I love cooking. I'll cook an entire massive meal, three course, whatever, sit down and eat it while I'm watching. Favorite interview question that you like to ask when you're interviewing people? If you could choose any career outside of what you're doing, what would it be? Would you look for an answer there that tells you that this is a strong candidate versus not? There are skills that are a part of the other role that I would lean into. It's really telling. You dig into the qualities of what makes a good candidate for the other thing.
Christine Itwaru is a longtime product operations leader at Pendo and more recently has taken on the larger role of Principal Strategist there. Before leading product ops, Christine spent 12 years in product management. In this episode, we delve into the rapidly growing field of product ops and discover how Christine is part of shaping the role industry-wide. She helps us define the role of product operations, what kind of person would be a good fit for the product ops role, when your company would benefit from product ops, and what red flags to look for if you decide to go down this path.