Rico Hodges-Smikle

Rico Hodges-Smikle

UK | Jamaica | Remote

Summary

Product and operations leader with a strong record of enabling enterprise success, building internal processes, and troubleshooting complex SaaS issues. Known for delivering high-quality driving cross-functional collaboration, support experiences, and using data and user feedback to guide improvements. Passionate about responsible AI and building scalable systems that enhance user experiences.

Experience

Sourcemap — Product Manager & Product Operations

06/22 – Present

  • Resolved complex onboarding, support, and data integrity issues for global supply chain customers, becoming the go-to product lead for internal support escalations.
  • Partnered with engineering to troubleshoot and triage user-reported bugs, security issues, and integration errors across thousands of suppliers and enterprises.
  • Reduced time-to-value by ~85% by launching a streamlined platform and support experience.
  • Standardized workflows for support and compliance documentation, helping scale adoption across 20,000+ companies.
  • Led feedback loops between users and product/engineering teams to refine platform features and prioritize roadmap items.
  • Key internal owner of enterprise enablement across product, sales, and support teams as company scaled 3x.

Acquire.io — Product Manager & Customer Enablement Lead

10/21 – 06/22 (PM) | 02/21 – 12/21 (CSM/Enablement)

  • Designed and delivered a fully self-serve onboarding product—500+ lessons completed within 3 months.
  • Built tools to support the Sales and Support orgs, including an onboarding calculator and feature health score audits.
  • Frequently acted as the technical liaison between Sales, CX, and Engineering teams.
  • Identified and addressed root causes of customer churn through interviews and product analytics.
  • Personally managed support for $500k+ in accounts during high product volatility.

Quadmark (Google Account) — Instructional Designer & Account Manager

06/18 – 03/20

  • Created high-impact support and learning materials, including a 24-part global certification program for Google partners.
  • Designed platform UX flows and support logic with engineering and content teams.
  • Managed cross-team stakeholder needs and localized materials into 15 languages.
  • Maintained high satisfaction (NPS 92) across global training assets used by 1.5M+ users.

Education

University College London | Bachelors of Arts and Sciences (09/14-05/18)

Primary foci: Behavioural science and technology impact (3.9 GPA eq)

Hitotsubashi University | Tokyo JP | (09/16-06/17)

Primary foci: Economics, international relations and globalisation