Steve Gaylor
Who Are You? Where are You Going?
Develop Your Career Roadmap

www.pragmaticmarketing.com
Demographics
…the map…

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
The Role
Top Strengths

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
A Seat at the Table

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
…influence and engage…
What y’all
are doing
256 Unique Titles

Most Respondents Managed or Worked on Three Products
Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Top 10 Software Roadmap Trends

Source: 2011 Roadmap Audit – 10 Software Roadmap Trends Through 2012 – www.spatiallyrelevant.org
Activities?
Source: 2011-2012 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
Source: 2011-2012 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
Source: 2011-2012 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
Source: 2011-2012 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
what do you want to know more about?
“My customers and their customers”
“Motivating sales reps”

“Finance (yuck!)”
“My competition”

“how to measure marketing success”
“market research techniques”

Source: 2010-2011 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
Compensation Drivers

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Education and Expeience

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Direct Reports

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Location, Location, Location

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
By Role
Role

Base salary

Director

$124,812

Product Manager

$100,964

Product Marketing Manager

Product Owner

$96,470

$104,701

Technical Product Manager

$91,841

Program Manager

$99,716

Analyst

$77,757

Source: 2010-2011 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
By Experience
Experience

Base salary

Less than 1 year

$98,968

1-2

$93,383

3-5

$98,628

6-10

$103,969

11-15

$113,374

More than 15

$121,734

Source: 2010-2011 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
Where Are You Going?
…mobile workforce…

Source: 2011-2012 Pragmatic Marketing Annual Survey
What has Changed?

Source: Pragmatic Marketing’s 2013 State of Product Marketing and Management Survey
Career Path Profiles

Executive

AGE: 44
EXPERIENCE: 10+ Yrs

Director

AGE: 42
EXPERIENCE: 5-10 Yrs

xManagers
39 yrs old
EXPERIENCE: 3-10 Yrs

2010-2011 Annual Survey
What is Your Path?
Strategic

Marketing

Technical
1

What are your strengths?

2

What are your soft spots?

3

What do you enjoy?

4

Where do you want to go?
So what’s your plan?
Steve Gaylor
Who Are You? Where are You Going?
Develop Your Career Roadmap

www.pragmaticmarketing.com

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