“If you have teams, go figure out what drives every single person on the team and make sure you are addressing their needs. Those are extremely important things, and not a lot of folks do it, unfortunately.”
– Amruta Moktali, Chief Product Officer at Skyflow
Join us for a conversation with Amruta Moktali, Chief Product Officer at Skyflow, as she shares her insights on building the perfect product team.
This episode unravels the complexities of assembling a product team that goes beyond mere technical expertise to foster diversity of thought, experience, and a shared mission. The conversation delves into the importance of having a clear understanding of the team’s objectives and the necessity of involving all team members in the hiring process to ensure a unified vision.
Amruta outlines a meticulous process for successful team building, from understanding the mission and identifying the first critical hire, to nurturing communication and maintaining motivation within the team. Highlighting the tangible outcomes of well-curated product teams, Amruta shares how these strategies have led to innovative product solutions, increased team cohesion, and a thriving work environment.
Key Takeaways:
1. Diversity Hires Strengthen Your Team: Amruta emphasized the importance of understanding the mission of the team and the knowledge critical for building the intended product. She suggested involving the team in the hiring process and considering the diversity of thought and experience when hiring new team members.
2. Talk in Public Instead of Side Conversations: Amruta shared the importance of open and frequent communication within the team, especially in a remote work setup. She recommended public communication of everything, avoiding short sentences, and ensuring transparency of all decisions and changes.
3. Remind the Team of Their ‘Why’: Amruta discussed the need to keep the team’s passion alive, ensure trust, and align individual motivations with the goals of the organization. She also recommended humanizing the impact of the products being developed to remind the team of the importance of their work.
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Amruta Moktali is a seasoned expert in the complex domains of data privacy and analytics. With over a decade of experience in this field, Amruta has a remarkable track record that spans agile startups to tech giants like Microsoft and Salesforce.
Currently, she serves as the Chief Product Officer at Skyflow, where she’s applying her deep expertise and unwavering passion to reimagine how businesses protect their user’s most private and sensitive data. Skyflow is an API-based data privacy vault that integrates with any tech stack and makes it easy to enforce privacy policies across any app, any data cloud, and any LLM.
Throughout her career, Amruta has demonstrated a strong commitment to building high-performing product teams, fostering communication and diversity within her teams, and maintaining a focus on the end-user. With her insightful perspective and hands-on experience, Amruta continues to shape the future of data privacy and analytics.
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