Solving problems with multiple teams such as Sales, Operations etc at HappyLocate while the company is going through a crucial funding round.
Balancing requirements from stakeholders. The way I overcame it was to take a data driven approach, calculating ROI of everything in the backlog.
One common myth is that you need to be technical to become a PM. While it is beneficial to have an understanding of technology, you can overcome it by having the sufficient skills in business, UI / UX etc.
A HiPPO, or “highest-paid person in the room’s opinion” can skew a logical prioritisation of products or features
Software Sales. As a PM in a SaaS company there have been times when I have had to go on Sales calls. Some of the skills I built as a PM help relate to customers needs and identify (and sell) features that can be beneficial to them and connect the same to their business model.
How valuable Digital Marketing and analytics skills are to a PM. I would have spent more time learning about SEO, SEM, Google Analytics etc.
Solving problems with multiple teams such as Sales, Operations etc at HappyLocate while the company is going through a crucial funding round.
Balancing requirements from stakeholders. The way I overcame it was to take a data driven approach, calculating ROI of everything in the backlog.
One common myth is that you need to be technical to become a PM. While it is beneficial to have an understanding of technology, you can overcome it by having the sufficient skills in business, UI / UX etc.
A HiPPO, or “highest-paid person in the room’s opinion” can skew a logical prioritisation of products or features
Software Sales. As a PM in a SaaS company there have been times when I have had to go on Sales calls. Some of the skills I built as a PM help relate to customers needs and identify (and sell) features that can be beneficial to them and connect the same to their business model.
How valuable Digital Marketing and analytics skills are to a PM. I would have spent more time learning about SEO, SEM, Google Analytics etc.