AMA: Volley VP of Product, Roshni Jain on Stakeholder Management
February 12 @ 10:00AM PST
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to these questions after the event in case you can't make it.
What kinds of ongoing, cross-functional meetings do you think are important to have? Which teams are involved, and what agenda items do you recommend?
What do you think is the source of most disagreements between stakeholders, and how do you go about finding alignment?
How to go about influencing people across different functions and teams?
What are your key objectives and questions when meeting a new stakeholder, either with them or yourself as a new hire?
How do you manage people who don't necessarily report to you? This could be while giving feedback on a piece of work? Or getting them to prioritize the project you're running.
Product Managers often get pulled in several directions and everything feels urgent. How do we work with our Exec team to help narrow down what we focus on?
How do you work towards win/win situations with stakeholders who's top-line goals are inversely correlated to your top line goals?
How do product key stakeholders from other departments change as your company grows?
What guidance can you share around communicating effectively with stakeholders, once you've determined you will not be including their product request into your roadmap?
How do you approach getting approval for your roadmap from internal stakeholders?
How do you ensure alignment when you have two senior executive stakeholders who disagree with each other on the proposed strategy and you are stuck in the middle?
Have you leveraged Gen AI to communicate and report on things internally to stakeholders? What has been the most valuable artifact that AI has helped you create?