The product manager and the development lead partnering well together is a cornerstone of great product teams. The behavior they exhibit sets the standard for how the team cooperates, connects, and thrives. One great way to do this is getting closer to your customer. Here’s how this advice works with both protagonists.
Vidya Dinamani is the founder of ProductRebels.com, where she exercises her passion for coaching product leaders, product teams, and entrepreneurs. Product Rebels offers a unique way to train product teams to build products that customers love. Vidya has coached over 200 companies through Product Rebels. She has eighteen years of experience specializing in business and technology strategy and product design, development, and management. Vidya has held multiple executive product, customer experience, and technology roles at leading companies such as Intuit, Mitchell International, and Deloitte. A holder of seven US patents for software technology, Vidya earned a B.S. in physics from Victoria University and a master's from Carnegie Mellon University.