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Product/Market Fit is Failing Because of Your Company Structure

Mind the Product

Product experts have tried to tackle this issue but they gloss over the impact a company’s structure and leadership team have on product/market fit. For many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, product teams report to marketing, sales, finance, or strategy leads.

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The Ideal Product Marketing Candidate for B2B

Product Management University

This sample product marketing job description just might ruffle a few feathers. First, it’s not your typical “get the product off the shelf” job description. Second, there may be people in product marketing roles that don’t meet the requirements. B2B Product Marketing Job Description.

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Hey Product Management, Strategic Direction is Yours for the Taking. Here’s How!

Product Management University

Understanding the market doesn’t mean understanding the market for your products. It means understanding the market, period. or horizontally (IT, Sales, finance, HR, etc.). That market information becomes the platform for all product, marketing, sales and customer success decisions and priorities.

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In Scope for My Role?

Mironov Consulting

Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do I get folks outside my immediate span of control to make improvements or do their jobs better or take my advice?”  With Sales leadership, it’s all about upcoming quarters. 

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Pursuing a Product Management Career: The #1 Skill

Product Management University

In order to consistently deliver solutions that are valuable enough to make customers measurably better at their business, product managers absolutely, positively have to know WHAT their target customers are trying to accomplish, WHY those business goals are important, WHAT’s stopping them and how success is measured.

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Pulse Europe 2023: How to Drive Proactive Customer Success When You’re an Early-Stage Company

Gainsight

Now, the verdict is in, and everyone agrees that proactive Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are best positioned to drive value and deliver a better customer experience. Realities of an Early-Stage Company Customer Success is rarely formed in the earliest days of a new company; usually Product, Marketing, Sales, and Finance all come first.

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How to Become a Director of Product

The Product HQ

Over time, potential product directors need to show an ability to lead the entire product team. On top of that, they need to show success in every product strategy they own. Excellent leadership skills, a fundamental understanding of product management, and a strong portfolio of success are the recipe for success.