Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

For example, these stakeholders are likely to include representatives from marketing, sales, support, and finance for a commercial product. Remember that dealing with people issues is part and parcel of managing a product and that learning to constructively address disagreements and conflict is an important leadership skill.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

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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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If Unlike his previous positions where he led the creation of many tax, HR and accounting products — all subjects where he had little knowledge of the field — Pendo’s product is very much within his core expertise. The burden of bias.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Once you have these segments, you can build the right product, set the right distribution and positioning, and match the right sales motion to each customer, while also refining your segments over time. For example, our leadership team might decide to focus our company strategy on targeting the segments with the best revenue retention.

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Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

You’re now in a great position to tell everyone what you’re going to do, why, and how it’s going to benefit them and the customers. With market dynamics and customer business priorities as the backdrop, you’re now in a position to make well-informed decisions on portfolio and product investment priorities.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2021

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. Product Management & Product Marketing Leadership: How to Lead From a Position of Strength. Here’s How!

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 30, 2018

After all, humans are naturally prone to loss aversion and status quo bias , in life as well as finances. Detached from the leadership; removed from the sense of mission. You won’t get the sense of personal growth and development that is so central to feeling like you have a positive life trajectory.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Go ahead and talk with peers in sales, marketing, engineering, product managers, design, support, finance, and so on. 4) Align with executives and core product leadership. Once you’ve done your homework, get leadership on board. Never underestimate the momentum you can build with some quick, positive results!

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

10:49] What are the challenges that leaders face in getting other senior leadership in the organization aligned around feature prioritization? If you know someone wants a promotion, you can position your product as something that will make them more visible as a successful contributor to something awesome. [24:22]

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It’s no wonder that folks are confused, frustrated, and fail to get the product leadership they need. IMHO, Product Leadership Experience Is Essential for Heads of Product. <rant> When hiring a CFO (aka Head of Finance), they ask about previous experience managing cash flow, payroll, and accounts receivable teams.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 17, 2021

Relationships with users, designers, engineers, executives, finance, legal, marketing, partners, and so on are all key to a product manager succeeding, and a product being successful. Ryan speaks frequently about creating software products, growing services firms, and leadership.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

Someone who thrives in cross-functional environments and can influence senior leadership through data-driven insights. Experience in influencing senior leadership through data-driven insights. An individual adept at owning and driving roadmap strategy and definition, with a track record of end-to-end product delivery.

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BrainMates

MAY 28, 2025

Influential Leadership. Theyre what positions product managers (PMs) to deliver long-term value and carve out strategic influence in their organisations. Influential Leadership Credibility without authority Drive alignment across complexity Story and trust The power to guide and align others without formal authority.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

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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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Are you curious to learn the top finance product manager skills recruiters are looking for? Finance PMs occupy a unique position within the world of product management. Since finance PMs are responsible for a specific niche of products, recruiters who scout for them look for a particular set of skills in candidates.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 23, 2017

and/or business function (HR, IT, Finance, etc.) Product marketing’s top focus is helping salespeople understand their target customers as well as those customers understand themselves, and then positioning product solutions accordingly. Must have strong domain expertise in a particular industry (healthcare, banking, etc.)

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 25, 2018

Product managers work with product teams, R&D, engineering, marketing, finance, and others, but the one group that is most often discussed, especially in B2B organizations, is sales. This creates tension between sales and product managers, but it can also be a very positive relationship.

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Product Management Unpacked

APRIL 25, 2019

This is where you need to establish yourself, your leadership style and your presence. Once this is completed, get in front of key executives from all areas of the company – from customer experience to accounting and finance. Your first 100 days in your new product leadership position sets the tone.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 9, 2018

I would like to see product managers come back into true leadership positions. [17:09] I always encourage MBA students who want to go into product management to take a finance class. [25:26] Having the answers to those questions will set you up to move into a leadership role. Kirsten at Pragmatic Marketing.

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Business Acumen Institute

MAY 8, 2023

With this in mind, here are a couple of the key skills that leaders need to hone their real (business and leadership) intelligence: Strategic Thinking. You may not like accounting or finance, but you must master the numbers. AI can’t apply reasoning to complex organizational issues. Mastering The Numbers.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

business models, your product/business, finance, sales, marketing, scaling) 4. understanding business models, finance, sales, marketing, scaling) Every part of the company works together to create and deliver value to its customers. Positioning ” by Al Ries, Jack Trout, Philip Kotler. Finance ?—?“ Market Competence ?????

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Amplitude

MAY 29, 2019

Today, I am excited to share that we are growing our leadership team at Amplitude with world-class executives to take on these challenges. To manage this growth, we aimed to bring on a leader with exceptional expertise in scaling strategic finance and operations at market-leading businesses that have experienced the pains of hypergrowth.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 14, 2024

Intro to Ramsey Solutions Ramsey Solutions provides common-sense education about money and personal finance. Josh as an engineer was uniquely positioned to help us close those gaps of data and integrations. Do you have a Product in Practice story you’d like to share? You can submit yours here.

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Gainsight

MARCH 8, 2023

Once, finance leaders had a simple mandate: Keep the books up to date, make sure the numbers add up, and track where the money flows. That changed over time, and finance now anchors every aspect of the organization in actionable analytics. Today, financial leadership is transforming once again. Look in the mirror.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 27, 2024

Throughout my career, I’ve observed that these responsibilities can differ significantly, even at higher levels such as mid-manager or director positions. Product Managers contribute substantially to various departments like finance, sales, and marketing, yet their efforts are not always directly linked to clear, individual metrics.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

This mid-level product role is like the associate-level product manager position. When are you ready to move from Product Manager to a senior position? Build business cases, articulate strategy, sell your vision to leadership, understand the market, analyze consumer engagement, lead your team, etc. Product Manager.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And just relabeling the positions of the old middle management rarely works. Train everybody–without regard to her future position– hands-on in all value-creating activities of the organization. sales, marketing, customer care, finance, HR…?—?no Also, career & CV optimization efforts are a motivation to consider.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 9, 2022

But if they don’t, then at some point the absence of product leadership will be felt. By showing a finance person that you understand the financial constraints and opportunities of your business, and showing how Product can influence these things, you can help that person understand the scope of your role.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

  Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan?  But I rarely see the right person in the right position, empowered by the CEO, politically astute, experienced in multiple functions, and with enough gravitas to keep everyone playing along. 

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Amplitude

OCTOBER 30, 2020

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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The Product HQ

JULY 1, 2024

Product Owner Salary by Experience Level As mentioned, this is a leadership position, and so, the product owner’s salary is dictated by how much product development/ownership experience an individual has. This is usually because there’s more scope for that particular position, in that city.

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Business Acumen Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Projects are connected to products, strategy, and finance. These help build leadership skills, collaborative teams and help teams achieve project goals. Utilizing Finance and Financial Analysis: Money is the language of business, and every business decision has a financial consequence. People are connected to processes.

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Sachin Rekhi

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Specifically, they want to ensure strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills. From a leadership perspective, they are typically looking for natural extraverts who can get along with just about anyone. They'll be looking for evidence of leadership from, say, your college extracurricular activities.

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

This means, “Given enough time and enough promotion levels, every position in a firm will be occupied by someone who can’t do the job. ”. Product Leaders who claim the title without actively seeking formal leadership learning and coaching are doing a disservice to those who serve their people and this great profession.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 29, 2020

What does leadership entail in the context of design? How does an organization benefit from strong design leadership? Leadership as a topic is an extensive and broad area of science, and many other aspects are essential, such as intrapersonal communication or managing resources, just to mention a few. Listen first. Find purpose.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If you are new to sales management, it can be hard to know what concrete steps you can take to improve your skills, be recognized, and eventually, rise to a senior leadership role. If you want to move from being a frontline manager into a director or even VP of Sales position, you have to understand the business at a macro level.

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Userpilot

JULY 25, 2024

TL;DR An associate product manager, or a junior product manager, is an entry-level position for people who are starting out in product management. An associate product manager, or a junior product manager, is an entry-level position for people who are starting out in product management. It is not generally considered a leadership role.

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