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AMA: Gainsight Director of Product Management, Pavan Kumar on Platform Product Management
May 8 @ 10:00AM PST
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Gainsight Director of Product Management, Pavan Kumar on Platform Product Management
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management • May 8
Here is my fun take on this :) Morning: 1. Wake Up and Boot Up: Roll out of bed and fire up the (cold?) coffee machine – gotta get that energy level to max before diving into the day's quests! 2. Check Data Streams: Dive into the Matrix of emails and Slack messages. Gotta make sure......Read More
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management • May 8
Aligning roadmaps for individual products with the broader platform is crucial for ensuring coherence, efficiency, and synergy across different aspects of the product ecosystem. Here are a few pointers: 1. Understand the Platform Vision: Begin by understanding the overarching vision and go......Read More
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management • May 8
Identifying the highest impact projects on a platform team is like finding the rarest loot in a treasure chest—it takes strategy, analysis, and a bit of luck! Here are a few ways in which we can access the overall project impact (remember to wear a wholistic business lens vs approaching this as ......Read More
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management • May 8
Identifying Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) from a platform perspective involves understanding the unique needs and characteristics of customers who derive the most value from the platform's offerings. When identifying ICPs, platform teams typically focus on defining characteristics that are relev......Read More
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management • May 8
Here is a fun way to look at this: In the platform world, user feedback comes from both our internal development wizards and the external heroes using our products. It's like having a two-way teleporter between the tech dungeon and the user kingdom! * Internal Users (Development Teams): They......Read More
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management • May 8
One of the most challenging aspects of Platform Product Management is balancing the diverse needs of multiple stakeholders while maintaining a cohesive platform strategy. This involves navigating trade-offs between short-term tactical needs and long-term strategic goals, aligning roadmaps for in......Read More
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