Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

An individual adept at owning and driving roadmap strategy and definition, with a track record of end-to-end product delivery. A professional experienced in feature delivery and making trade-offs to meet product goals. Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

The product management world is being reshaped, and its not just because of AI or remote work or whatever new frameworks trending on LinkedIn this week. Its something more foundational: how we define what makes a great Product Manager. And in 2025, that definition is looking a lot more hybrid. What is a Hybrid Product Manager?

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 18, 2025

Microsoft’s Frontier program is a new experimental product lab for internal and external early adopters to get hands-on with the most advanced, rough-cut AI tools and agents focused on productivity and work. Previously, she was the CPO at Robinhood, spent 12 years at Google, and is also on the board of eBay and Capital One.

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Productside

APRIL 30, 2025

And with layoffs, macroeconomic whiplash, and the looming specter of recession, its no wonder product managers are wonderingwhere do I actually fit? Your product management career isnt dead. Neither is product management. But the definition of what makes a great product manager? Lets set the record straight.

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Business Acumen Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2023

While the definition may seem simple, there are several building blocks that need to be assembled to form the required foundation, and to build the structure of integrative thinking that will lead a deeper understanding of what’s needed help the company exceed its goals. Projects are connected to products, strategy, and finance.

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Business Acumen Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

There are high potential leadership development programs But if we look a little bit more deeply into the organization, let’s assume all those great high potential people become the future C suite people, who’s gonna move into those next higher level jobs. So here’s basic definition, I will read it to you.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Well, th at’s the role of a product strategy. My favorite definitions of strategy are the simplest I’ve found. The one I use most is this: a strategy is what we choose to do. A simple representation for our product strategy. That is, how should we balance multiple, simultaneous priorities? .

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

Keep the other groups in Figure 1 informed about changes in the product strategy and product roadmap , for example, by inviting subjects to bigger review/demo sessions and having one-on-ones with context setters. A better way is to co-create the product strategy and roadmap with the key stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

But product management at the lower levels is still an individual sport, while product leadership at the highest levels is a team sport. They learned how to play the team sport called product leadership. The product strategy plays a critical role here. Are you ready to make the shift?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. 4] As you may have noticed I didn’t list the product backlog.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Some fellow authors include the stakeholders, for instance, Steve Haines in his book The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , whereas others don’t, for example, Marty Cagan in his book Inspired. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context. Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Leadership without authority is product management 101. But as a product executive, you must take it to the next level — and this time use it with the entire management team. Image by Denis Doukhan from Pixabay In the CPO Bootcamp we talk a lot about product strategy. I’ll start with the former.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. I then do various interviews with executives all the way to Product Management team members and surrounding functions. I review strategies and roadmaps. This is one of the biggest issues I see when helping Product Management organizations.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

Paul acquired the breadth of experience through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies. He helps rapidly scaling early-stage startups craft their Product Strategy and everything related to it. I eventually got fired as a product manager. Not really.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. No choices = no product strategy. Choice made.

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Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. Before we dive into those, let’s look at a few opportunities where product management teams can take a much stronger leadership role in the organization.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As a product leader, you are the product manager for a leadership team, and the tricks you learned in product teams remain valuable, they just need a little tweak. Here, to help you, are five product management tricks and tools for every product leader. It’s the foundation of our product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. Product strategy is such a vague term for most people.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

My Journey Transitioning from Engineering to Product Management. Then, I started gravitating towards product strategy questions, like, “Why am I building products?, I worked with the product leadership to plan out a product strategy. 4 Key Differences in Skills Engineer to Product Manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

She currently leads Product Management at Obo, where she is working on agile product management software that aims to reduce the high failure rates for new products. It transformed Adobe from selling boxed products to selling services and subscriptions, creating new value for customers.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. This should be your first step into product strategy. Since product strategy is so hard, many companies simply skip it. in detail?—?which

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Leadership without authority is product management 101. But as a product executive, you must take it to the next level?—?and Last week’s learning session in the CPO Bootcamp was dedicated to product strategy. One of the things I said there is that strategy starts with the goals. I’ll start with the former.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 1, 2019

Competitive intelligence is useful, but it shouldn’t guide your product strategy. When it does, you often end up in a constant game of “catch-up” or becoming perpetually beholden to a category definition defined by another company and rigged in their favor. Product Teams are Being Judged by the Wrong Numbers.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Once the new product increment is available, you know for sure how much the development team has achieved. Based on a live demo of the increment , you determine which product backlog items have been completed by using the definition of done, the quality criteria every product increment must fulfil.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2018

They have an important job too, but their responsibilities differ: they are focused on their specific feature or architecture building block rather than trying to increase the value the entire product creates. People who look after a group of products are not product owners either, they are portfolio owners or managers.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thinking and talking about the product definitely falls under this category. When it comes to the actual work products that product managers deliver: wireframes and user stories. Product Definition Itself Is Not Strategy So why do the CEOs say it is an important, strategic role?

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Companies had to shift their product strategy. They had to shift their product strategy. We’ve also explored resilient leadership with ProductPlan’s CEO, as well. For Tan, that meant shifting her attention from innovative product leadership to financial analysis. Assess and Defend.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

You should therefore help the team acquire the relevant market and domain knowledge—for instance, by involving the team in research and validation work, inviting them to join you when you visit customers— and ensure that they are aware of the product strategy and product roadmap as well as the business goals and KPIs.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to delivering a keynote at the Product at Heart conference (in case you missed it, you can find the video and transcript of that presentation here ), conference co-organizer Petra Wille also invited me to participate in a fireside chat at the Leadership Forum event. Introduction: What Is Product Discovery?

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

He began this new career path by moving from India to Pittsburgh and joining Carnegie Mellon University’s intensive, one-year MS in Product Management program. “I I had a strong tech background, so I wanted to dive into the business and design side of product management and hone my leadership skills. And it’s CMU.”.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

It took me time to understand that I need to present myself as a product leadership coach and product strategy expert rather than a consultant. One other misunderstanding that was much harder for me to explain was related to how people understood the word ‘product’ in what I do. We are here to help you.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I find that a product walkthrough is often needed when you are trying to make the case to leadership to green-light a new venture based on the strength of your vision for it. All of this is why I find the best way to articulate a strategy is as a set of product/market fit hypotheses that you are constantly iterating on and refining.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2022

Personally, I feel grateful for working in such an innovative ecosystem, but it definitely means that the challenges we are generally facing are different than the ones larger companies are facing. primarily focused on product teams, helping them be great at the discovery work that is at the heart of what they do Leadership coaching?—?focused

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2019

Paul: Exactly, so we spend a ton and ton of time on problem definition. ” A much better definition might be, “We need a way to have a consistent record, blah blah blah…” Paul: Yeah, “Our customers are trying to do x or y.” There is definitely innovation in that space, Tesla comes to mind, for example.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?

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