V2MOM, OKR, SMART goals  - how do write actionable plans, and use them to execute successfully!
- How do you create a vision (focused on 1 year, but grounded with the longer term strategy)
- How to apply company values
- How to prioritize: Between tech debt and product features, but also among themselves too
- How to use such a document to make decisions, track progress and take corrective action to drive outcomes.

How to write a V2MOM

Ex-Salesforce, Multiple Startups, Seed Investor, Running ProdDev teams for B2B SaaS

Manu Gurudatha

Senior Director, Software Engineering

Often, it is ambiguous to define the job role of a Staff+ engineer, as the business shifts constantly, and so does their expectations. For a product company, I want to go over some traits from Staff+ engineers, based on my experience across multiple organizations.
- Long Range Plans, what should be in those
- Product partnership and influence
- Mentoring the engineers
- Partnering with peers
- Influencing leadership

What are the expectations from a Staff+ Engineer

How to turn around teams and organizations from their "stuck state" to a place where they are delivering consistently and predictably (both time and quality-wise). 
- How to bring predictability
- How to Dream, Plan and Execute
- Quality and Time are not opposing goals
- Tools, frameworks to bring people together and accomplish a successful execution in a consistent manner. 

How to execute consistently on time and on quality

As an Engineering leader, how do you establish a great partnership with Product and Business in a B2B Enterprise SaaS world. 
- Approaches
- Deciding what matters the most
- Ideas to bring to the table
- Partnership and Alignment tools

- Additionally, what stage of company requires what level perspective.


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