Main takeaways: -Product Management is about communicating. Remote Product Management is about communicating more. -Send notes for each interaction. Both formal and informal. Include owner and estimated time of delivery. -Set up recurring meetings. With key stakeholders. Keep the meeting even if the agenda is light. -Offer full transparency. Share supporting notes even if not asked. Make the roadmap public. -Get to know your teammates. Learn their preferred schedule. Pay attention to their environment and start conversations.

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7. Hello!I am Pablo Sanzo
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+5 years working with remote stakeholders
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8. A typical day
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9. Share
notes
To facilitate and incentivize feedback

10. Share
notes
Action item
What needs to be
done? What will
this achieve?
What are the
dependencies?
Owner
Who is ultimately
responsible for
this thing being
done?
ETA
When can we
expect this thing
will be done?
Important for
coordination with
other work
streams
(DFD)
When will we get
an ETA?
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11. Example
notes from a meeting
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Thanks for your attention, team. I captured these notes – please amend or add:
● Pablo to do something by 11/12
● Elisabeth to do something by 11/20
● John to provide ETA for something by 12/05
These are open topics to discuss:
● Unresolved topic A
● Unresolved topic B

12. Set-up
recurring meetings
To protect asynchronous work

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15. Recurrent slot
A weekly, bi-weekly,
monthly… catch-up with
your key stakeholders.
Placeholder for
synchronous
discussions.
Set-up
recurrent meetings
Agenda
Topics that you propose
to discuss during the
meeting, ordered by
priority.
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16. Example
meeting agenda
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Hi, team. This week, I would like to cover – on top of your topics, in this order of priority:
1) Topic priority #1
2) Topic priority #2
3) Topic priority #3
________________________________________________________________________
Hi, team. Saving some time weekly for discussions. Agenda will follow each time.

17. Offer
full transparency
To keep focus on the message

18. Shared roadmap
Allow your stakeholders
to see the current set of
priorities, and the inputs
translating into those
priorities
Offer
full transparency
Supporting notes
When you state
something, to the extent
where possible, back it
up with notes, data… etc
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19. Example
shared roadmap
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Project Entitlement ETA Status
Project A $100 Q4-2020 Done
Project B $50 Q1-2021 Pending
Project C $10 Q2-2021 Pending

20. Get to know
your teammates
To make life more enjoyable

21. Get to know
your teammates
Preferred schedule
Do they have more
energy in the
morning, or in the
afternoon? Do
they have other
commitments?
Background
What can you see
on their rooms
that tells you
something about
them?
Location
Where are they
located? Did they
choose to live
there? What are
some of the
challenges of
living there
currently?
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22. In
summary
1) Share notes
To facilitate and incentivize feedback
2) Set-up recurring meetings
To protect asynchronous work
3) Offer full transparency
To keep focus on the message
4) Get to know your teammates
To make life more enjoyable
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23. Thanks!Any questions?
You can find me at linkedin.com/pablosanzo
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