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Developer Product Management
  1. Deepak Mukunthu
    Deepak Mukunthu

    Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Agentforce AI Platform • 3mo

    Extremely closely, arguably closer than in most PM roles.

    • Internally: daily collaboration with engineers on design and trade-offs

    • Externally: constant feedback loops with actual users (Slack, GitHub, forums, customer calls)

    For Dev PMs, engineers aren’t just builders, they’re also:

    • Proxies for your users

    • Early warning systems for bad design

    • Co-designers of the product

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  2. Orit Golowinski
    Orit Golowinski

    JetBrains Head of Product | Formerly GitLab, Jit.io, Cellebrite, Anima • 1y

    I work very closely with developers, but the nature of this collaboration has evolved depending on my role. When I was a Senior Product Manager responsible for the roadmap of a specific product line or set of features, I met regularly with each developer on the team. I spent significant time explaining the vision, roadmap, and user stories, as well as reviewing the implementation details to ensure alignment with our goals. As I moved into leadership roles, my collaboration with developers shifte ...Read More

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