The Role of a Chief Product Officer in a Company

#25: Hubert Palan is Founder and CEO of Productboard, a product management system that enables teams to inform their decision-making based on customer insights. Productboard was founded 8 years ago and now counts 400 employees and 6000 clients.

In this episode, Axel dives into Hubert's 8-year journey at Productboard to learn about how product as a function has evolved, what great product teams have in common and how to win in the current economic context.

Where to find Hubert

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hubertpalan/
• Website: https://www.productboard.com/blog

Where to find Axel

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/

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Referenced in this episode:

• Steve Blank at UC Berkeley
• Mastery by Robert Greene
• Product Makers Summit by Productboard
• Productboard events including roadtrips (Paris, Amsterdam, other locations).

Show notes and highlights

(01:30) Hubert's background

(02:47) How has Hubert's role changed over the last 8 years

(05:30) Differences in product maturity across geographies

(08:45) Is the maturity gap in PM closing between the US and EU

(09:48) Evolution and importance of the PM function

(12:42) The importance of execution

(15:27) What does product management done right look like

(20:10) 2 dimensions of product performance

(26:16) How to win in the current economic context

(32:19) Hubert's Treasure Chest

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