Kassen Qian

At Stripe, we talk about product “shaping,” ... the process of creating a rough solution to a concrete user problem — it fills the space between the broad strategy and the detailed product specification, or the PRD.

Problem 2: The need for a central source of truth - A change in plans (whether it was a priority or a launch date) was impossible to coordinate across all of these documents.

4. Strategic Partnering - Company is experiencing rocketship growth, and you're looking to bolster your moat with product bets while designing an organization that will sustain your growth. Your CPO will help set and reinforce that culture for your product organization.Your CPO will take your moonshot vision and lay out the 5 year plan to it,... See more

You're a CEO: Gross overstatement except for senior PM roles. The majority of PM jobs involve ... little meaningful control over resourcing, zero actual reporting authority over anyone, nor much, if any, say in the budgeting process. But in terms of responsibility, the buck stops with you. If the product fails, it is your fault.

Stripe values quick-thinking, quick-acting people with "taste": if you spend the time and you put a lot of thought into appreciating something, teasing apart what makes it great, and building a thoughtful, opinionated perspective, that’s taste.

Your team dynamic is something you can always affect, even if you have no meaningful influence over the major strategic decisions of an organization.

The typical time horizon for a product team’s north star, or long-term vision, is three to four years out.