Enda Glacken

Senior Product Manager — AI products, growth & UX

Summary

Senior Product Manager at Microsoft with 8+ years across growth, mobile, and AI products. Led cross-functional teams of 20+, re-platformed ~5,000 mobile apps onto React Native at Phorest, and currently drive Copilot adoption for commercial customers. Strong background in experimentation, user research, and design-led product work.

Experience

Senior Product Manager — Microsoft

Sep 2020 — Present · Dublin

  • Define and execute Copilot adoption strategy for commercial and enterprise customers; leading a new initiative that gives admins and AI adoption leads in-product training features they can enable for end users.
  • Led the final phase of a multi-year freemium Microsoft 365 experiment — described by a CVP as "the biggest growth bet Microsoft has done in recent years" — managing a cross-functional team of ~20 engineers, 4 PMs, data scientists, and designers. Delivered an 8pt lift in engagement and communicated outcomes to senior leadership.
  • Designed growth experiments across activation, onboarding, and retention; SMB checkout and post-purchase onboarding work generated 10,000+ new annual subscription adds.
  • Won an internal hackathon with an AI-driven marketing tool suite; mentor junior PMs and interns.

Product Manager — Phorest

2018 — Aug 2020 · Dublin

  • Led the overhaul of the whitelabel mobile offering to a modern, automation-driven React Native stack — ultimately rewriting ~5,000 customer apps with a core team of five. Bookings through the new apps rose ~10%.
  • Owned internal integrations (billing, support, analytics) and growth features including the customer-facing mobile apps.
  • Walked into salons weekly with prototypes; recognised as "an example to other PMs" for user research and UX collaboration.

Founder — Bamboo Digital

2013 — 2018 · Dublin

  • Ran a web development and product design studio for startups and SMBs — full ownership of client acquisition, scoping, delivery, and operations.
  • Designed and built the frontend of Brightflag's legal-tech product (later acquired for €400M); some of that design work remained in the product 7+ years on. Other clients included DogBuddy (acquired by Rover.com), MyWallSt, and one of Ireland's largest language schools.

English Language Teacher — Kobe, Japan

2007 — 2011

  • Four years teaching in Japan after university — five years in the country in total, including a study-abroad year.

Selected Projects

AI Career Checker

iOS app analysing AI's impact on 186+ jobs — live on the App Store.

My Story Book Video

Generative video pipeline for personalised children's stories, shipped with an LLM evals harness.

Bark Around Ireland

React Native app helping dog owners find dog-friendly walks — on the App Store.

Skills

  • Product Strategy & Roadmapping
  • Growth Experimentation & A/B Testing
  • User Research & UX
  • AI/LLM Product Development & Evals
  • Freemium & Monetisation Models
  • React Native & Mobile
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • SQL & Data Analysis

Additional

  • Education: BA (Hons) Applied Languages (French & Japanese), Dublin City University — incl. one year studying in Japan
  • Certifications: Reforge (Generative AI Strategy, Growth Series, Advanced Growth Series) · Professional Scrum Product Owner I · Google Analytics
  • Languages: English (native), Japanese (conversational), French