Priyanka Srinivasan

Priyanka Srinivasan

Vice President Product Marketing, Verkada
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Strategic go-to-market leader passionate about bringing B2B tech products to life. Wharton MBA and Stanford MS&E grad.

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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
I think there could be a number of career paths for PMM. In our team, we see everything from Sales (i.e, former AE), to Product Manager, to content marketer to solutions consultant. I think each of these has their ‘edge’ - for example, coming from sales you have a really unique perspective having......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
The way I think about the ‘pillars’ of B2B tech marketing a CMO needs to be familiar with are as follows: * Product Marketing: e.g, go-to-market strategy, product positioning & messaging, competitive intel, sales enablement, analyst relations, etc * Demand Gen: Includes sub-pillars of *......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
In general, if you’re early in your career and trying to learn the nuts and bolts of marketing, I’d go for a startup only if you can work for someone who has more experience / has done it before. I’ve seen a lot of early career folks go to startups where the people above them are just as clueless......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
I love this question. I’ll step away from PMM for a minute and say - regardless of what function you’re in at a company, you should be championing yourself and your team constantly. People who ‘get ahead’ in business not only create value, they make sure others know that they create value. What ......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
Nothing (literally nothing) is more valuable than sitting in on as many prospect / customer calls as possible. It’s the only way you’ll truly understand your buyer and what makes them tick. The rest flows from that. Other than that, make sure you can get at least one launch under your belt as ......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12

I’ve never heard of this particular certification. That doesn’t say much - I’m not your typical PMM. But in general I’d say experience, work samples, business case interviews, and references matter more to me than any outside certifications. To my knowledge we don't really look at that much.

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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
The first thing you have to ask is - is there room for a director or team lead at my company in product marketing? My CEO once said there are basically two ways you can start managing a team: 1. The company is growing (in headcount) and some of that can get allocated to you  2.  If the com......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingAugust 12
Taking my PMM hat off again and putting on a general career development one. I’ve typically approached promotion conversations by first asking, several quarters before I hope to be promoted: “What do I need to demonstrate in order to move to the next level?” It’s a really important question beca......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingMarch 31
In my mind, enablement of internal teams is one of the most important thing you can do when it comes to repositioning or changing GTM strategy, including making it simple and effective to deliver on. We are currently in the process of this with one of our products and audiences right now. Chan......Read More
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Priyanka Srinivasan
Priyanka Srinivasan
Verkada Vice President Product MarketingMarch 31
As always, the answer is probably “it depends” as it really does depend on what the goal of your launch is. For example, are you trying to drive awareness of a feature? Adoption? Expansion sales? Once you’ve determined the goal of a launch, the KPIs should be relatively straightforward from th......Read More
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Credentials & Highlights
Vice President Product Marketing at Verkada
Top Product Marketing Mentor List
Lives In San Francisco, CA
Knows About Product Launches, Messaging, SMB Product Marketing, Product Marketing Career Path, Pr......more