Meta Product Leader on Building Product Strategy With Customers

How can product leaders build successful product strategies? Building a successful product strategy requires a obsession to understand your customer requirements and their roadmap. In this webinar, Meta Product Leader Ankush Bagotra will share insights on frameworks and success stories about inception of product strategy focused on customer success and collaboration. Whether you are a product manager, designer, or engineer, tune in for valuable insights on how to build products that truly meet the needs of your customers.

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Show Notes:

1. Identify and enable the right internal and external stakeholders for building product strategy.
2. Understand what problem you are solving – are you selling a vitamin or a painkiller?
3. Determine whom you are selling to and their various motivations and requirements.
4. Spend time understanding what really matters to your customers.
5. Intercept your customers’ roadmaps to accelerate and add value.
6. Build trust through systematic metrics, milestones and continuous feedback.
7. Question the status quo and enable a culture where stakeholders do the same.
8. Communicate clearly with all stakeholders at different levels.
9. Build a culture of sharing perspectives, flagging issues, and gratitude.
10. Celebrate wins both big and small to motivate teams.
11. Understand your customers’ ecosystems to increase your value proposition.
12. Experiment and test assumptions quickly to optimize for customers.
13. Align internal stakeholders by bringing them into customer interactions.
14. Communicate strategy continuously to maintain alignment.
15. Build dependencies over time through high-quality solutions.
16. Foster a culture where product managers explore diverse viewpoints.
17. Leverage both internal and external resources to recognize contributions.
18. Stay informed about industry trends through curated resources and alerts.
19. Books, podcasts, and online communities help develop product skills.
20. Apply learnings to continuously refine your own product strategies.