Desiree Motamedi

AMA: Shopify VP Global Head of Product Marketing, Desiree Motamedi on Multi-Year Product Launches

June 30 @ 9:00AM PT
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👋 Desiree Motamedi
Hi all, I'm Desiree Motamedi, CMO - Next Gen Platform @ Salesforce:

• 👋 Based in: San Francisco, California
• 🧠 Top of mind: Building Agents
• 💬 Ask me about: Anything related to developers!
• 🍦 Fun fact: I was on Let's Make a Deal and won $5K with my PMM team at Facebook/Meta!
Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
This is just timely, but we just shipped Shopify Editions. One thing that became clear for the Shopify organization is that with all of the product launches across differ...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
This looks like 2 questions, but it goes back to your relationship with product managers - you need to make sure they bring you into the process very early on when they a...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
PMs are like your close family. There are lots of heightened emotions throughout a launch—good and bad. It’s a partnership that must stay rigid because they truly are you...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
I like to use the GTM T-shirt sizing exercise to prepare for launches. It involves first figuring out the level of resources you’ll need to GTM, then fine-tuning the crit...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
Of course there are a number of things that can go wrong when launching a product, but I think the most impactful lesson I’ve learned to date is that you must be prepared...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
Aligning with the product team BEFORE launch is key. Take the time to set your expectations and benchmarks. There are a variety of considerations here, of course: awarene...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
Everything starts with product. We make it a best practice to learn the goals of the product organization, then look at how the PMMs’ work ties back to them. Personally, ...
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Desiree Motamedi
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform3y
We used to host a developer conference at Shopify called Unite where we’d speak on updated product releases either in-person or online, but as time has gone on, tradition...
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