Social enterprise Beam, the world鈥檚 first crowdfunding platform for homeless people, has hired Monzo鈥檚 director of听product Flora Devlin.听
Devlin led product teams at Monzo for two years, where she was responsible for developing听the product management discipline and shipping product to Monzo’s 4m+ customers.听
She听also acted as interim听chief听product听officer in summer 2020.听听
Prior to Monzo, she worked in the data and product teams at leading tech companies Intercom and Hootsuite.听
Devlin听will听join Beam as its first听head听of听product听this month听and听will work closely with the听start–up鈥檚听head of听engineering, Julian听Keenaghan, and report into founder and CEO Alex Stephany.听
She听has joined for an initial period of six months and will lead on product design and execution, in addition to advising on longer-term product strategy for Beam鈥檚 multiple stakeholders.听听
The firm鈥檚听business model brings together local authorities, homeless charities, training providers, employers, members of the public and Beam鈥檚 dedicated team of caseworkers to help tackle homelessness.听听
鈥淚’m听incredibly excited to take up this role at Beam. I believe that everyone deserves access to opportunities in life and Beam鈥檚 mission is directly focused on addressing this,鈥� said Devlin.听听
鈥�For me this role is the perfect blend of a听start–up听building innovative product, a world听class team and solving an issue I feel passionately about.”听
Stephany听added:听鈥淎t Beam we believe everyone听deserves access to world class tech – not just those wealthy enough to afford Deliveroo, Spotify or an Airbnb holiday.听听
鈥�We’re delighted to welcome Flora, a product leader from one of the UK’s most admired unicorns, to build products that will empower and delight听some of the most disadvantaged people in the UK.鈥�听
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