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How do product key stakeholders from other departments change as your company grows?

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Stakeholder Management
  1. Shahid Hussain
    Shahid Hussain

    Google Group Product Manager, Android • 1y

    There's a lot of factors at play as a company grows -- it could change focus, go international, or pivot entirely. But there's two changes that are probably going to happen: The company will scale. That means more people, more layers. Expect more politics, and a bigger ship that turns more slowly. Your job as a PM will change from the functional shipping, to taking on more and more internal alignment work. Revenue focus. The company may go in & out of phases where it's all about the bottom l ...Read More

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  2. James Heimbuck
    James Heimbuck

    ATG Group Product Manager | Formerly Doppler, GitLab, Twilio/SendGrid • 1y

    As a product leader in a small company, you often find yourself wearing many hats, sometimes taking on responsibilities in support, marketing, sales, and other areas. However, as the company grows and new leaders are brought in to oversee these functions, it can be challenging to let go of the things you were responsible for in the past. It is important to remember that your primary responsibility has shifted to creating and executing the product vision, allowing you to dedicate more time and fo ...Read More

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  3. Linh Lam
    Linh Lam

    Lattice Group Product Manager • 4y

    I find that the list of stakeholders tends to be roughly the same across company size, with the key difference being how many "support" functions you can rely on as a PM. For example, bigger companies tend to have dedicated people or teams to help with internal communications, training, research, and data analysis. Roughly speaking though, I always walk into any company trying to keep an eye on the following teams, and will add or subtract folks based on the organizational model of the company: ...Read More

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