Why Executive Decisions Move Forward Without You

Hosted by Elena Leonova

Tue, Feb 10, 2026

5:00 PM UTC (1 hour)

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From Senior PM to Executive Product Leader: Executive Judgment & Decision-Making
Elena Leonova
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What you'll learn

How executive decisions actually get made

How decisions move through leadership teams - what matters, what gets ignored, and why strong ideas stall.

Where PM influence quietly breaks down

The specific moments experienced PMs lose influence at senior levels - even when their logic is sound.

What changes when judgment is trusted

How executives evaluate judgment under pressure, and why they rely on some people over others.

Why this topic matters

At senior levels, decisions don’t move forward because they’re correct. They move forward because they’re trusted. Many PMs don’t realize they’ve lost influence until decisions start happening without them. This session helps you see why - and what executive judgment actually looks like in practice.

You'll learn from

Elena Leonova

Former CPO & VP of Product, Founder & CEO, OneRank.io

Elena Leonova is a product executive, advisor, and mentor with 15+ years of experience building, scaling, and leading global SaaS and digital commerce platforms.

She has held senior product leadership roles at industry-defining companies including Magento (Adobe), BigCommerce, and Spryker - where she oversaw multi-product portfolios, platform transformations, and global product teams.

As Co-founder of OneRank.io - an AI-powered product strategy platform - Elena helps product leaders make smarter, faster, and more strategic decisions by combining financial clarity, strategic thinking, and intelligent insights.

She has coached hundreds of Senior PMs, Group PMs, Directors, and Heads of Product, helping them operate at an executive level.

Previously at

eBay Inc.
PayPal
BigCommerce
Spryker Systems

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