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Sherry Wu

Sherry Wu

Senior Director, Product Marketing, Gong
👋 Sherry Wu

👋 Hi, I’m Sherry, based in Seattle, WA

💼 Currently Senior Director, Platform PMM at Gong

👀 I love PMM because we are the ultimate GTM polymaths

🤝 PMM also = enablement at scale, which is why I’m glad Sharebird exists!

🍦 Favorite ice cream flavor: anything with a coffee or tea base.

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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco3y
I love this question. As PMMs, deciding WHETHER to launch a product in the first place is just as important as an actual launch. When planning a launch, it's important to...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco3y
See my answer above - the KPIs that you choose when launching a new feature of an existing product should always be tied to business outcomes. When you launch features ...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco3y
There are two categories of KPIs - business KPIs and launch performance KPIs. For both types, the KPIs you choose to track depend on the goals of your product launch. L...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco3y
In my experience, this is one of the toughest things as a PMM. You always see the potential upside for making an announcement, and you can spin a story out of anything / ...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco3y
I've worked at Series B startups all the way up to F500 companies. The theory behind product launches is the same - you want to align your launch to business goals. But,...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco2y
I answered this question previously, so I won't go into too much detail here. However, I thought this question was interesting because it asked for the Director-level tak...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco2y
It totally depends on what's already there when you've arrived ;) What's easier to answer is what is OFF the table -- pricing refreshes, website overhauls, launching a st...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco2y
An effective 30-60-90 will help you make progress across 3 pillars:What is your point of view on the company's current market standing? Where are there future opportuniti...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco2y
Homework exercises will vary, so there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer here.As an interviewer I usually look for a few things:Tie the GTM plan back to the business prior...
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Sherry Wu
Gong Senior Director, Product Marketing | Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco2y
Come with data and frame your initiatives for your leaders.Part of your first 30-60-90 days will involve understanding what's working well and not-as-well in the GTM. Tal...
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Credentials & Highlights
Senior Director, Product Marketing at Gong
Formerly MaintainX, Samsara, Comfy, Cisco
Top Product Marketing Mentor List
Studied at MBA (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley); BA Political Economy (UC Berkeley)
Lives In Seattle, WA
Hobbies include Climbing, hiking, backpacking, reading, collecting vinyls
Knows About Building a Product Marketing Team, Competitive Positioning, Enterprise Product Market...more