David Cutler

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What's your framework to prioritizing needs/deliverables when you're the first Product Manager at a company establishing the function?

David Cutler

CookUnity VP Product • July 1

In my experience a prioritization framework is foundational to establishing a great working relationship within your own team and stakeholders. I'd also argue that if executed well in the beginning, the framework may not change much regardless if you are the first or 10th PM at a company. In fact......Read More

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Question about org structures - what does your PM team org structure look like?

David Cutler

CookUnity VP Product • July 1

I've noticed a trend in the tech industry for product organizations to follow a structure that Spotify helped craft over the years, in which a company is organized into business sub-orgs that roll up into their own respective product and engineering leads. And those leads oversee various squads t......Read More

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How do you break down responsibilities and KPIs for product launches between product management and marketing?

David Cutler

CookUnity VP Product • July 1

I love this question because it's something I'm currently involved with at CookUnity. At a B2C company the marketing team is a Product Manager's best friend, especially in the early startup days. You can build the greatest product in the world but there are only so many Field of Dreams "if you bu......Read More

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What is the most effective way to scale a Product Management team beyond the first Product Manager?

David Cutler

CookUnity VP Product • July 1

The first PM hired into a company, or in a division of a company, will usually be an individual who can wear different hats on any given day. (see one of my favorite product management graphics: https://medium.com/@productboard/the-many-hats-of-product-managers-4692aab2fff) The decision to grow a......Read More

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I’m the first PM hire in my company. What advice would you give to someone tasked with establishing this function in an existing business structure?

David Cutler

CookUnity VP Product • July 1

All Product Managers need to be a sales person at different times in their career. As someone establishing a PM function for the first time, you'll be selling the vision of how an effective product manager will help the business and company achieve their goals. There's obviously at least one cham......Read More

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Do you have any advice for a junior PM who is a first product management hire?

David Cutler

CookUnity VP Product • July 1

Assuming this is an early stage company, the priority should be learning the basics of the business and building relationships with as many colleagues as possible. Use those learnings to construct a map of current products, problems and opportunities. Considering you are the first PM, any foundat......Read More

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VP Product at CookUnity