Sharebird

I'm a first-time PMM leader at a pre-IPO company; what KPIs should I own and not own?

Answer
2 Answers
  1. Grant Shirk
    Grant Shirk

    Cisco Head of Product Marketing, Cisco Campus Network Experiences | Formerly Tellme Networks, Microsoft, Box, Vera, Scout RFP, and Sisu Data, to name a few. • 5y

    This is related to that "first PMM" problem, but it's amplified as a leader. Product marketing at a startup needs to drive the conversation about who you're marketing to, why they care, and how you're unique, but you have to do that quickly and show some early wins. If you're stepping in to help amplify the work of an existing team, there are probably some objectives you're going to inherit. Job 1 is to understand better than everyone else how those are measured and where the data comes from. No ...Read More

    1,448 Views
  2. Christine Sotelo-Dag

    Close Head of Product Marketing • 2y

    Start with understanding the needs of the business. There are some pre-IPO orgs that are heavily focused on product led growth and therefore your metrics and KPIs should map towards product adoption, onboarding, time to value, etc. However, if you're joining an organization that is more of a sales-led organization - you may be closer to the sales and marketing key metrics and therefore tracking KPIs that are tied to top of funnel metrics. Regardless, make sure you have a clear understanding of t ...Read More

    586 Views

Related Ask Me Anything Sessions

Top Product Marketing Mentors