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AMA: Gainsight Director, Product Management, Sailaja Kalle on Product Management Skills

July 13 @ 10:00AM PST
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Gainsight Director, Product Management, Sailaja Kalle on Product Management Skills
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What hard skills are must haves to be a Product Management leader? What are nice to haves?
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Gainsight Director, Product Management • July 14
Product Manager Leaders essentially act as CEO of their Product. They bring 5 key traits to the table 1. Product and User Sense - Good Product Leaders have the talent to 'easily' obtain a holistic, strategic view of what the right product might be for a given problem space; they can ide......Read More
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There is often a huge emphasis on analytical skills, instead of UX skills, when it comes to product management job descriptions. What role does UX play in product management?
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Gainsight Director, Product Management • July 14
User experience (UX) plays a critical role in product management, as it is the overall experience of a person using a product or service. A positive UX can lead to increased customer satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy, while a negative UX can drive customers away. As a product manager, it is imp......Read More
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What are the most important soft and hard skills Product Managers can build to become successful in their field going forward?
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Gainsight Director, Product Management • July 14
Apart from being a good product managers, natural propensity to build epic stuff, passion for impact, data-driven, ability to execute , great collaborator and communicator along with wide combination of skills - from software engineering, product development to monetization and growth is somethin......Read More
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I get a lot of critical feedback from my boss and I don't always know what to do with it or how to improve. Sometimes I don't even agree with the feedback. What should I do when I don't think the feedback is correct?
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Gainsight Director, Product Management • July 14
Feedback, as they say, is a gift. Research bears this out, suggesting that it’s a key driver of performance and leadership effectiveness. Negative feedback in particular can be valuable because it allows us to monitor our performance and alerts us to important changes we need to make. But process......Read More
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What is the qualities of a Product Manager that impresses their Engineering counterparts and thereby allows the PM to build influence with the Eng team?
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Gainsight Director, Product Management • July 14
A great Product Manager is being a good partner with the Engineering team, as well as the rest of the cross functional team. A good partnership means inputs from the entire cross functional team are valued and encouraged. Including engineers early in roadmap plans or design studio sessions increa......Read More
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What real world experience and skillset do your product org look for in potential candidates?
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Sailaja Kalle
Gainsight Director, Product Management • July 14

Problem solving capability, Communication skills, Empathy - User and Product, Learning curiosity, Passion to impact and comfortable with failure are some soft skills we evaluate when we hire for the team apart from the necessary skills and relevant experience for the role

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