I have been asked multiple times by founders who hired a Chief Product Officer (CPO) and then ended up wondering often: What’s the value, after-all? Could we do without the role?
In today’s issue, we deep dive into:
Breakdown of key responsibilities of a CPO role that make it a winning role in the organisation
In order of importance, what is CPO most and least expected to do?
What CEOs/ Founders can do to empower and allow CPOs to become successful
For Product Managers in senior roles, this issue will also help you to know the skills you should work upon if you aim to be VP, Product / CPO in next 3-5 years.
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CPO Role break down
The first mistake that founders and CEOs do is that they assume they know the strategy and just need a person to execute on it and start looking out for a CPO/VP of Product. This sort of expectation may lead to best of the product leaders to either quit soon enough, or become process executors.