Cross-Functional Collaboration

Summary

A PM has no direct authority over design, engineering, marketing or sales — success depends entirely on earning trust and alignment across teams you don't manage.

• 1Map every function your product touches and what each one needs from you.
• 2Learn to speak each team's language: metrics for growth, feasibility for engineering, positioning for marketing.
• 3Practice proactively sharing context before someone has to ask for it.