Clarity & confidence to help you scale.

Product leadership coaching and consultancy to help ambitious product leaders and teams create and hit goals, and thrive when the pressure is on.

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I’m emma, executive coach.

“Product is hard. people are harder. I can help you thrive no matter the odds.”

  • 150+ leaders coached in since July 2023

  • Rated 8.5/10 for transformational impact

  • +40% team engagement in under 6 months

  • 5 product org transformations

  • Scaled 2 unicorns: Funding Circle & Multiverse

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scale with less chaos and more confidence.

Work with me if:

✔️ You’re in an organisation that’s scaling or transforming (Series A-C or large businesses)

✔️ You’re an ambitious senior product leader in a high challenge, low support environment

✔️ You’re leading through change – shifting priorities, evolving strategies, maybe even low trust.

✔️ Your product team needs to scale fast – up-skill, hire, and deliver under pressure.

I’m the right partner for:

  • Senior product leaders: Heads, Directors, VPs, or CPOs leading under high pressure.

  • Founders, CEOs, and exec teams who lack deep product leadership experience.

Book your free 30-minute consultation

I’ve been in your shoes

I’ve spent 17 years building and scaling products, leading teams, and navigating the messy middle of growth.

Along the way, I:

  • Helped scale two UK unicorns : Funding Circle & Multiverse

  • Transformed multiple product organisations from struggling to thriving

  • Coached 150+ product leaders who then were promoted, gained confidence and found great new roles.

Now I combine real-world product leadership with accredited executive coaching to help ambitious leaders and teams scale, with more clarity, confidence, and less chaos.

Now I can help you scale too.

for Businesses

  • Find out the real strength of your team through expert evaluation

  • Build leadership and teamwork muscle

  • Gain clarity on what product excellence looks like and drive real results

  • Hire and up-skill your team

  • Help your org grow up - before your revenue slows

for Senior leaders

  • Find your strengths as a leader

  • Gain clarity in your future career

  • Gain confidence in yourself

  • Feel supported and motivated every step of the way

  • Scale your leadership to reach its ultimate potential

Hear from my clients.

My Substack.

  • Underconfident overachiever

    Are you an "underconfident overachiever"?

    It takes one to know one. A must read for anyone achieving success but it doesn’t feel great.

  • Emma van Dijkum in front of steps

    How I Coach Product Leaders (and Why)

    From VP to coach: blending mentorship and coaching to support product leaders through scale, complexity, and change.

  • An illustrated person mountaineering on a steep rock wall, wearing a helmet, backpack, and climbing gear.

    What happens when scaling under pressure

    The hidden weight behind progress, and what’s possible when we put it down.

  • Busy city scape

    The truth about scaling product at unicorns (from someone who's done it twice)

    Reflections on scaling unicorns most people don't speak openly about

  • product leader sweating

    The real reason product leaders leave

    Insights from conversations with top product leaders in scaling companies.

  • organisational mess

    How to build a team that scales

    Real examples and principles on how to structure your product org as you scale.