What recommendations do you have for influencing the roadmap early?
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Nextdoor Ex-Head of Product Marketing • 4y
Here are a few of my approaches to influence product leadership on the product priorities: Work cross-functionally across UX, research, Data Science, Product Operations,...
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Jasper Product Marketing | Formerly Atlassian (Trello), HubSpot, Lyft • 5y
Building relationships with the right stakeholders. If you want to have any influence regarding the product roadmap you need to garner respect from the people who already...
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fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey • 2y
A Product Marketer can influence the product roadmap by bringing valuable insights to the table and building a trusted relationship with the product team. In terms of ins...
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