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AMA: GitLab Director of Product Management, Jacqueline Porter on Building a Product Management Team

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GitLab Director of Product Management, Jacqueline Porter on Building a Product Management Team
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Jacqueline Porter
Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product ManagementDecember 8
This is a great question about how to pave the way for two things: product strategy and product management execution. I can see this being applicable to not only first Product hires at start-ups, but new product areas a company has never pursued before. There are a few mechanisms/processes I woul......Read More
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Jacqueline Porter
Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product ManagementDecember 8
I think this is one of my favorite ways of categorizing different kinds of product managers - based off of the KPI’s that they are being optimized for. Product managers who are focused on building products, fast, and shipping them to market are going to be measured a little bit differently than p......Read More
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Jacqueline Porter
Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product ManagementDecember 8
Communicating as a product manager is probably 90% of the job. I would say you need to make sure you establish clear chains of communication, both internally and externally, especially as a pertains to product roadmap delivery updates. My favorite method of doing this is to create a safe, publicl......Read More
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Jacqueline Porter
Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product ManagementDecember 8
Gitlab, my current company, the product organization is kind of unique. We have several product directors over each major products section which roles up to a VP of Product Management. Under each of those product directors, there can be a staff product manager, the highest level product manager w......Read More
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Jacqueline Porter
Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product ManagementDecember 8
I am a firm believer that what you need to grow and what you need to scale are two different things - including leadership, team processes, and strategy. This means that I have found it easier to start with a small seed group to build your framework for operating. This has a couple of advantages,......Read More
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Jacqueline Porter
Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product ManagementDecember 8
A well-rounded product team requires three main features: * Diverse composition * Top talent in the domain * Rigorous product management processes Diverse talent can be accomplished by hiring with a specific schedule of product manager you want to hire. This can mean location diversity gende......Read More
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