Data products and platforms play a crucial role in optimizing data access and usage within organizations.
Product managers in the data space bridge the gap between traditional product management and data product management, driving innovation and efficiency.
Successful collaboration between analytics experts and product managers hinges on curiosity and adaptability, fostering productive relationships and enhanced outcomes.
Deep dives
Solidifying the Concept of Democratizing Data
The podcast delves into the concept of democratizing data, emphasizing the shift towards enabling business users to self-serve data for insights, a trend facilitated by numerous products and tools in the analytics space.
The Intersection of Product Management and Data Expertise
The episode features a discussion on the intersection of product management and data expertise with guest Austin Byrne from Canva, highlighting his journey straddling analytics and product management at various companies like Atlassian and Facebook.
Transitioning from Accounting to Analytics
Austin Byrne shares his career trajectory, starting as a CPA and transitioning into analytics and product management, driven by a desire to create tools that simplify analytics processes and empower analysts to work faster and smarter.
Navigating the Complexity of Data Product Solutions
The episode explores the complexities of building internal data products within organizations, touching on the factors influencing build decisions, such as company size, expertise levels, and cultural maturity, along with the potential for internal products to drive new value streams.
Driving Impact Through Collaboration Between Product Managers and Data Experts
The discussion underscores the significance of curiosity and a willingness to learn when fostering productive relationships between subject matter experts in analytics and product managers, emphasizing the value of a partnership rooted in curiosity and adaptability to enhance collaborative efforts.
Data gets accessed and used in an organization through a variety of different tools (be they built, bought, or both). That work can be quick and smooth, or it can be tedious and time-consuming. What can make the difference, in modernspeak, is the specifics of the "data products" and "data platforms" being used for those tasks. Those specifics, in turn, often fall on the shoulders of (data) product managers! In this episode, Austin Byrne, Group Product Lead for Data at Canva, joined us for a discussion about the similarities and differences between typical product management and data product management! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.
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