What a PM Is Actually Responsible For

Product managers carry a long list of responsibilities. Maya Brooks, Product Manager at Klaviyo, identifies the one that makes everything else work: building a system where the team can thrive.

In this Product Excellence clip, Maya explains why product managers lead through empowerment, and what that empowerment looks like at the daily operational level. She walks through the specific mechanisms that keep a team aligned and moving: clearing requirements and reducing meeting friction while increasing transparency across functions.

These are the activities that define a PM who creates the conditions for the team to perform at their best.

What You Will Learn:
- Why the PM's core responsibility is building a system where the team can thrive
- How to lead a team when you have zero direct authority
- What daily empowerment looks like at the task level
- How transparency and communication create alignment without mandates
- Why same direction, same pace, same goal is the standard for PM effectiveness

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Maya Brooks is a Product Manager at Klaviyo. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and brings over 10 years of PM experience. Receive SMS online on sms24.me

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