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The Leadership Side of Product Management – What Does It Really Mean?

Product Management University

The leadership side of product management reaches its pinnacle when you have the complete trust of executives, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, customer success, and customers. Product management leadership comes in two flavors. Using Customer Knowledge to Establish a Clear Vision and Priorities That Stick.

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

Product Management University

or horizontally (IT, Sales, finance, HR, etc.). Don’t confuse leadership and influence with a dictatorship. Strong leadership and influence from product management starts with superior market knowledge. Get people energized with a practical vision that can be executed across the portfolio. It’s a Team Effort.

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How Patreon Embraces Cross-Functional Data Leadership

Amplitude

A large part of their success can be attributed to effective cross-functional data leadership. How is data helping finance and legal make better forecasts? 3 Keys to Strong Cross-Functional Data Leadership. Strong cross-functional data leadership is dependent on more than just collaboration and communication.

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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

  Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan?  12 months) that choices are meaningful and actionable Lends itself to OKRs or metrics Not just an airy 5-year vision with all things for all people.    Did they have sufficient input?

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When your product is your product team

Product Management Unpacked

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If The success of a product is reliant on strong, integrated teams that work together to bring the product’s vision to life. What I was looking at was a product vision and a roadmap and I was like I want that job. That’s the job I want.”.

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3 Steps to Boost Your Career in 'Do More With Less' Times

People-First Product Leadership

I bring this up given a reference Brene Brown and Amy Webb made to Harvard leadership and innovation expert, Linda Hill — the “biggest challenge to digital transformation is not technology, it's people.” Thanks for reading People-First Product Leadership! Thank you for reading People-First Product Leadership.

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13 Cross-Functional Teams Product Managers Should Get to Know

Ronke PM

Table of Contents Technical Support Customer Success/Relationship Managers Marketing Sales Team Data Scientist Finance UX Researcher UX Designer Content Designers and Conversational Designers Engineering Legal Security (IT) PMO (Product Management Office) (Bonus!) Finance One of my favorite teams to partner up with is finance.