Platform Product Management

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Anton Kravchenko
Anton Kravchenko
Carta Sr. Director of Product ManagementNovember 29
The short answer is that I talk to customers a lot. Going one level deeper, I like to source customer feedback through the following channels: 1. User Interviews (Weekly) - I ensure to schedule at least 2-3 interviews per week with internal or external customers. During these meetings,......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Generative AI Platform (Einstein GPT)September 29
If you are referring to individual products using capabilities from broader platform, I would categorize those products are target customer scenarios that the platform enables. As you come up with the roadmap for your platform, you need to work closely with all those scenario owners / customers a......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Generative AI Platform (Einstein GPT)September 30
Impact is typically measured by customer and business value that product/project brings in. First step is to understand customer scenarios/workflows and associated pain-points and needs. Combine that with business opportunity of that investment, also having a close eye on the market and compete l......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Generative AI Platform (Einstein GPT)September 30
From metrics perspective, it's no different from standard product metrics. I've seen many different metrics frameworks being used, all of which essentially boil down to these 4 metric categories: 1. Operational metrics: Is the product functioning as expected? Success rates, Latency etc. 2. Usag......Read More
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Katherine Man
Katherine Man
HubSpot Group Product Manager, CRM PlatformMay 4
It’s true that platform teams serve many different types of users. I like to define the platform mission as “building tools for customers, developers, and internal teams to extend the product in a self-service way.” While you do need to understand different personas, at the end of the day, all of......Read More
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Ashka Vakil
Ashka Vakil
strongDM Sr. Director, Product ManagementDecember 14
Given platform product managers are not directly building an application or a tool or a solution for a single use case, the most challenging aspect of being a platform product manager is multiple stakeholder management. This multiple-stakeholder management requires platform PMs to have certain......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Generative AI Platform (Einstein GPT)September 30
As a Product Manager, you are responsible for: 1. Defining product vision/strategy/roadmap based on deep understand of customers, business and competitive landscape 2. Working with various cross-functional stakeholders and partners to execute on your roadmap and ship product/features 3. Establ......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Generative AI Platform (Einstein GPT)September 30
As a Product Manager, you are responsible for: 1. Defining product vision/strategy/roadmap based on deep understand of customers, business and competitive landscape 2. Working with various cross-functional stakeholders and partners to execute on your roadmap and ship product/features 3. Establ......Read More
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Anton Kravchenko
Anton Kravchenko
Carta Sr. Director of Product ManagementNovember 29
Build vs buy is a common PM dilemma. As for my own challenges, a couple of examples come to mind: 1. Support & reliability - at Carta, we use Mandrill as our email service provider (ESP). The service was brought in a long time ago and, over the years, became an unsupported offering from......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Generative AI Platform (Einstein GPT)September 29

Assuming ICP stands for Ideal Customer Profile, you need to have a clear understanding of the persona you are targeting with your platform. For that persona, you could target different profiles of companies - enterprise, SMB or small shops, depending on your business goals.

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