Register Now! When Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7pm PST Where Online Agenda 7 pm – Featured Speaker 8 pm – Networking and Resource Sharing Topic Product Planning for a v1.0 With Zero Existing Customers Speaker Mahesh Ramachandran, VP, Product Management, OpsRamp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Summary It’s one thing to plan and launch new products for a market and customer base you know well and that is eagerly anticipating your new offering. What do we need to do differently when starting with a blank slate and no customers at all? Plenty, it turns out. And who better to educate us than a ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 7pm PST Where Online Agenda 7 pm – Featured Speaker 8 pm – Networking and Resource Sharing Topic From Product Roadmap to a Scalable Marketplace Speaker Vishal Kapoor, Senior Director of Product Management, Shipt (subsidiary of Target) Summary This talk will walk through a real-world case study of how OKRs are used to create a product roadmap while tracking execution for a wildly successful marketplace like Shipt. Shipt is a retail tech company and independently operated subsidiary of Target Corp. Available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities, it r ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 7pm PST Where Online Agenda 7 pm – Featured Speaker 8 pm – Networking and Resource Sharing Topic Navigating the End-to-End Product Launch Journey Speaker Samir Bhatnagar, Associate Director of Product, Forge Global Summary Join us to discover some of the latest approaches to end-to-end product launches, from concept to market, along with some of our speaker’s lessons learned in each phase. About the Speaker Samir Bhatnagar has 15+ years shaping product strategy for small organizations like Forge Global to mature companies like Salesforce, Ora ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking 7pm – Presentation 8pm – Q&A and Conversation 8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic Experience the Customer Discovery Process While Shaping the Future of SVPMA Speakers SVPMA Board Summary This month’s meeting is a break from tradition and serves a dual purpose – come join us to enhance your Customer Discovery skills while offering customer input into the future of SVPMA. Last month, John Mansour of Product Management University led us through Top-Down Customer Discover ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking 7pm – Presentation 8pm – Q&A and Conversation 8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic Top-Down Customer Discovery: Creating Products That Practically Sell Themselves Speaker John Mansour, President, Product Management University Summary How often are you told, “Your products need to deliver more measurable, strategic value to customers.” You may even hear, “Your product needs to be so valuable that it sells itself!” But what does “strategic value” mean, exactly, and wha ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking 7pm – Presentation 8pm – Q&A and Conversation 8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic Unleashing the Power of ChatGPT in Product Management Speaker Steve Johnson, CEO, Product Growth Leaders Summary ChatGPT has exploded in popularity with the fastest consumer product adoption in history. But what is it and how can it be used in your job? Join us as Steve Johnson discusses using ChatGPT for product management tasks with a practical breakout to use the tool and techniques wit ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, June 7, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking 7pm – Presentation 8pm – Q&A and Conversation 8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic The Product Management Mindset Speaker Alex Gordy, VP Products, Omnicell Summary What do most product managers miss when approaching their role? What stifles product innovation and business outcomes? Experienced product leader and coach, Alex Gordy believes that it is a particular “product management mindset” that combines growth mindset, customer-centricity, collaboration, accountability, a ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, May 10, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking 7pm – Presentation 8pm – Q&A and Conversation 8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic Product-Market Fit Secrets Revealed: Simple Steps to Market Selection Speaker Theresa Lina, Silicon Valley Strategist and Author Summary It’s well known that market focus is the key to early, strong product-market fit and traction, but how do you narrow your options and figure out what that market will be? When time is of the essence in demonstrating success and resources are tight, how do y ..read more

Register Now! When Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking 7pm – Presentation 8pm – Q&A and Conversation 8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic Category Leadership – Magic or Myth? Speaker Ken Rutsky, Consultant, Speaker, Author Summary Every startup wants to be the next Salesforce, zScaler, or Slack, the creators and dominant forces in their categories.  Beyond accelerating enterprise value growth, category leadership can create a market magic that thrills customers, investors, and employees and also drives competitors crazy ..read more

RSVP here! When Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm PT Where Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina 3935 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 Summary Join us Wednesday, March 8th as we return to Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina in Santa Clara, CA (yes, in-person!) for a casual, after-work social. Catch up with each other on trends, ideas, and some after-work “therapy” with your PM friends! Thank you for your continued support of SVPMA ..read more