AMA: Flexera Vice President Of Product Management, Sacha Dawes on Product Management Skills
January 21 @ 9:00AM PT
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Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
Firstly, thank you for your question, and it’s one that I believe any aspiring or seasoned product manager should be asking. The fact is that regardless of your domain, ...
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Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
Thank you for your question. To start, it’s important to note that product management and project management are distinct roles with different focuses and responsibiliti...
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How do product management skills change as you get more senior in the role?
I'm a technical product manager now and I find that the execution piece of my previous roles is not as desired in my current role and I am trying to balance what I deem as PM fundamentals with what my new role expectations should be.
Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
Thank you for your question. A lot of this comes down to the expectation of your organization for your role, but at a high level, product management roles can be seen to...
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Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
If anyone has gotten close to a complete list of must-have items for product leaders it is Amazon with their Leadership Principles (see https://www.aboutamazon.com/about-...
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Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
Firstly, I’m sorry to hear about your recent layoff and hope that you are finding or will soon find some great opportunities. That said, a huge kudos to you for looking ...
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Switching back to product management
For someone who used to work in product management but switched to product marketing for the last 8 years, why is it so difficult to get back into product management at Cisco?
Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
As one who has switched back and forth between product management and product marketing, I thank you for your question! The first question I would ask you is why you wish...
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Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
This can be a challenging situation, which may have come about for several reasons such as where the organization may not value or understand the role of product manageme...
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Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y
It's crucial to ensure you’ve identified and engaged with stakeholders (including your own engineering team) correctly, to mitigate the risk of damaging relationships. He...
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