Matt Walton

Product thinking for creating transformative learning experiences.

I’m an EdTech product coach and advisor who works with startups, scale ups and universities.I was founding Chief Product Officer at FutureLearn, one of Europe’s biggest EdTech platforms partnering with hundreds of universities, growing it to 15m learners and securing over £50m in investment.I recently spent time as a fractional CPO at The London Interdisciplinary School, a new start up university and learned my product craft at the BBC.

Courses

I run two fellowship programmes.Each programme includes self-paced learning, a weekly workshop with a small cohort and 1:1 coaching with me. I can also run versions for teams.

Build the mindset, toolkit and network you need to create a successful learning product.

How to build, inspire and empower a team to deliver outcomes not output.

Testimonials“This has been really crucial in helping me level up in a product role. I cannot recommend this highly enough to push you into your next role.”
Rachel Haak
Director of Learning Experience, Sales Impact Academy"The journey Matt's created opened my eyes wide to the growth potential of my business unit, and to my own role as a sort-of-product-manager within it. He's warm, super-transparent and very effective.”
Ian Ellard
Head of V&A Academy, Victoria and Albert Museum“I gained invaluable insights on diving deeper into pmf across a wide range of techniques, tools, and case studies with a fantastic cohort of product leaders across the sector.”
Lowell Weisbord
Senior Product Manager, Apolitical

Coaching

I offer 1:1 coaching for EdTech founders, leaders and product people.My starting package is 3 x 90 minutes sessions with a specific goal in mind.I normally start initial 30 min conversation to decide if there is a good fit and what success for the three sessions would look like.

“Matt has helped me develop my skills and confidence in a new role. His coaching sessions have given me a space to discuss and work through challenges, and create clear, focused actions to take back to the team. We've explored topics such developing a clear learning product strategy, team dynamics and working through product and tech considerations.”
Alex Wilkes
Head of Product, GreenworkX“Matt strikes the difficult balance between pushing people beyond their comfort zone and being available to provide guidance and support.”
Harriet Patterson
Director of Product, MyTutor

Consulting

Where there is a good fit, I’m also open to discussing more involved relationships such as project and fractional work.Typically this would be up to a couple of days a week for a defined period.Examples projects:

  • Online degree review, opportunity analysis and recommendations

  • Working with a leadership team to define and articulate a tangible product vision

  • Fractional role alongside a small internal team to build an MVP

“Matt is an informed and authoritative voice on the latest development in education and edtech, and wears this expertise very lightly. Matt's capacity to empathise with both the vision and circumstances of his clients is hugely rewarding. It is also a very rare gift that makes him both a highly impactful consultant, and a pleasure to work with.”
Jasper Joyce
Director of New Products, London Interdisciplinary School

Writing

I write a regular Substack including case studies where I explore the lessons learned from who have been successful in EdTech.

Get in touch

Drop me a line if you're interested in a chat.

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