Vicky Li Horst Product Coaching

Vicky Li Horst

Product Coaching and Training

I help product leaders build better products, better teams, and better careers

I specialize in product management in highly regulated fields, such as biotech, healthcare tech, and financial services

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An expert perspective to help you and your team…

Develop product management skills
Analyze product strategy gaps
Diagnose process inefficiencies
Create empowered product teams
Achieve career goals
Connect to other industry leaders
Improve continuous product discovery
Design product orgs and clarify roles

Two ways to work together

One-on-one coaching

Personalized coaching to strengthen product judgment, prioritization, and leadership in regulated industries.

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Small-group training

Structured training with office hours to take teams' collective product management skills to the next level.

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About me

I deeply care about my clients, their careers, and their businesses. My goal with product coaching is to work myself out of a job, because the client has gained necessary skills and overcome their challenges.

I have a background in bioinformatics and a decade of industry experience in biotech/healthcare. During my time leading product teams at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA, I focused on applying tech best practices to scientific products. Now I deliver tailored coaching and training that helps leaders and teams reach their goals.

Why work with me?

I specialize in highly regulated industries, including biotech, life sciences, healthcare, and financial services. I have a scientific background, hands-on product management experience, and years of product coaching for a living.

Everything I do is tailored to each client's particular needs. You'll never be shuffled off to junior employees.

Through coaching, webinars, and grad school classes, I've taught hundreds of product managers and leaders. I know my stuff, and I know how to teach it.

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We should work together if you…

Lead a product team

Your title may be CEO, CPO, VP, Director, Product Manager, or something else entirely

Need more support

You or your organization lack relevant product expertise or time to devote to growth

Want an expert perspective

You need a thought partner to help you or your team see blind spots and provide accountability

What others say about my work

“After working with Vicky, I've gained the clarity and confidence to evaluate product opportunities, delegate effectively, and drive toward an exciting vision. She helped me strike the perfect balance of understanding 'The Why' without overthinking it, and apply product best practices in a way that truly works for my company.”

Eli Pollock, Chief Product Officer

“Because of Vicky, my team now knows what good looks like, and has the vocabulary to discuss it effectively. When we are making decisions, we can point to the best practices Vicky provided us with as well as excellent work already done by team members who have adopted Vicky's recommendations.”

Chris Popple, Executive Director of Digital Product Management

“Through 1-1 coaching with Vicky on identifying pain points, we identified an important gap on my team, and found a solution that both made the team more outcome-oriented and helped with my career development.”

Michelle Greig, Vice President

“Vicky was an instrumental resource in helping me implement and improve Agile practices within my team, and I truly cannot recommend her enough. As an additional testament to how valuable her coaching is, I received a promotion after applying what I learned from her.”

Maggie LeMaitre, Senior Project Coordinator

“Vicky is an excellent thought partner who can help you identify useful insights in a very short amount of time. She aims to meet you where you are so that your time together is as helpful and stress-free as possible.”

Jason Cerrato, Associate Director

“Vicky is friendly, easy to talk to, and invested in my personal development. She provides both product and career insights and has helped me find concrete steps toward my goals.”

Katherine Chao, Product Manager

“Vicky's prioritization framework helped A TON… Because of the framework, now we look at features in a new way.”

Brad McClure, Executive Director

“Vicky is an incredible PM and she was amazing to work with. She always makes decisions on how to proceed with attention to both user value and the team's capacity. Product Management is hard, but Vicky makes it look easy.”

Kendra West, Agile Coach

“Vicky is an excellent communicator, has proven strategic judgment, and is great to work with. My team's product grew immensely under her leadership. Monthly users increased roughly 450%, to 10k per month. That's remarkable growth, particularly for a domain-specific scientific research product. And we're still growing—she set us up for success.”

Eric Weitz, Senior Software Engineer