Harris Brown

Ex-Airbnb product leader, supporting founders & early-stage teams

I'm a fractional product leader and coach, with over 10 years of experience at early-stage startups and large technology companies.


I've been working exclusively as a fractional product leader for the last 3 years, primarily partnering with founders and early-stage teams (Seed to Series B) as an interim head of product. In addition, I also work as a product coach with select clients.


Prior to my fractional work, I spent 5 years at Airbnb building products and leading cross-functional teams. I've a…

Harris Brown

Work

  • FieldNav

    Leveraging a lean, design-think approach, FieldNav was built to enable real-time, geo-spatial field asset data.

    fieldnav.io
  • Namecoach

    Namecoach offers personalized naming solutions for your business and brand. Our expert team will help you find the perfect name that resonates with your target audience and sets you apart from the competition. Contact us today to get started.

    cloud.name-coach.com

Experience

  • kea.ai

    kea.ai

    Product Lead

    Sep 2023 - Present

    • Product lead for kea
  • US Soccer

    US Soccer

    Product Lead

    Mar 2024 - Apr 2024

    • Led the build-out of the Product Operations function for U.S. Soccer
  • Namecoach

    Namecoach

    Head of Product

    Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

    • Interim head of product for Namecoach
  • FieldNav

    FieldNav

    Head of Product

    Sep 2022 - Feb 2024

    • Interim head of product for FieldNav
  • iConnections

    iConnections

    Head of Product

    May 2022 - Dec 2022

    • Interim head of product for iConnections
  • Holonic

    Holonic

    Product Coach

    Dec 2021 - May 2022

    • Product coaching for Holonic, coaching both product managers and engineering teams
  • Zitti

    Zitti

    Head of Product

    May 2021 - Sep 2021

    • Interim head of product for Zitti
  • Mahana

    Mahana

    Product Lead

    May 2021 - Jul 2021

    • Interim product lead for cross-functional product team at Mahana
  • Airbnb

    Airbnb

    Product Manager

    Aug 2015 - Jun 2020

    • Led product vision, strategy, goal-setting, roadmap and product execution for the Cities team: a 60-person, cross functional product team that supports Airbnb hosts and Airbnb as a company in complying with regulatory obligations
    • Led product vision, strategy, goal-setting, roadmap and product execution for Address Quality team at Airbnb: a 10-person cross-functional product team that improves the accuracy of Airbnb listing addresses around the world
  • Shake

    Shake

    Director of Growth

    Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

    • Led growth, partnership and business operations
  • Piazza

    Piazza

    Growth

    Jan 2010 - May 2011

    • Led growth and user acquisition