Sirisha Machiraju

AMA: Uber Director of Product, Sirisha m on Stakeholder Management

May 1 @ 10:00AM PT
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
Making any discussion data driven helps drive meaningful outcomes. Start with understanding why a different team thinks they own the decision, which helps with your conve...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
The structure and frequency of cross functional meetings vary by audience & project phases. With your core development team of engineering, design, data science and ...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
“Saying No” is a soft skill every PM will exercise through his/her career. How to say No is something you will continue to learn and evolve with experience. Some guidin...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
The areas that junior PMs struggle with the most when working with leadership are: 1) communication - An IC PM is in the weeds of their specific charter but not the exec...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
As a PM, you are always “influencing without authority”. The main factor that helps with influencing is identifying shared goals. Once you have shared goals, the discussi...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
As a PM/product lead, success is defined by both quantitative and qualitative metrics. I measure success - be it mine or anyone of the team across 4 pillars. "Impact a...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
When you are stuck between the disagreement of 2 executives, there is no prescriptive playbook to help resolve this since the solution depends on the people involved, the...
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