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Can you differentiate between a Product Marketing Manager and Senior PMM?

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  1. Mike Greenberg
    Mike Greenberg

    SurveyMonkey Director of Product Marketing | Formerly Apple • 1y

    At a high level I would expect somebody in a PMM role to have a few years of relevant experience and be able to act as the internal product / domain expert for the marketing team in their area(s) of responsibility. They should know or be able to learn the core technologies, problem space, and target market/buyers very well. They should be able to interface with the product team, develop messaging, and lead a cross-functional go-to-market motion with a moderate amount of guidance or partnership f ...Read More

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  2. Ben Geller
    Ben Geller

    Former Director, Product Marketing & Demand Generation at You.com | Formerly LinkedIn • 1y

    Typically, as a PMM grows within an organization, they expand both their area of focus (e.g., from one product group to a broader business unit) and their involvement in setting strategy. Here’s one way to think about the strategic scope: Director PMM+: Owns the problem, scopes the solution, and oversees execution Senior PMM: Given a clear problem → Owns the solution and execution PMM: Given a clear problem and solution → Owns execution For example, an outbound PMM might be handed a LinkedIn ad ...Read More

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  3. Julien Sauvage
    Julien Sauvage

    Clari VP, Brand, Content and Product Marketing • 2y

    I typically assess my Product Marketers' impact and seniority based on a few dimensions. Some of them are function agnostic, others are pmm specific, like: Positioning & Messaging Presentation & Communication Skills Cross-Functional Partnership Launch & Execution Research & Data Main difference between a mgr and sr mgr to me is the ability to think more holistically, find issues or challenges that apply to a broader scope, outside of their core function, and find solutions that a ...Read More

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