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Toptal is a marketplace for experienced Product Consultants. Top companies and start-ups hire freelance Product Consultants from Toptal for app development, web development, and other software development projects to achieve their business needs.

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Clients Rate Toptal Product Consultants4 / 5.0on average across 5 reviews as of Apr 12, 2023

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Michael Cvetkovic

Freelance Product Consultant

PortugalToptal Member Since December 18, 2018

For the past five years, Michael has worked as a product manager for startups and a large German online comparison portal. He is experienced in user experience design, user interface design, API-integration, product management, and data analysis. Michael's biggest achievements were building products that enabled a multi-million startup exit and the launch of a highly successful German travel agent.

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Hanzel Corella

Freelance Product Consultant

United StatesToptal Member Since November 11, 2019

For over ten years, Hanzel has been launching new products for both startups and Fortune 500 companies. He’s worked in eCommerce, energy, consumer foods, healthcare, fintech, ride-sharing, IoT (internet of things), and solar power industries. As a product consultant, digital marketer, and director of a creative agency, Hanzel is well versed in digital marketing, UX design, and web and mobile development. Hanzel will help you acquire new customers while improving your marketing funnel strategy.

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Alex Covic

Freelance Product Consultant

SerbiaToptal Member Since November 7, 2019

Alex is helping entrepreneurs, startups, SMBs and innovators build, launch and grow new web2 & web3 products since 2008. Companies he worked with raised 10s of millions, served 100s of thousands of happy customers and got aquired by market leaders. He specialises in early stage and getting products and companies from 0 to 1 using a customer centric and business focused approach.

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Eric Nowak

Freelance Product Consultant

United StatesToptal Member Since September 13, 2019

Eric is a seasoned product leader—passionate about improving businesses at every stage. A former software engineer and analytics junkie, Eric built a $1.2 billion network/security business from scratch. He has created market leaders in new technology fields, revamped services in decline, and executed successful exit strategies for long-term underperformers. He excels at focusing a talented team's efforts to create amazing experiences.

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Hiren Umradia

Freelance Product Consultant

United KingdomToptal Member Since November 20, 2019

Hiren is a customer-centric product manager with a track record of innovating for both early-stage startup environments and large multinationals. He blends his computer science, human-centered design, and analytical skills to ensure teams are focused on the right goals and delivering value. Hiren achieves company strategic objectives through teamwork, collaboration, and servant leadership.

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Jeff Stanier

Freelance Product Consultant

CanadaToptal Member Since December 10, 2019

Jeff has over 25 years of enterprise software experience, including application development, project management, and product management. Jeff has a deep background in managing desktop, on-premise, AI/ML, and SaaS products through every aspect of the product life cycle. Jeff has extensive experience in shaping products for the public sector, financial services, health, and education clients from around the globe.

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Allan Milne Lees

Freelance Product Consultant

AndorraToptal Member Since October 4, 2019

For the last 25 years, Allan has held various product manager roles in Fortune 500 companies and several startups. His domain knowledge includes financial services, health and pharmaceuticals, cybersecurity, telecommunications, smartphone apps, and biotech. He is highly experienced in total lifecycle product management and works effectively across all organizational functions to ensure objectives are promptly met.

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Rob Calvert

Freelance Product Consultant

United KingdomToptal Member Since October 2, 2019

Rob validates, launches, and grows digital products for startups and global organizations. He hits the ground running, bringing hands-on experience in engineering, design, and multiple business contexts. Rob makes the complex simple, drives business decisions through customer insights and data, and leads teams to deliver exceptional results in tight timeframes. He also holds an MA from the University of Cambridge.

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Jinesh Parekh

Freelance Product Consultant

CanadaToptal Member Since October 1, 2019

Over the last 14 years, Jinesh has launched 15+ B2B, B2C products for Fortune 100 companies like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, AMD, HP, UPS, and Zee5. He has shipped scalable products for web, mobile, and SmartTV platforms focusing on use-cases like patient and consumer health, eCommerce, logistics optimization, financial investments, and video streaming. Jinesh leads product teams with a focus on Lean/Agile product delivery.

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Samuel Holland

Freelance Product Consultant

United StatesToptal Member Since September 16, 2019

Sam Holland is a product leader and founder with over a decade of experience across several business models, including ads, SaaS, and enterprise with expertise in marketplaces. He has a passion for building new customer-facing products utilizing data, machine learning, and simple design that drive significant business growth. Lastly, Sam values connection and cares deeply about his coworkers and users.

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Jonathan Schaffer

Freelance Product Consultant

United StatesToptal Member Since September 4, 2019

Jonathan is an unabashed customer-centric product innovator and entrepreneurial leader, operating at the cross-section of business strategy, technology, and design. Jonathan offers over a decade of experience in innovation strategy, product development, and business operations, working with some of the most well-known brands in the world. He is a team player recognized for his ability to motivate through inspiration and lead by example.

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Toptal helped us achieve our goals by really understanding what we were looking for. They worked with us very closely to figure out what the right talent looked like -- from a technical, cultural perspective -- and helped us get the onboarding done quickly so the talent could be effective as soon as possible.

Jay Tring, Technical Team Lead, CSR Connect, Australia

CSR Limited

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Mac Smith, President

New Texas Investments

The best talent is at Toptal for sure. It's way better and faster than any other means of getting top talent.

Rajesh Nagarajan, Co-Founder & CTO

maxmantra

Getting set up with Toptal and finding a new team member was so easy, I don't know why anyone wouldn't give it a try. Best of all, we no longer have to worry about finding great people to help with our projects!

Mike Branch , President & CTO

Harbor System Integrators, Inc

One of our most time consuming problems is finding qualified staff. We need to find the correct platform to advertise on, create a proper ad, filter through tons of applications, interview and test the applicants' capabilities, and finally take a risk by hiring. This was the old way of doing things. The new way: describe the job position to our Toptal account manager, interview a few qualified applicants, and hire with a risk-free trial -- much faster, a lot easier, and with incredible results.

Catalin S. Balaci, Owner

EvoBits Information Technology SRL

Always incredibly responsive, prompt, and flexible, Anna has done an outstanding job -- her work is exactly what we needed. Toptal has been a great experience for us due to the ease of getting a project going with quality talent at a cost that fits our budget. The automated online system for managing everything during onboarding was also impressive.

Cody Wilke, Product Manager

Crucial Life Sciences Data Solutions

What attracted us to Toptal was that Toptal is sourcing its talent from a global pool. The selection process is very stringent. They’re sourcing the talent not only based on capabilities -- sourcing the best 3% -- but also based on cultural fit, which is really important to us. We had an amazing experience working with Toptal. Toptal helped us achieve our goals by bringing us very high-quality resources, on very short notice.

Elmar Platzer, Digital Transformation Leader, CSR Australia

CSR Limited

With the pressure on and millions watching the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA Playoffs, Toptal delivered the talent and expertise needed to launch a brand new fan engagement platform.

Conor Kenney, Director of Professional Services

Cleveland Cavaliers

Toptal has helped my business tremendously by finding, vetting, and recruiting the talent I need, at the right time. I’d definitely recommend it to others.

Xavier Xicay, CEO & Creative Director

Tuatara Corp

Toptal has been extremely helpful to us in finding top remote talent. The ratio from interview to hire with Toptal candidates is the highest I've ever experienced in my professional career.

Philipp Berner, Co-founder and CTO

KeepSafe

I can't say enough about how happy and confident I am in working with Enrique. He brings an enthusiasm to his profession that is very refreshing, constantly surprising us with his depth of knowledge and his capability to not only complete the task, but to surpass our expectations. He presents us with solutions that we would not have thought about ourselves, and sees the problem better than we can explain it.

Chad Berryman, Senior Technical Lead

Zoomedia

We had a wonderful experience with our Toptal consultant. He was very reliable and punctual, delivering excellent work on a budget—we will certainly be using him again!

Barbara Karpf, President

DecoratorsBest

How to Hire Product Consultants through Toptal

1

Talk to One of Our Industry Experts

A Toptal director of product management will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.
2

Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right product consultant for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
3

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new product consultant for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

FAQs

  • How are Toptal product consultants different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our product consultants to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 100,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You'll work with product management experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs. Start now.

  • Can I hire product consultants in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a product consultant within 48 hours of signing up. Start now.

  • What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal product consultants?

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your product consultant begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you're completely satisfied with the results, we'll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you'd like. If you're not completely satisfied, you won't be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial. Start now.

  • What type of talent do you have?

    Our platform hosts a very diverse group of skill sets, experiences, and backgrounds. Our freelancers range from software engineers, user experience designers, project management experts, and product managers to finance experts who have worked at leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and many more. Our product management consultants are strategists with multiple years of experience in agile product development and great communication skills. They have worked in a myriad of agile projects such as developing product strategy, optimizing product offerings, preparing product launches, market research, and other projects.

  • What other services does Toptal provide?

    Besides our talent matching services, we also assemble cross-functional teams of finance experts, senior project managers, web developers, app developers, user interface designers and other technical skills.

Tap Into World-Class Talent

  • Trusted Experts Only

    All of our talent are seasoned experts who ramp up quickly, readily contribute as core team members, and work with you to minimize onboarding time.

  • The Right Fit

    We have a knack for matching you with the right fit. Start working with your new hire on a no-risk trial period, paying only if satisfied.

  • Scale as Needed

    Hire in under 2 weeks and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.

  • Seamless Hiring

    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

  • Flexible Engagements

    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

  • Expert Talent Matching

    Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.

Top Product Consultants are in High Demand.

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