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Roxana Heitz
Heitz Advisory
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Product & Growth

Fractional advising · Hands-on support · Fast clarity

I help teams turn early vision into clear product strategy and ship products that win.

Strategic advising for founders and leaders navigating ambiguity, scale, or a new category bet - from early opportunity framing through execution. Grounded in deep technical fluency and experience building exceptional consumer experiences in regulated, high-stakes environments.

Focus areas
  • Consumer & digital health
  • Subscription & growth loops
  • Hardware + software ecosystems
  • Novel business models
Typical clients
  • Early to growth-stage teams
  • New categories or business bets
  • Re-orgs or leadership transitions
My mode

Pragmatic, fast, kind, and direct, with a bias toward outcomes over outputs.

Ways to work together

Pick a format that matches your urgency and your team’s shape.

Advising Retainer
2–6 hrs / week

Ongoing strategic support with quick turn feedback and async help.

  • Weekly call + async Slack/notes
  • Product reviews + decision framing on bets, sequencing, and resource allocation
  • Leadership alignment + operating rhythm
Best for: founders, heads of product, leaders who want a trusted thought partner as they scale or make hard tradeoffs.
Strategy Sprint
2–3 weeks

A focused reset to clarify the opportunity, pick the right bets, and leave with a clear narrative and execution plan the team can ship.

  • Problem framing + audience segmentation
  • KPI tree + bets + roadmap prioritization
  • Exec-ready narrative + next 6–12 weeks plan
Best for: “we need alignment yesterday.”
Fractional Product Leadership
1–3 days / week

Hands-on leadership when you’re scaling, rebuilding, or navigating a leadership gap.

  • Team design + hiring plan
  • Portfolio prioritization + tradeoffs
  • Delivery cadence + cross-functional execution
Best for: interim gaps, new org build, turnaround moments.
Selected experience
Stelo Stelo by Dexcom
Peloton Peloton
Alphabet / Google / Verily Alphabet / Google / Verily
…and more · Full background →

How I help

I work across the full arc - from identifying the right opportunity, to defining a winning product strategy, to shipping, learning, and adapting quickly.

Discover

Clarify the opportunity: who it's for, what problem is real, and where you can win.

Decide

Turn ambiguity into crisp choices: positioning, bets, success metrics, what "good" looks like and what we're not doing.

Ship & Learn

Run fast experiments, ship the right MVP/MLP, and tighten the loop with real user and business signals.

Common engagements
KPI tree + dashboard · Pricing/tiering · Growth loops · Roadmap narrative · Org model · Partner strategy · Launch planning
Where I add the most value
Consumer & digital health · Wearables/sensors · Wellness & Fitness · Subscriptions · Hardware+software ecosystems · Mission-driven tech

Let’s talk

I tend to do my best work with teams that care deeply about impact and improving people’s lives.

Tell me what you’re building and where you’re stuck. I’ll respond with whether I can help and what a good engagement could look like.

Limited fractional availability · Based in the Bay Area · Working with teams globally

Good fit if you…
  • Need a crisp product narrative & roadmap
  • Care about exceptional customer experience (trust, clarity, and delight)
  • Want principled growth without gimmicks
  • Need an operating model that ships
Not sure? Send a note anyway - I’ll be honest if I’m not the right person.