Main takeaways: -Over Communicate Strategy and Vision -Partner and Influence -Strategic and Tactical (What the future will bring and what needs to be done right now) -Customer-Focused and Business Insight -Data-Driven vs Intuition

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5. Characteristics of Great
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Ronke Majekodunmi
Senior Product Manager, PayPal
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6. Ronke Majekodunmi
• Financial Industry
• B2B, B2C
Senior Product Manager,
PayPal

7. I thrive in finding
opportunities beyond the
sight of others
My PM Superpower
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8. 4 4
My Favorite Books
Basic Black: The
Essential Guide for
Getting Ahead at Work
(and in Life) by Cathie
Black
Emotional Intelligence
2.0 Kindle Edition by
Travis Bradberry
How to Lead: Wisdom
from the World's
Greatest CEOs,
Founders, and Game
Changers by David M.
Rubenstein
The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People:
Powerful Lessons in
Personal Change by
Stephen R. Covey
The New One Minute
Manager by Ken
Blanchard
Who Moved My
Cheese?: An A-Mazing
Way to Deal with
Change in Your Work
and in Your Life by
Spencer Johnson

9. Main Takeaways
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Customer-Focused
and Business Insight
Over
Communicate
Strategy and
Vision
Partner and
Influence
Strategic vs
Tactical
Data-Driven vs
Intuition

10. Great Product Managers
Build People and
Products
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11. Great Product Managers
Build People
7

12. Great Product Managers
Build Products
8

13. Customer-Focused and Business Insight
9
Customer Obsessed
Metrics Become Definable Action
Steps

14. 10
Over Communicate Strategy and Vision
Act I
First 3iab
(Product Manager/
Design Lead/Content
Lead)
Act II
Second 3iab
(Product Manager/
Design Lead/Tech
Lead)
ACT III
Customer
Facing/Non-Custome
r Facing Teams
ACT IV
Cross-functional
Teams
ACT V
Leadership/Research
Shareouts

15. 11
Partner and Influence
Product
Roadmap
and Vision
Solicit
Observation
(Experience)
Network
Be Malleable
and Open to
Feedback
Communicat
e Updates

16. Strategic and Tactical
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Safeguard Strategy is Priority
Disproportionate Strategic/Tactical
Emphasis

17. Data-Driven vs Intuition
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Using Both Data and
Intuition is Strategic
Data Does not Transmit
the Whole Picture
Intuition Enables Rapid
Decisions for
Complicated Problems

18. Main Takeaways
14
Customer-Focused
and Business Insight
Over
Communicate
Strategy and
Vision
Partner and
Influence
Strategic vs
Tactical
Data-Driven vs
Intuition

19. I thrive in finding
opportunities beyond the
sight of others
My PM Superpower
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20. Thank You!
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Ronke Majekodunmi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkemajek
ronkemajek18@gmail.com
@RonkeMajekodun1

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