The strategic partnerships playbook

How PMM leaders build teams that drive business decisions

Take your PMM team from order-takers to strategic partners who shape business direction.

As a Director or VP of Product Marketing, you know the pressure: deliver market insights that influence strategy, build competitive intelligence that wins deals, and drive adoption of your recommendations across product, sales, and executive teams.


This playbook's perfect for PMM leaders who want to:

  • Stop having their roadmap recommendations treated as suggestions by Product teams.
  • Get Sales teams to actually use their battlecards and competitive intelligence in deals.
  • Transform from being viewed as campaign executors to strategic business partners.
  • Build market intelligence authority that executives forward and reference in strategic discussions.
  • Develop cross-functional influence capabilities across their entire PMM team, not just themselves.

And by the end, you'll be equipped to:

  • Complete the PMM influence assessment to audit your standing with Product, Sales, Executive, and Marketing stakeholders.
  • Identify critical influence gaps using our stakeholder mapping framework and root cause analysis.
  • Implement the intelligence brief system that positions you as the go-to source for market insights.
  • Master stakeholder-specific influence strategies that address each group's unique priorities and communication styles.
  • Execute our proven 90-day influence-building plan with week-by-week implementation steps and measurable outcomes.

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