Antonia Landi, Product Operations Consultant, discusses the role and significance of product ops in product management. They explore the relationship between product ops and product management, highlighting the need for a separate product ops function. The podcast also delves into the misconceptions around product ops and emphasizes its strategic role in product development.
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Purpose: Enable Product Management Excellence
Product ops exists to enable product management excellence across the org.
Its shape varies because it targets the unique barriers each company faces.
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Operations Plus Coaching
Product ops blends operational tooling with coaching and enablement.
It operationalizes the product management experience, not just admin tasks.
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Create A Product Operating System
Build repeatable operating systems for product teams like communication strategies and feedback loops.
Design processes that document decisions, owners, and how goals are referenced over time.
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Product Operations has been the talk of the town over the past two years, but why is it so important in product management, and what does the role entail? In this week's podcast, Antonia Landi, Product Operations Consultant, leads us on a journey through the world of product ops, outlining its purpose, significance, and how its role can vary based on a company's specific needs. We delve into the misconceptions around product ops and discover that it’s not just about creating mural boards but is an essential cog in the product development machinery.
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Our Hosts Lily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She’s currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She’s worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.
Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury’s. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group’s Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He’s the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager’s Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon’s music stores in the US & UK.
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