What is the qualities of a Product Manager that impresses their Engineering counterparts and thereby allows the PM to build influence with the Eng team?
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Atlassian Head of Product Management • 1y
In my opinion, building influence with your engineering team boils down to these 3 thingsUnderstanding engineering complexity even if don't quite grasp all the details e...
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BILL Director, Product Management (Data, AI, DevEx, Identity) | Formerly Twitter/X • 1y
Engineering counterparts are not easy to influence as they come with some kind of bias that PMs are not there to help them but to add processes, hierarchy and more meetin...
1882 Views
OEConnection Head of Global Product Operations • 2y
I get the gist of the question, yet want to call out that "impressing" team mates is not the path I would take. Rather its all about how one can show up authentically and...
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Carta Sr. Director of Product Management | Formerly Salesforce, MuleSoft, Apple • 3y
Being a team player and sharing team responsibilities e.g. sharing scrum ceremonies with your EM, will help you be equal partners. Don't forget that while you're doing ...
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Gainsight Director, Product Management • 2y
A great Product Manager is being a good partner with the Engineering team, as well as the rest of the cross functional team. A good partnership means inputs from the enti...
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Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology • 3y
A CEO once told me that he would only hire a person if he thought that he would enjoy the time spent with that person despite being stuck at an airport with them waiting ...
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