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Mergers & Acquisitions in Product Management: How to Navigate Growth & Integration

Productside

From surfacing hidden landmines during due diligence to bringing entire product orgs under one cohesive vision, Brians got the battle scarsand the winsto prove it. Get a Resource Hedge: Convince Finance to set aside budget for cleanup if the acquired product comes with skeletons youll have to bury later.

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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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Building Wiz: the fastest-growing startup in history | Raaz Herzberg (CMO and VP Product Strategy)

Lenny Rachitsky

This openness encouraged deeper discussions within the team and helped clarify the project’s direction, ultimately aligning everyone on the vision. Listen now on Apple , Spotify , and YouTube. Raaz’s willingness to say “I don’t understand” led to a crucial pivot for Wiz.

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Insights from the #mtpcon London Product Leadership Forum – Part 2

Mind the Product

In Part 2 of our Product Leadership Forum recap, we take a look at yet more insights shared by a group of senior product leaders during #mtpcon 2019 (if you missed Part 1, take a look here). No Vision = no Intentional Culture. Your vision and its supporting culture shouldn’t be generic. It shouldn’t be for everyone.

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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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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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437: Product road mapping for executives to align customer needs and business strategy – with Maziar Adl

Product Innovation Educators

Then when I heard his backstory in technology leadership roles at Xerox and Experian and the challenges he encountered with product roadmaps, I was eager to invite him to be a guest on this podcast. An executive or someone in sales or finance cannot understand much from these tools about what product is coming out next month or next year.