Priya Gill

AMA: Momentive Vice President, Product Marketing, Priya Gill on Influencing the Product Roadmap

June 30 @ 10:00AM PT
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What can I include in my marketing portfolio to standout from the crowd as a product marketing candidate.
I'm new to Product Marketing. In the interviews that I've done, I am being asked to present a marketing portfolio.
Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
Not sure I completely answer the question. Typically when I ask candidates to give a presentation, it's less about the specific products they're presenting, but rather HO...
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Have you found a good framework to communicate your product roadmap to customers?
We're trying to strike a balance of communicating high priority initiatives without getting caught up in exactly timelines.
Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
I would keep timelines directional but loose, but you need to include something to give customers an indication that you're continuously investing in your product(s) and ...
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Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
Funny enough, this was completely a Marketing led rebrand. Product roadmap didn't play a role in guiding the process because we already had the right set of products, we ...
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Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
Persistence? :) That's a tough one and something that I've experienced many times in my career. I've always approached that as a challenge that I strongly desire to overc...
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Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
The start of building a great working relationship is clearly showing the expertise and value that you uniquely bring into the partnership with Product. As a PMM expert, ...
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How do you know when you have enough solid information to put forward a product suggestion?
This ties into convincing teams that a feature or change is needed. What level of evidence or research is needed to show that a certain feature or requirement is a "must have" on the product roadmap. "The competitor has it" is not always justifiable evidence.
Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
You need to prove that there's market demand for it and that the customer is willing to pay for it. Or that it's a major cause of churn which clearly shows monetary impac...
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How do you define between a customer(s) want or request and a feature that is actually needed?
Customers may want many things, but it might not always be the right feature to implement. How do you decide this?
Priya Gill
Iterable Chief Marketing Officer4y
If it's something that's truly needed, you will see many customers asking for the same thing. You can validate this by speaking to other customers or running a survey to ...
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