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What activities do you do to help set expectations between development and upper leadership?

Aaron Bloom
Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion10mo
Representing your team to leadership is a core responsibility of a Product Manager. That starts with generating clear alignment on business goals and product requirements...
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DJ Chung
Shopify Senior Staff Product Manager3y
For a visible project that has the attention of upper leadership, I think of 3 checkpoints with leadership: 1. Showcasing the vision at the beginning of the project Once...
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3150 Views
Advaita Nigudkar
BILL Director Product Management6mo
Setting clear expectations between development and leadership is one of the most important parts of my role as a PM. I see myself as the bridge — translating strategy int...
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408 Views
C. Todd Lombardo
Co-author Product Roadmaps Relaunched | Formerly Openly, MachineMetrics, ConstantContact, Vempathy, Fresh Tilled Soil2y
Communicate, communicate and communicate more!We have a quarterly product strategy meeting where the PMs share their plans and the execs ask questions ahead of the work b...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
“Managing up” is core to being a successful PM given how front and centre product development is for a business to grow. “Communication with the right level of detail” i...
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1017 Views
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product5mo
As a product manager, I focus on several key activities to bridge the gap between development and upper leadership:Roadmap Alignment and Communication: ensure the product...
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372 Views
Saikat Paul
Asana Former Head of Product Operations | Formerly Adobe2y
Be transparent and over-communicate. Clear expectations between development teams and upper leadership are crucial for alignment and stakeholder satisfaction.Establish a ...
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641 Views
Sam Friedman
Eventbrite Senior Director of Product2y
Setting clear and realistic expectations between development teams and leadership is key to the success of any product development team. Here are some strategies I use to...
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936 Views
Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product Management5mo
I have relied on three primary types of tools to maintain alignment across leadership and teams: Dashboards that everyone has access to (providing visibility into product...
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375 Views