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Lara McCaskill

Lara McCaskill

Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection, Atlassian

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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1mo
The most common pitfalls that can derail product launches are usually something like: Not planning for the unplanned Not having clear alignment around launch goals - acro...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1mo
The most important thing with shifting launches and leadership whiplash is to assess impact. I typically run through a series of questions to better understand the contex...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora6y
Three words come top of mind for this one: Sales, Enablement and Ops. In a B2B company, you often have 2 (or even more) customers: Sales and Buyers. Sales can be a wealth...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1mo
Having product launches follow a set process is hugely beneficial for any team, especially a rapidly scaling one that is likely launching often. I like to start with what...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1mo
Having a post launch plan is just as important as any other elements of your launch plan. Here's how I usually navigate the post launch activity at a high level: Retrospe...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora6y
This all comes down to how is the rest of the business organized. If you're organizing in a way that's incongrous to everyone else in the org, you will not be setup for s...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1y
The biggest differences in SaaS pricing and consumer software pricing can be grouped into 3 key buckets: DiscountingSaaS discounts based on volume - e.g. price per user t...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1y
The biggest opportunity to partner across marketing for a successful product launch comes down to understanding your partners' priorities. With any launch, you'll likely ...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1y
The best way to assess the priorities of core PMM responsibilities against larger go-to-market launch efforts is to understand the business objectives and how these activ...
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Lara McCaskill
Atlassian Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection | Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora1y
A successful product launch should be measured across 3 key dimensions: 1) success criteria 2) measurable outcomes that PMM can influence and 3) shared understanding of b...
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Credentials & Highlights
Senior Director, Head of Portfolio PMM, Strategy Collection at Atlassian
Formerly Amazon, Stitch Fix, Pandora
Product Marketing AMA Contributor
Top 10 Product Marketing Contributor
Studied at USC Marshall School of Business
Lives In San Francisco, California
Knows About Consumer Product Marketing, Platform and Solutions Product Marketing, Influencing the...more
Work At Atlassian
Product Marketing Manager, Customer Marketing – DX
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