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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)

Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)

Principal PM & Product Coach, Microsoft
My goal is to help you grow as a product leader, whether you're trying to get a job, level up, build an effective team, or figure out how to work towards that north star vision. https://www.growpms...more

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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
While working on large and complex projects, how to effectively manage between speed of delivery vs managing and aligning a large number of stakeholders?
Creating the right mechanisms to manage your stakeholders is critical to managing up and across. Allowing your stakeholders to stay on the pulse of your product while having access to updates really helps in building trust. Creating mechanisms like brownbag/learning sessions on a frequent basis (...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
How do product KPI’s change with a self-serve product?
I'd love to learn more about what you mean by this. In reality they shouldn't change, your customers would just be internal that's all. You could still measure activation, activation, retention, engagement, resolution time, etc. On the other hand, you could measure self help vs. those who still a...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
How should product split feature adoption KPIs with the product marketing team?
It really depends on what type of business it is. For instance, a product feature or product should be so frictionless that it allows users to onboard (adopt) easily once they are in the experience. Product marketing is responsible for bringing users to that experience. So it is almost eyeballs v...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
What's your process for figuring out what metrics to hold product management accountable for?
This is a hard one as I am sure there are a ton of layers to unpack here. Whenever there is a question around metrics, I would first look to the customer and understand what customer pain points your product area is solving for. Then see how those needs and your business goals align, and how your...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
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?
Wonderful, congrats! Get into a rhythm by understanding the business/company goals. Then understand how the tech works (look at the customer/user interface first and then make sure you understand how the system behind the UI works). Begin collecting data in a transparent way and share your learn...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
Setting KPIs can often feel arbitrary, especially when entering new markets. How do you get past this uncertainty to set realistic goals?
Such a great question! When you first set a KPI especially if you are in a new market and/or in a new product/customer space, it can feel uneasy. The best way I have learned is by setting something and tracking it over time, seeing if there is any measurable change. If not start by marking out th...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
I'm working at a start-up, and a first PM hire; what KPIs should I own and not own?
Don't think of it of what you should and should not own. Think about what makes sense to the customers you are focusing on. Then think about where you are in the customer/product lifecycle and product/market fit. What does the overall business care about at this time (e.g. retention vs. acquisiti...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
How do you think about shared KPI’s with your engineering team? And what are ones that product teams often miss?
Product teams in my opinion consist of product, engineering, and design (at a minimum). With that said, product KPIs should always be shared with engineering since what they are building essentially impacts the KPIs of the product in question. All the work that product teams do should always buil...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
What are good OKRs for product management?
This could really range based upon the company, your users, your target goals, where you are in your business lifecyle, etc. The most basic ones are: acquisition, activation, retention, revenue, referral You could also be measuring customer lifetime value.  Again this will really depend upon w...more
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Principal PM & Product Coach
I'm sure there will be questions about the best KPIs to track, what are some of the *worst* KPIs for PMs to commit to achieving?
This could really range based upon the company, your users, your target goals, where you are in your business lifecyle, etc. The most basic ones are: acquisition, activation, retention, revenue, referral You could also be measuring customer lifetime value In regards to the worst KPIs, honestly...more
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Principal PM & Product Coach at Microsoft
Formerly Amazon
Product Management AMA Contributor
Product Management KPI's
Top 10 Product Management Contributor
Last 90 Days
Lives In Seattle, WA
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