Sahil Sethi

AMA: Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing, Sahil Sethi on Product Marketing Soft Skills

April 30 @ 9:00AM PT
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Sahil Sethi
Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey11mo
Four career pathsGrow as a PMM. From Individual contributor to manager to director to VP, here you keep growing as you keep honing your PMM craft but eventually graduate ...
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How do you build your negotiation skills?
A PMM role involves a lot of stakeholder management. How do you convince leaders of your POV?
Sahil Sethi
Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey11mo
Don't think of "stakeholder convincing" as a negotiation. Think of it as influence. Here are my influence tips as a PMMBring data - Most orgs don't operate on data. If yo...
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Sahil Sethi
Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey11mo
There are very few "entry level PMM" roles. Most PMM roles require some experience, especially with the amount of strategy understanding + influence that PMMs doMy tip fo...
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Sahil Sethi
Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey11mo
Influence, Influence, InfluenceInfluence product strategy - Customer insights, competitive intel, product requirements, Product requirement docs, Strategy memos. All thes...
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Sahil Sethi
Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey11mo
So many strategies to differentiate product. Pick from one, two, or all of the below. Most brands find multiple vectors of differentiation Differentiate on features - Fea...
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Sahil Sethi
Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey11mo
Engagement model and teamsBring Sales/CS (end user of plays), Enablement (Orchestrator), Marketing (who provide air cover) and Product (who build the product) in the same...
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