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AMA: Okta VP, Industries & Platform Product Marketing, Christiana Rattazzi on Developing Your Product Marketing Career

November 2 @ 10:00AM PT
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
A Lead should be able to drive a strategic, cross-functional effort and solve issues without any defined structure. Some things I might look for: Messaging - can indepen...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
Ah, that's tough. When you're competing with an internal candidate, you're up against someone who has considerable product, market and organizational intel. They won't ta...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
Every executive team is different, so I would encourage you to think through the culture (and sometimes - quirks!) of the members of that team as you craft your own appro...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
First of all - I don't think you HAVE to become a VP of Marketing from Head of PMM. You can choose to take on bigger PMM roles at bigger companies. That said, I've made ...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
I touch on this a little in another question. That said, a Manager should have a solid grasp of major PMM skills alongside leadership abilities. Some attributes I look fo...
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How do you perform extensive competitive product research?
I've been tasked with it but I'm missing the mark. This research is for the CEO and Product/Engineering teams who want to know how our tech stacks up in the market. Do you have any tips?
Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
The best competitive research I've seen goes beyond the competitor's website, press releases and YouTube videos. They might include competitor customer interviews and tai...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
The best IC PMMs I've seen do two things amazingly well: 1. They are masters of positioning - keeping it concise, relevant and void of fluff. They get to the heart of wh...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
I love this question, as I've spent time across these related organizations in my career (Product Marketing, Solutions Marketing and Industry Marketing). Typically, Indu...
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Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
Totally agree with this comment. The response varies a little based on the stage of the business and GTM motion (e.g. self-serve vs sales-lead). That said, I think the to...
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How do you divide the workload between two product marketers covering multiple products?
(context: small company, still establishing product marketing function, no senior marketing leader to guide, lots of room to carve own path, looking for best ways to support success!)
Christiana Franson
Dropbox VP, Head of Product Marketing4y
I think there are a couple ways I'd think about it - and it would depend on what the PM organization looks like and the individual skills of the folks on the PMM team (if...
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