Conflict Management in Product Management

Creating long-lasting value for end users is a product manager’s primary mission. Achieving this requires focus, prioritization, and collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Yet, the dynamic nature of product management often brings conflicting priorities and perspectives, making conflict management a crucial skill.

Why is Conflict Management Important? Product managers must align teams and steer them toward impactful outcomes. Differing viewpoints from sales, engineering, and senior management frequently lead to conflicts. Managing these effectively is essential to drive alignment, ensure company success, and deliver value to users.

What Will You Gain from This Session? Join us for an engaging discussion on managing conflicts in product management. You will:

1. Identify Common Conflicts: Understand typical conflicts between product managers and stakeholders.
2. Gain Diverse Perspectives: Learn how peers from other departments perceive these conflicts.
3. Discover Practical Strategies: Take away actionable tips to handle conflicts, improve collaboration, and foster shared success.

Don’t miss this chance to enhance your conflict management skills and turn challenges into opportunities for innovation and growth. Let’s navigate the path to creating extraordinary value together!

The event will consist of a panel of speakers representing Product, Engineering, Sales and Leadership exploring the conflicts that arise between the different teams followed by a speaker looking at techniques and practices to better handle and resolve conflicts.

Panel Speakers:
•⁠ ⁠Jonathan Steingiesser - will be the panel moderator and represent product
•⁠ ⁠Deepak Khanna - will represent senior management
•⁠ ⁠Mohamed EL Serougy - will represent sales
•⁠ ⁠Odafe Ojenikoh - will represent engineering

Fireside Chat
* Jacobeth Moroke - using a fire side chat format will discuss various ways and techniques for managing and resolving conflict.

Location:
Aldar Sqaure