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Which role is more strategic and has more power in the Tech industry, the PM or the PMM? Who has the final call on products decisions?

Mary Sheehan
Adobe Head of Lightroom Product Marketing | Formerly Google, AdRoll8y
Really interesting question. It depends on what you define as power. PMs are responsible for building the product (so they ultimately have the final call on product decis...
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Mike Flouton
Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust8y
Mary pretty much nailed this one. Ideally you both have a lot of power and divide it and wield it jointly. But if you need a direct answer to who has the final call on pr...
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Judy Abad
Navan Global Director, Business Strategy and Comms8y
As Mary said, it definitely depends on how you define power, but in general, the PM makes the final call on the building the product and the PMM makes the final call on t...
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Daniel Palay
KPI Sense Chief Executive Officer6y
Both must be equally strategic, just in different ways, and often on different timelines. Regarding power, it depends on how you define that. Politically speaking, my ins...
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