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SleepyTaco
SleepyTaco
29mo
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Stealth

Do PMs finally always give in to what the CEOs want?

I have come across a lot about this in conversations with other PMs. What is the point then if product decisions are always CEO decisions? I would really love to hear takes on this. What do you think?

29mo ago
SleepyNugget
SleepyNugget
Google
29mo

Yes, we give in.

Bottom line beats any North Star metric when things are tough.

SleepyTaco
SleepyTaco
Stealth
29mo

That's a good way to put it.
But honestly, that is so sad. :( Gonna go contemplate

ZoomyMuffin
ZoomyMuffin
Amazon
29mo

Yes that is the job eventually. The CEO is the lead PM of the company so its obvious

ZoomyMuffin
ZoomyMuffin
Amazon
29mo

It sounds underrated but being aligned to leadership in an organisation is important. Otherwise things go south

WigglyWaffle
WigglyWaffle
Browserstack
29mo

The CEO usually has max skin in the game compared to anyone else. Also, as a PM not belonging to leadership or a part of the inner circle, the CEO will have better context on overall company roadmap and why a decision needs to be made certain way. Ofc, this is specifically for decisions where it goes all the way to CEO for input. In a good product org, decision matrices are quite clearly built out as in what decision should be fine with a SPM/GPM taking a call vs decisions that get taken by Dir/VPs vs decisions that a CEO should take.

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