Urvi Chetta

Group Product Manager, GitLab

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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?

Urvi Chetta

GitLab Group Product Manager • May 4

Prioritization is hardest and most important problem to solve when you are Product Manager #1 in a company. Because in early stage startups, it can be really choatic with changing needs and market conditions, I don't recommend following RICE or any other standard prioritization framework. In my ......Read More

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How do you approach building a well rounded product team?

Urvi Chetta

GitLab Group Product Manager • May 4

Here is my process to building a well rounded PM team: 1. Goals: Start with what space/market am I operating in, what product I want to build, what are our weaknesses / Strengths. This allows me to understand if I need a PM that has strong domain expertise or someone with background ......Read More

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

Urvi Chetta

GitLab Group Product Manager • May 4

There are many different ways to create an effective PM org structure. It really depends on the company, their strategy and values. At Gitlab, PM team organization led by CPO. VP of Product reports into CPO. Directors and Sr. Directors report into VP. Group Managers report into Directors/Sr. Dir......Read More

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What are the key processes you'd set up when expanding the PM team from 1 to multiple people?

Urvi Chetta

GitLab Group Product Manager • May 4

More often than not, we are in scaling phase as a company/group when trying to expand from 1 PM to multiple PMs, I want to ensure that following is in place: 1. Clearly defined roles & responsibilities for PM * What outcomes we want to drive * what processes we want to devel......Read More

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How do you communicate product management updates and activities to the rest of the company?

Urvi Chetta

GitLab Group Product Manager • May 4

I leverage different channels & format of communication depending on what I am communicating and who the audience is. Here is few different types of updates I use consistently: Product Execution Updates: A summary of how execution to executives/VPs is going with high level status update email......Read More

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Group Product Manager at GitLab