How do you work with different stakeholders as a PM?

Adobe Product Manager: How do you work with different stakeholders as a Product Manager?

As a Product Manager, working with stakeholders involves effective communication, collaboration, and management to ensure everyone is aligned with the product vision and goals.

Here is how a Product Manager usually engages with the different stakeholders,

1. Engineering/Development Team:

   • Defining and Grooming Technical Specifications, Feature Prioritisation, Effort Estimations and Timelines, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Review meeting, UAT, Acceptance Criteria Checks, Release and Post-Release support.

2. Quality Assurance (QA):

   • Test plans, Test cases, Review, Bug Identification and Verification, UAT, Acceptance Criteria Checks, Release, and Post-Release Sanity.
     

3. Design Team:

   • Ideation, Wireframing, Design Mockups, Prototyping, Review and Feedback Sessions, and finalizing designs to closure across all stakeholders.

4. Marketing / Product Marketing Team:

   • Berif the Product Features and Benefits, Communicate Launch Timelines, GTM Strategies, Product Positioning, Consistent Messaging, Launch Explainer pages, Communication Alignment, and Drive Post-Launch Adoption.

5. Customer Support:

   • Product Demo, Building/Updating FAQs and Chatbot inputs.

   • Gather insights from customer support interactions to identify areas for product improvement.

6. Finance Team:

   • Product Budgeting, Pricing Strategies, Accounting Compliance and Financial Projections.

7. Legal and Compliance: