World Product Day 2019 with Product Tank Yorkshire!

Product Tank Yorkshire is back for World Product Day! Join us to hear talks from three great speakers, learn new practical tips, share a few battle stories and mingle with some follow product peeps.

This meet up is perfect for professionals working in product, project managers in tech and anyone who’s generally interested in or considering moving in to the product space.

There will be free food and drinks, and we would love to see as many of you as possible.

Agenda:
18:30-18:55 Arrive, get settled, have some scran

19:00- 19:25 Annie Moss-Quate, Senior Product Manager at the BBC: 'A day in the life’

Annie started out in tech back in 2008 and has had a varied journey including client side in publishing, travel and fashion plus heading up web delivery at a top SEO agency. Fast forward 11 years, she’s now Senior Product Manager for BBC iPlayer currently working to prepare for younger audiences abandoning TV aerials by bringing the full live tv experience to the streaming service. Annie will be covering the importance of managing your bias when building technology products and what she’s learned about trying to adopt the continuous discovery method in a large organisation.

19:30-19:55 Daniel Merriman, Product Owner at Rasberry Pi: ‘Building Relationships as a Remote PM’

The entire digital team at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, including Product Managers, work remotely. Given the importance of building strong relationships to the PM role, there's often an assumption that working remotely makes that part of the job more difficult. When you're not bumping into stakeholders at the coffee machine or making jokes over lunch, surely it's harder to get buy in when you need it most? This talk discusses some of the challenges that come with being a remote PM, but also argues that remote working is a red herring when it comes to making meaningful relationships. Building meaningful relationships doesn't need you on site–it needs you to be "good at building meaningful relationships". This talk will then explore some approaches for making relationships with stakeholders and team members meaningful, whether you're on site or remote.

20:00-20:25 Phillip Perks, Product Owner at Sky: Working in 2 Speeds – Agile in Waterfall World

Phillip is a veteran of digital, launching first website back in 1996 and holding various positions in digital marketing, eCommerce and Product. He’s worked in start-ups, SMEs and large corporates he has witnessed various attempts to adopt agile methodologies - with varying levels of success. In his current role at Sky he has been part of the digital delivery of some major partner integrations such as Netflix and Spotify as well as various re-launches of Sky’s flagship channels such as Sky Sports and Sky Cinema.

20:30- Let’s go grab a drink at the GLC downstairs

The Venue is:
6 Wellington Place
Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 4AP

(Please note, we also have an office at 2 Wellington Place but this one will be hosted at number 6)

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