Julian Dunn

AMA: GitHub Senior Director of Product Management, Julian Dunn on Product Management Vs Product Marketing

July 13 @ 10:00AM PT
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
In general, PM KPIs tend to be further down-funnel and PMM KPIs are further up-funnel. PM's KPIs are about utilization / adoption of products or features, including repea...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
I think "share" is the right term to use here. I've heard marketing teams claim that only they represent the voice of the customer, which is obviously not true. There are...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
It depends on what your background is. If you have a background in traditional marketing, it's going to be easier to get into product marketing by learning both the domai...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
I used to be very much on the side of "PMM should own pricing" but I will now caveat this with a couple considerations. First off, though, I think at a smaller company, ...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
As early as possible! I pull in product marketing as soon I have a good understanding of the problem statement and its benefits to customers. Typically the artifact we'll...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
I always start with roles & responsibilities. What is it that PM will be chiefly responsible for versus PMM? Starting with Pragmatic Institute's framework and agreein...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
This is a popular question and one that I've struggled with a lot in my years doing both PM and PMM. Most answers I've seen tend to weasel out of a strong point of view (...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
This is a great question. I've transitioned from PM to PMM and back again, so I can give you my perspective on both. The biggest challenges for anyone moving into PM, wh...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management3y
As a PMM, I was always conducting my own wide-ranging research about competitors and market dynamics (competitive and market intelligence) and providing this to PM. This ...
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