — bringing structured, business-grounded clarity to high-stakes choices.
This is not delivery support. It’s strategic judgment when direction matters most.
How Leaders
Describe the Impact
Ángel Hita Albarracín
Principal Product Manager,
Company
Working with Elena sharpened my strategic thinking at a critical stage of my career. Her approach to P&L-driven prioritization and portfolio rationalization pushed me to operate with greater financial clarity and executive judgment.
Volodymyr Lunov
Senior Product Manager,
Company
Elena gave me the ability to think and communicate like a product executive. She connects product work to real business impact and reshaped how our organization approaches strategy
Strategy Insights
Why Most Product Strategies Fail
Product strategy breaks down when product decisions are disconnected from the economic realities of the business
The Signal Hierarchy Product Leaders Should Use
Not all signals deserve equal weight. Strategic leaders must distinguish between strong signals, weak signals, and noise
From Feature Backlog to Strategic Bets
The real job of product leadership is deciding where capital and organizational focus should go
No spam. Just sharp thinking, once a week.
The Art
of Platform Products
BOOK
Coming 2026
A practical guide to building and scaling platform products in complex, high-stakes environments.
The book explores how platform strategy differs from traditional product models — from ecosystem dynamics and multi-sided value creation to strategic bets, capital allocation, and execution at scale.
For product leaders and executives responsible for building and scaling platform businesses
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If you’re navigating strategic complexity, growth pressure, or a high-stakes product decision, let’s talk.
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