How do you ensure alignment when you have two senior executive stakeholders who disagree with each other on the proposed strategy and you are stuck in the middle?
Braze Vice President & GM, Global SMB • 5y
Startups are unique because (virtually) every employee is also a shareholder. Which means that every internal meeting is also a shareholders' meeting. Now, unlike compani...
2002 Views
BrightHire VP, Marketing | Formerly 1Password, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey, LinkedIn • 5y
This is where DACIs (or RACIs) decision-making frameworks are critical. At a projects inception, it’s important to agree with senior executives on who the single final ap...
1338 Views
Upcoming Event
Mastering Market Research
Splunk
Guidewire Software Vice President Product Marketing • 5y
Goes back to the shared goals - which at a high level, are hard to argue with - revenue, cost savings, customer success, etc. Once you get that common agreement, then it...
847 Views
Oftentimes, disagreements are simply differences of opinion, which exist because there is a lack of data. In this case, PMMs are great neutral third-parties who are well...
821 Views
Glassdoor Senior Vice President Marketing • 5y
Getting senior alignment is a key strategic role for PMM - we can be powerful bridges and connectors. Whenever there is a clear difference of opinion the best thing I’ve ...
705 Views
HiredScore Head of Product Marketing • 3y
This is definitely a challenge most PMMs see themselves in. I typically find success when I work the challenge from both ends. If the executives cannot disagree and commi...
272 Views
Career & Leadership Coach/ Former Director, Product Marketing • 5y
This is a tough one! It can be really difficult when you have exec stakeholders who aren't aligned. Ultimately, it's on them to get aligned and provide clear direction 'd...
869 Views
Related Questions
How do you balance getting alignment from the right people and avoiding too many cooks in the kitchen?How do you manage difficult stakeholders?How to get everyone aligned on a decision making framework? Usually, everyone including engineers wants to get involved on strategy/marketing piece on what we want to communicate. How do we make sure people follow and understand it?How to influence when you're at a junior position, and are working with senior stakeholders who contribute to the project?What are the best practices and strategies to align cross-functional stakeholders? Please also provide examples.What's your advice on improving a historically tense relationship between functions?