At what point in building out your PMM team does it make sense to think about moving from a horizontal org chart to a vertical one? What factors do you consider when making the decision to grow horizontally vs. vertically?
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Schneider Electric Director, Product Marketing | Formerly Cisco, Splunk, Quest Software • 3y
I believe the answer to this 'depends' on many factors, a couple of which are: Company size Org (PMM or reporting org) size If you have a large PMM team, having a mor...
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Enable VP of Product Marketing | Formerly Crossbeam, 6sense, JazzHR, Imagine Learning, Appsembler • 2y
I think the switch from horizontal to vertical org charts depends on a few key factors:Product scopeDo you have multiple products where a vertical play is needed to suppo...
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