AUTHOR
Product Operations,
the Book
From industry-leading product advisor Denise Tilles and Escaping the Build Trap’s Melissa Perri, Product Operations is the must-ready book leaders have been missing.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Conference & Small-Group Talks
Product management and product operations keynotes, featuring real-world case studies, trends, and strategic insights.
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Tim Simmons
SVP, CPO
Wal-Mart International
Denise was instrumental in Sam's Club's product operations journey.
We leaned on her expert guidance in identifying our highest needs and opportunities, developing a long-term plan, and even in shaping job descriptions and assisting throughout talent acquisition. Today, our product operations team is growing because they are critical to optimizing our planning and ensuring that our product managers are enabled to make data-backed decisions for our member and associate products.”
Product Transformation
Training / Coaching
Product Operations Advising + Coaching
Leadership
Coaching
Insights
As someone who spends my days as a transformation partner establishing stronger product ops and coaching teams through operational maturity, I haven't witnessed the convergence of ALL ops firsthand yet.
Here's my take: This convergence likely isn't just inevitable—it's beneficial. Here's why...
A Product Operations leader reached out for advice on building their team and evaluating solutions to connect decentralized products. Smart timing to ask before they buy.
❌ The mistake I see too often: Companies buy a tool first, then try to figure out their structure and taxonomy afterward.
🙃 Result? They end up organizing roadmaps and portfolio tracking around what the tool can do, not what they actually need.
Here's what I've learned after working with dozens of Product teams -
the ones that succeed do this instead...
How do you know which skill sets are right for you and your organization? Can you find the unicorn who has ALL of the skills — data analysis, integrations and process management? The best way to get started is...