Turning Cross-Functional Collaboration into Product Results

Hi Product People,

We are happy to invite you to our next event hosted together with Uber.

In this ProductTank meetup, we’ll explore how great products succeed when talented teams collaborate effectively, especially when challenges arise. Strong product outcomes are built at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Design, and Data—and why the best teams aren’t the ones that agree all the time, but the ones that know how to disagree well.

IMPORTANT: after RSVP, please register via this link to attend the event.

ABOUT THE TALKS

Beyond Agreement: Why Product Teams Win by Disagreeing Well
High-performing product teams do not move fast because they always agree. They move fast because they know how to disagree well.

In this talk, Jesse Choo will share how healthy conflict can actually make teams faster. Drawing on his experience in high-growth companies, Jesse will walk through real examples where Product and Engineering disagreed on scope, trade-offs, or product direction, and how leaning into those moments led to better decisions, stronger trust, and quicker delivery.

About the speaker: Jesse Choo is a Senior Product Manager at Bitvavo who has worked across SaaS, gaming, marketplaces, and fintech. He enjoys working at the intersection of Product and Engineering and sharing practical lessons on how teams can move faster and ship better with actual business impact through stronger collaboration and clearer decision-making.

Panel Discussion: What Makes a PM Stand Out
In this cross-functional panel, senior leaders from Uber, representing engineering, design, data science, and product, will share their perspectives on what great product managers do differently. From setting clear direction to making thoughtful trade-offs and leading without formal authority, the discussion offers real, experience-based insights into the skills, behaviors, and mindsets that elevate good PMs into exceptional ones.

Panelists:
Noam Ben Haim, Director Product, Payments, Uber
Omer Bigger, Director, Engineering, Uber
Valentijn Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman, Senior Manager, Data Science, Uber
Alex Bregman, Senior Product Manager, Uber
Sophie Back, Product Design Manager, Uber

AGENDA

17:30 Arrive, grab a bite to eat & something to drink
18:00 Welcome from the ProductTank AMS team and UBER team
18:15 - 18.50 First talk and Q&A
18:50 - 19:00 Break
19:00 - 20:00 Panel discussion and Q&A
20:00 Drinks & mingle

This event will be held in English and is in-person only.

Thank you to Uber for supporting product community in Amsterdam!