Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth
Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth is a podcast all about how product directors can grow their global user base. We’ve found top tier experts and strategic product thinkers in the world’s biggest and highest performing technology businesses. We’ve asked them questions, recorded their thoughts, secrets, and strategies, and aligned with them on how to grow your user numbers or revenue.
Building Globally is brought to you by Global App Testing, which does what it sounds like. If you’re curious about how GAT can help grow your user numbers or revenue, you can ask us about it via our website: https://www.globalapptesting.com/
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Making Product Management a Business Function: ROI-Driven Product Development | Fabrice des Mazery
December 17, 2024 • 32 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Fabrice des Mazery, former entrepreneur and product leader. They discuss transforming product management from a technical function to a business-driven discipline, focusing on ROI, investment strategies, and portfolio management in product development.
Testing for inclusiveness with James Smith
December 12, 2024 • 6 MIN
What does it mean to make a product inclusive?
From Legacy Systems to Cloud: Transforming Hospitality Tech with Josef Starýchfojtů of MEWS
December 5, 2024 • 24 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Josef Starýchfojtů, Chief Product and Technology Officer at MEWS. They discuss the transformation of property management systems in hospitality, focusing on cloud migration, product strategy, and the challenges of modernizing a traditionally tech-resistant industry.
Improving Signup Completion with Horatiu Marc
November 28, 2024 • 7 MIN
How can crowd testing improve signup completion rates?
Why we need product managers | Gabe Agulio, Hootsuite
November 22, 2024 • 26 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Gabriel Aguilo, Director of Product at Hootsuite, to discuss the evolving role of product managers, their impact on business success, and why they remain crucial despite technological changes.
Localization Testing with Alexander Ramanath
November 15, 2024 • 8 MIN
What is localization... and what does it mean for testing?
Accessibility Testing with Charlie Ollerton
October 31, 2024 • 5 MIN
Why should accessibility be a priority for all teams, not just QA?
Building Enterprise Products: Security, Trust, and Sales Excellence | Nader Balata from Equinix
October 24, 2024 • 28 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Nader Balata, Director of Product Management at Equinix and former Director of Product Management at Salesforce. They discuss the key differences between B2C and enterprise B2B product management, focusing on security, reliability, and the complexities of enterprise sales cycles.
How GAT helps release software faster with Charlie Ollerton
October 17, 2024 • 5 MIN
Do you ever feel like a QA bottleneck? Do you want to release software faster but QA gets in the way? This episode is all about how GAT can help clients release their software faster:
Navigating the Future of Self-Driving Cars: Insights from Qualcomm's Sriram Palghat
October 10, 2024 • 27 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead interviews Sriram Palghat, Director of Product at Qualcomm. They discuss the current state of self-driving car technology, the challenges in achieving full autonomy, and the market dynamics shaping the industry's future.
Compatibility Testing with James Smith
October 3, 2024 • 5 MIN
Compatibility testing is testing concerned with breadth. That means testing that devices, environments, payment instruments and other modes of accessing your product are “compatible” with the flawless product.
Navigating AI Adoption in Enterprise Applications | Dimitris Sotiriou from Twilio
September 26, 2024 • 17 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Dimitris Sotiriou, Director of AI Product Management at Twilio. They discuss the challenges and considerations in rolling out AI capabilities in enterprise applications, focusing on the journey from prototype to production, data readiness, and building trust and security.
UX Competitor Benchmarking with Alex Ramanath
September 20, 2024 • 6 MIN
What is this series?
We’re talking about some of the ways we’ve helped clients leverage their contracts to drive amazing outcomes with Global App Testing. We’ve helped our clients to release software faster, to drive engineering productivity, to undertake operationally difficult tests. The main podcast will also continue on this feed, so please do remain subscribed!
Building Growth-Ready Product Teams at Different Company Stages | Daniel Lereya at Monday.com
September 3, 2024 • 29 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Daniel Lereya, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Monday.com. They discuss the evolution of product teams from startup to public company, focusing on Monday.com's journey and providing insights on building effective product organizations at different stages of growth.
How to refine a product offering when you go global | Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26
August 13, 2024 • 36 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26, to discuss global financial applications, globalization strategy, and the challenges of delivering products to a global client base. Drawing from his experiences at both N26 and Block, Jean-Baptiste shares valuable insights on successful international expansion and the pitfalls to avoid.
How to build a global product team which rocks | Meg Watson, Product Lead at Doordash
July 26, 2024 • 27 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Meg Watson, a product lead at DoorDash with previous experience in leadership roles at Spotify and Stitch Fix. They discuss the intricacies of building and managing successful product teams, decision-making processes, and the evolution of remote work in the tech industry.
The Ins and Outs of Product Strategy with Kam Star, Chief Product Officer of Chaos
July 11, 2024 • 25 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Kam Star, Chief Product Officer of Chaos, to discuss why you should consider the red ocean environment of a product, how you can use your customer community to grow, and how to lean on creativity.
Internal entrepreneurship: getting initiatives launched in enterprise environments | Sanah Ansari, Director of Product at Capital One
June 27, 2024 • 29 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Sanah Ansari, Director of Product at Capital One. Together they discuss the challenges and benefits of modernisation in a large company, emphasising the importance of strategic vision, stakeholder management, and adapting to changing consumer expectations.
Applying Growth Strategies Across Industries | Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement, Asana
June 13, 2024 • 28 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement at Asana. Together they discuss the importance of growth strategies in product management, the need to balance growth with product quality, and the role of growth teams.
Navigating voice, bikes, and subscriptions | Manlio Lo Conte, Advisor, xZwift and Meta
May 29, 2024 • 26 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Manlio Lo Conte, freelance Advisor, Investor, and Coach, and previous Chief Product Officer at Zwift, to discuss the future of voice software, how AI and voice software co-exist, and offer an internal look at the software and hardware teams of Amazon, Meta, and Zwift.
Beating the competition in payments: the role of network effects | Diego dos Santos, Director of Product Management, Mastercard
May 17, 2024 • 17 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Diego dos Santos, Director of ‘pay-by-bank’ Product Management at Mastercard. Together, they discuss product growth strategies for international software products.
How we manage information in complex product environments | Marc Esmiley, FS Product Director, Microsoft
April 18, 2024 • 26 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Marc Esmiley, Technical Program and Product Director for the Financial Services Industry Solution Engineering department at Microsoft. Together, they discuss the challenges facing businesses in the financial sector as they adhere to international regulatory bodies, and how Microsoft works hard to ensure all their departments are able to work with the regulators on developing exceptional products.
The role of data and AI in Enterprise product growth | Lucas Thelosen, Former Head of Product, Data and AI Cloud, Google
April 3, 2024 • 25 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, our host Adam Stead is joined by Lucas Thelosen, the Former Head of Product, Data & AI Cloud at Google. Together they discuss the treatment of Data and AI as their own product within a business, and how Lucas’s domestic-first approach to product development can benefit global growth.
How better design can build user trust: what I learned from Fintech | Derek Boman, Head of Product Design, Avant
March 20, 2024 • 26 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, our host Adam Stead is joined by Derek Boman, Director and Head of Product Design at Fintech platform Avant.
Together they discuss the tough global landscape of fintech UX and UI that Derek and his team navigate everyday, the trust issues that consumers have with banking, and how they can juggle those issues whilst innovating the fintech space with new technologies.
How can you improve a product’s global experience? With Mauricio Monico from Wish
March 6, 2024 • 22 MIN
In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, our host Adam Stead is joined by Mauricio Monico, the Chief Product Owner of Wish.
Together, they discuss Mauricio’s journey at the company and how he helped turn around the brand’s negative recognition through some difficult decisions - affecting their place in the global marketplace. Some of those decisions turned out well, and some didn’t. But in our discussion, you’ll hear how all those decisions came together to help Wish grow their global brand as a product.