Product Leaders Meet up
Global teams, unified vision: leading multi-cultural teams across countries
Join us for a panel focused on leading distributed teams in product management. Hosted by Miro and Decathlon, this event aims to bring together product leaders and managers to share best practices, tools, and strategies for effective team management in a global environment.
You will meet:
Michael Heinley, Senior Director of Product Management at Decathlon
Ksenia Apolonskaya: Product Lead at Miro
Tom Hazeldine, Chief Experience Officer at Meridia
Timings
Arrival from 17:45
18:00 Panel starts (40 minutes + 10 min Q&A)
18:50: Happy hour
8 pm : End
Our panelists will discuss how to:
Lead Remote Teams with Connection and Engagement: Effective remote leadership requires intentionally building connection. We'll explore how leaders can model clear communication, lead inclusive team rituals, and set realistic expectations to keep teams engaged and motivated, even when working across distances.
Create Clarity and Accountability in Virtual Settings: Setting and aligning objectives remotely demands clarity. Learn best practices for communicating goals and establishing accountability, helping teams stay focused, motivated, and aligned with organizational priorities.
Use the Right Tools to Drive Team Success: What tools do you use to maximize collaboration and transparency? We'll discuss how our leaders like to work to keep remote teams aligned and productive.
Join us to connect with fellow product leaders, share your experiences, and gain actionable insights that will empower you to lead your distributed teams effectively!
About the panel
Michael Heinley: Senior Director of Product Management at Decathlon Digital
Michael is a senior product leader with 15+ years in Product Management and 8+ years in senior leadership roles leading, growing, and coaching teams at major B2C product-led organizations. Guide with strategy, purpose, outcomes, and principles. Teach with competence and genuine concern. Lead with confidence, energy, competence, and motivation.
Ksenia Apolonskaya: Product Lead for Monetization, Growth team at Miro
Ksenia is a Product Lead at Miro, specializing in product monetization strategies. With over 10 years of experience in the tech industry across sales and product management roles, she now oversees three teams dedicated to enhancing various stages of the customer journey. Ksenia combines her expertise in product growth and customer-centric solutions to drive impactful results at Miro.
Tom Hazeldine: Chief Experience Officer, Meridia
Tom started his career in sustainability consulting and led a small policy team in the UK Government before discovering product management 12 years ago. Tom's led Product at multiple B2B SaaS scale-ups from Seed to Series C and has a track record of launching new products and delivering strong revenue growth. He currently leads Product, Engineering and Customer Success at Merida, a Series A Agtech firm, where he's built their recently launched SaaS proposition from scratch.