How do you assess leadership potential when a candidate is looking to grow in product marketing? What are the top skills?
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Apella Vice President of Marketing | Formerly Cisco, Cloudera, SignalFx, Sentry, Pendo, Moloco • 5y
The biggest attributes that indicate PMM leadership potential are: Comfort with ambiguity Ability to articulate a thematic narrative Planning, delegation, and execution...
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Postscript Vice President Of Product Marketing • 2y
PMM's are prime candidates for leadership positions due to the cross-functional nature of the work. Great PMMs and PMM teams are working with Product, Enablement, Sales, ...
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