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Yasmin Kothari
Bumble Director of Product • November 15
As many of us now know, aligning stakeholders in a remote working environment presents unique challenges. To foster alignment, consider the following strategies: * Agree on shared objectives - define and communicate clear project KPIs and refer back to them repeatedly * Communicate effecti......Read More
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Yasmin Kothari
Bumble Director of Product • November 15
Junior product managers can face challenges when working with executives around: * Communication - articulating complex ideas concisely. To combat this, think through what are the key 2-3 points you want this busy executive to take away from this meeting and use visuals, data, and example......Read More
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product • June 15
IF YOUR COMPANY USES OBJECTIVE KEY RESULTS (OKRS) OR OTHER GOAL SETTING FRAMEWORK; THAT IS THE BEST GUIDE FOR A PM TO LEVERAGE. TIE YOUR PRODUCT/PROJECTS TO COMPANY PRIORITY AND USE THAT TO GUIDE WHAT ARE URGENT AND IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE. HOWEVER, THIS ALONE IS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT, AS......Read More
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Yasmin Kothari
Bumble Director of Product • November 15
When you decide not to prioritize a stakeholder's request in your roadmap, make sure to: * Acknowledge and empathize - Recognize their effort and express understanding; they will likely be disappointed, and your empathy will go a long way * Highlight prioritization process - Explain how de......Read More
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Yasmin Kothari
Bumble Director of Product • November 15
Disagreements among stakeholders typically stem from three key factors: * Differing underlying goals - Each stakeholder is optimizing for their primary goal and if these goals are conflicting, there will be a mismatch * Varying strategies on how to achieve a goal - Especially in a world wi......Read More
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Mckenzie Lock
Netflix Director of Product • August 4
The candidate must “spike” (“8/10” or higher) in all of these areas, in order of importance: 1. Critical Thinking Given how many decisions and complex problems are thrown at PMs, this the #1 most important attribute I screen for. They don’t need to be a rocket scientist (top 0.5% of populati......Read More
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Generally, I am thinking of success in 3 dimensions: Vision, People and Execution. All three need to work well for a team to succeed over time. Early in your career Execution takes a bit of a higher focus. You can get your first 2-3 promotions by launching bigger and more complex projects. Howeve......Read More
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Marc Abraham
Intercom Senior Group Product Manager • June 23
I don't think my answer here is unique to building relationships with product marketing. The key for me is to engage with people early and often. Eearlier on in my career, I've definitively made the mistake of treating product marketing as the 'launch team'; the product development teams build th......Read More
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure • November 3
That is a hard one to answer because there is no one-size-fits-all. There could be launches where the product rarely evolves and checking in with stakeholders once in a few months might suffice, at other times it could be daily or even multiple times a day. You would also want to increase the che......Read More
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My current product team has about 40 PMs (And we are hiring!). I would not dive into what each of the team does, but maybe talk about how we went about structuring it, which may be a more transferable skill. When I first joined Meta my VP asked me if the current team structure is the right one......Read More
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