What is the single most important activity you prioritize as a product leader? Why do you prioritize this activity above all else?
- How might this shift according to company maturity and the maturity of the product you're working on?
- For IC PMs, what is the single most important activity that you'd recommend they prioritize? How might this shift according to company maturity and the maturity of the product you're working on?
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Meta Director of Product Management | Formerly Algolia, Zendesk • 2y
As a product leader, the single most important activity I prioritize is attempting to build an amazing team. A players attract A players and building incredibly diverse, ...
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Atlassian Director of Product Management (Confluence) | Formerly PayPal, eBay, Intel, Verizon • 2y
Setting a solid product vision, strategy and a clear roadmap for atleast 3-6-12 months is the top activity for a PM leader. Some benefits of having this in place are:Dete...
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The short answer is deep customer understanding all day long. Because everything else, from product development, feature prioritization, market fit, strategy, etc stems d...
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Atlassian Principal Product Manager • 2y
Speaking with customers + reading customer feedback from the various sources it comes through: support channels, sales channels, in-product feedback. No week has gone by ...
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