Sirisha Machiraju

AMA: Uber Director of Product, Sirisha m on Product Development Process

December 7 @ 9:00AM PT
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
“Data depth” is a core competency for any PM and unlocks “data informed’ strategy. However, how much data analysis a PM will need to do will depend on the maturity of th...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
Engineering should be part of your planning journey and not be brought in only when scoping. Couple of ways to driving the understanding to your engineering team:Througho...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
Success metrics should be front and center of every conversation from the get go. Success metric is what I would refer to as ‘impact number’ or key results in an OKR. Whe...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
Let’s break this down into 2 workstreams - 1) how to create the complete opportunity space & 2) the process to select the right opportunities to go after. Creating t...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
QA should always be an ongoing effort and be treated as a team effort. There might be spikes in QA efforts based on the complexity of the project but it should never be ...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
“Managing up” is core to being a successful PM given how front and centre product development is for a business to grow. “Communication with the right level of detail” i...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
Prioritization is a key PM competency. When there are constraints you need to deal with, “ruthless prioritization” becomes even more important. Some guiding principles to...
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