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What are two examples that you would share of how you influence the product roadmap to a Product Manager?

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  1. Mallory Sword Glenn
    Mallory Sword Glenn

    Okta Director, Product Marketing • 7mo

    I like to use ceremonies and milestones that already exist as forcing functions for roadmap discussions. You don’t need to create new meetings, you just need to show up to the right ones with a clear point of view and data to back it up. Two examples I've seen:1. Use key events to drive alignment.When I’m getting ready to write a keynote or show up to an event, my team goes to Product and says, “Here’s the story we want to tell based on what we’re hearing from customers, seeing in the market, an ...Read More

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  2. Olesia Klevchuk
    Olesia Klevchuk

    Barracuda Networks Product Marketing Director • 9mo

    One of the most practical ways you as a PMM can influence the is by bring in the voice of the customer. For example, if you notice a consistent theme in win/loss, say customers are walking away because you don’t integrate with a tool they rely on. Instead of saying “we need this integration”, bring in the numbers and share something like “We’ve lost 8 deals in the last quarter worth $600K because of this gap”. That’s very powerful context project manager can use.   Another way is by looking at c ...Read More

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  3. Elizabeth Grossenbacher

    Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner • 3y

    Any time I’ve influenced the product roadmap, it was a direct result of a customer-centric research initiative. Here are two examples of this: Focus Groups! After dozens of Voice of Customer interviews, I put together a face-to-face focus group. The event coincided with a key industry event, so all of our focus group participants were in the same area at the same time. I worked with the PM ahead of time to select participants and establish the goals and agenda. Together, we created a set of exer ...Read More

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