Product Voices

Get ready for a deep dive into the world of product consulting with our special guest, the seasoned consultant, entrepreneur, and leader, Mary Beth Snodgrass. Buckle in as we traverse the terrain of product consulting and its growing popularity, tackling topics from managing product challenges to exploring the gig economy. Mary Beth takes us inside her collective, the PAC, shedding light on their...

Priya Kasi-Chari, senior director of product management at PeopleReady, joins us on Product Voices to share her inspiring story of resilience and success. Her unique blend of creative pursuits - including classical dance, language learning, and sewing - has greatly shaped her product management career, bringing a refreshing perspective to the industry. But what's the secret sauce to a thrivin...

Ever wondered how the magic word 'no' can catapult your product management career to a whole new level? Then it's time to tune in! We're graced with the presence of Jo McCawley, a senior director of product and seasoned veteran of the ad tech world, and he's ready to reveal the importance of saying 'no' in product management. We touch on everything from setting b...

Unlock the power of data with Graham Reed, a seasoned product management professional, as he reveals how data can transform your product management strategies. Can you imagine how understanding data can help to build better products and make effective decisions? Graham, who leads product operations at Cobalt , shares interesting insights from his 12-year journey in the world of product management,...

In this great conversation with Beks Yelland ,  we delve into the ins and outs of "product tech" and the "product industry" and its evolving impact on product teams and product managers.  As product management has become more visible and popular, there are more and more tools, resources, frameworks, and more being thrust upon product managers. Has it become too much?  Beks shed...

Welcome to Product Voices, where we spotlight the brightest minds in the world of product management! Today Jennifer Spanos, a seasoned expert in the CPG and software product management realm, joins us for a chat that will challenge your thinking and give you an edge in your product management journeys. With a rich repository of knowledge, Jennifer shares the importance of striking a balance betwe...

Get ready to unravel the true meaning of culture within organizations with our incredible guest, Tatyana Mamut .  Tatyana breaks it down for us by highlighting how culture is much more than workplace benefits - it's the environments and structures that leaders establish, shaping what their teams can or can't achieve. So, if your organization isn't hitting the mark, it might be time...

Are you ready to unlock the dynamic relationship between data and product management? We sat down with Mike Alvarez , a seasoned tech guru and the CTO and Head of Product for NeuZeit Group , who gave us an exploratory journey of how data can be a product in itself, or a catalyst for fantastic products, and shares valuable insights on how to ensure that data enriches a product without overshadowing...

Ever wondered how to navigate through the labyrinth of career moves in product management? This episode promises to be your definitive guide. Our guest, Cassidy Fein, shares her wealth of experience, gained from Pendo, Vimeo, and Echo 360. Listen in as she unveils how to identify the right roles and companies and strategize your career moves. We also discuss the current market pulse and how to con...

What if you could unlock secrets to managing product scale-ups without falling into common pitfalls or inviting burnout? This episode, we bring you just that, with our expert guest, Marissa Fong. With a decade of experience under her belt, Marissa shares her unique insights from her journey across various industries. Listen in as we discuss strategies, processes, and skills necessary for successfu...

Are you striking the right balance between customer focus and business acuity in your product management career? Join us as we welcome Frank Tisellano , a B2B product leader with experience at Google, Kaseya, and others. Frank shares his journey and realization of the importance of this balance. Discover how understanding the impact a product has on a company's business is key for success and...

Aakash Gupta , the Product Growth guy and VP Product at Apollo , joins to discuss how to build a flywheel. We discuss: What is a flywheel and what does it mean?  What are some prerequisites that a business needs to have in place in order to succeed in building a flywheel? The biggest mistakes that are made when trying to build a flywheel across your organization.  And much more! Learn more at Prod...

Victoria Ku , director of product at Highnote , joins the podcast to discuss finding your voice as a product manager. Such an important and fun conversation.  We discuss... How to find your voice as a product manager.  How to best use that voice in the workplace How leaders can best help their team find their voice.  What impact will payments have on the world in the future?  (a bonus discussion b...

Kareem Mayan , co-founder of Savio , joins this episode to discuss how great product teams leverage customer and product feedback for better products, and specifically how feedback can help us innovate on and optimize existing products. We discuss: What’s the difference between innovation and invention?  What are the biggest mistakes product teams are making when it comes to leveraging feedback? ...

Janna Bastow , CEO of ProdPad , joins this episode to discuss how product teams can build and use successful roadmaps. She also shares some insights on what makes great product managers and how to stand out when trying to move into product management from other roles. Highlights: On roadmaps... What is a roadmap?  What are the prerequisites for a roadmap? (hint: you can’t have a really successful...

In this episode, Dave Dame, director of product accessibility at Microsoft joins to discuss how great teams and organizations use principles to best build products that are inclusive and accessible to users of all ability levels. Highlights of the discussion: "It’s not a disability that holds me back, it is the environment.” Everyone will be disabled at some point, even temporarily. Products...

Great product managers are fanatical about prioritizing the things that will make the biggest impact on their product. In this episode we discuss some of the activities that product managers should not be leading and some ways that product managers can be fanatically prioritize their time. We discuss: What a product manager is NOT Why product managers get pulled into some of these activities  Crea...

Bria King, a product coach and product leader with experience in social good, networking, online marketing, and hospitality industries discusses a people-first approach to product management. We discuss: What is people-first product management What are the benefits of people-first PM How leaders and teams can move toward a more people-first culture

Chris Butler joins to discuss the "product spine" - how teams can align strategies, roadmaps, and tasks, and make sound decisions along all of them. Chris is an all-around product expert, currently Lead Product Manager at Google, with past stints as head of product operations at Cognizant and a product leader at Facebook, Kayak, and Waze. We discuss: what is the product spine how teams c...

Ensuring your product has the proper level and types of services around it can improve and optimize the user experience. We often forget how important these services can be to the overall success of a product. In this episode, Tania Sahai, product leader and founder of The Silver Pallete, joins to discuss how product managers and teams can focus on the important services that surround products. Le...

On this episode, Matt LeMay joins to discuss Product Leadership. Matt LeMay is an internationally recognized product leader, author, and consultant who has worked with companies like Spotify, Audible, Mailchimp, and Google. He is the author of Agile for Everybody (O’Reilly Media, 2018) and Product Management in Practice (Second Edition O'Reilly Media, 2022), and has helped build and scale pro...

When we think about building products, we most often think about products for external customers. However, many product teams create solutions for internal customers - those fellow employees who use our products to help them better do their job. These “internal products” can have a huge impact on the business. In this episode, Sharon Aluma , Senior Technical Product Manager at Amazon Robotics join...

We have a responsibility in product management to avoid exclusionary solutions and so it is incumbent upon us to learn inclusive design principles. We must learn how to design products that not only intentionally include but avoid unintentionally excluding groups. Sandra Camacho , a multicultural Inclusive Design strategist, educator, and advisor based in Paris, France, joins this episode to discu...

Dan Balcauski , founder and principal consultant at Product Tranquility , joins to discuss The Secret to Unlocking Value: How to Maximize Your Product's Price. We discuss:  Three types of value drivers How to know what our customers value How to measure pricing effectiveness How companies find their value metric The connection between customer segmentation and pricing And more! Learn more at...

Innovation and product ideation is one of the core tenants of successful product management. We simply have to get this right in order to put impactful nuanced, valuable, differentiated products and solutions out in the market for our customers. In this episode, Jennifer Glenski , Director of Product Management for BMC Software's Innovation Labs joins to discuss innovation and product ideatio...