Product judgement
Shaping product direction around commercial reality, customer outcomes, and the practical needs of HR and payroll teams.
Public portfolio
Lawrence Charles Knowles
Product leadership and implementation assurance for HR software, with a track record across SaaS, payroll, enterprise delivery, and customer-facing transformation work.
Focus
What I bring
Implementation assurance
Reviewing current-state gaps, guiding selection choices, and helping teams reduce risk during complex software implementations.
Board-level communication
Translating technical and delivery detail into language that helps executives make faster, better decisions.
Experience
Selected background
HR software and payroll leadership
Senior leadership across software, payroll, and SaaS businesses, including product direction, customer strategy, and market-facing growth.
Implementation and current-state review
Advisory work on HR and payroll implementations, system selection, and process improvement, including audit-style review of live environments.
Community and digital projects
Public-facing digital work including Collingham.org, local history digitisation, and other practical projects that make information easier to find and use.
Public work
Selected public examples
Public project Visit site
Collingham.org
Community and local-history focused digital work that demonstrates practical organisation, content care, and public communication.
Public channel Open channel
YouTube presence
A public channel used for selected examples and supporting material. More portfolio items can be added here as they become public-safe.
Code profile View GitHub
GitHub profile
Public code and tooling will live here as the portfolio grows. The focus is on useful, public-safe examples rather than private application material.
JobGarden Internal support tool
Application workflow tooling
JobGarden powers the private application process, CV generation, and review workflow. Only public-safe material belongs on this portfolio site.
Contact
Let's talk
If you are hiring for HR software product, implementation assurance, or related leadership work, the quickest route is LinkedIn or email.