Charlene Wang

AMA: Qualia VP of Marketing, Charlene Wang on Influencing the Product Roadmap

November 9 @ 10:00AM PT
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Charlene Wang
fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey2y
A Product Marketer can influence the product roadmap by bringing valuable insights to the table and building a trusted relationship with the product team. In terms of ins...
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How do you influence the product roadmap without clear monetization targets for new features/products?
It's clear there is an opportunity, but currently hard to see how big of an opportunity.
Charlene Wang
fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey2y
While monetization is a clear way to measure a product launch, it's not the only success metric. There are many other ways to measure a launch that are relevant to specif...
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Charlene Wang
fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey2y
The closer you are to the product launch, the more tactical the PMM has to be in influencing the roadmap. Products that are coming out in a quarter are close to being bui...
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Charlene Wang
fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey2y
Most disagreements come from people having different sets of assumptions or information. I've found that if you lay out the reasons why you believe the product roadmap sh...
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Charlene Wang
fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey2y
The product team ultimately wants to be successful and launch products that will help the company achieve better outcomes. Most teams are happy to give you a seat at the ...
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