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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

The senior manager has P&L (Profit and Loss) responsibility for the entire product line, including Product Management (for this product line), Customer Support, Training, etc. Note that Marketing, Finance, HR, are all part of this product line. I am using the word serve as in servant leadership.

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GDPR: Who Should be Your Data Protection Officer?

Mind the Product

There are some restrictions if an internal employee is your DPO – they can’t, for example, be a head of HR, head of IT or a member of the senior leadership team. They will have worked with everyone in the organisation – the finance teams, customer support, marketing, tech, and growth.