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Working with Sales - Masterclass for B2B Product Managers

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5 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

It's the trickiest relationship in B2B product, but we will give you the tools and frameworks to make it work.

Course overview

Sales vs. Product? Not Anymore! Master Collaboration in B2B

If you work in a B2B product organization, you've probably had problems with the sales team. From last-minute "must have" feature requests to misalignment of product capabilities, this relationship has the potential to explode.


In this course, we will provide practical, actionable advice on how to reboot your relationship with the sales team and ensure that you work together rather than against each other. We'll explore frameworks for ongoing coordination between product and sales throughout the product lifecycle.


After taking this course, you'll be better equipped to work together with the sales team to make sure that you have a product that delights users and buyers.


Enrol now!

This course is for you if:

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You are a product leader frustrated with the relationship between the product management team and the sales team

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You are a product manager looking for actionable tactics to work with sales on a day-to-day basis

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You are a startup founder struggling to get to grips with sales-led product development.

What you’ll get out of this course

A framework to analyse your relationship with the sales team

However your relationship is right now, there are certainly frustrations. And, guess what? The best way to fix them is to understand them. We'll show you how.

Strategies & tactics to help the sales team help YOU

We'll show you some tried and tested approaches to improve collaboration and get the information that you need from the sales team.

An understanding of how YOU can help the SALES team

It's not just about getting the sales team to help you; there are things you can do to help them. We'll go through these so you can ensure your product is easy to sell.

A fresh look at how to influence your go-to-market strategy

If a product team can't influence the sales strategy, they can't influence the product strategy. We'll cover techniques to help nail this down with evidence.

This course includes

6 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

28 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Oct 28—Nov 3

    Where do the problems come from?

    2 items

    How Sales Teams Work and Why

    1 item

    Assessing Your Relationship With Sales

    3 items

    Understanding Sales Methodologies

    2 items

    Challengers & Other Animals

    1 item

    Problems Sales Teams Can Cause Us

    2 items

    Problems We Can Cause Sales Teams

    1 item

Week 2

Nov 4—Nov 10

    Nov

    5

    Optional: Office Hours - Saeed + Jason

    Tue 11/54:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Nov

    6

    Optional: Office Hours with Jason

    Wed 11/69:00 AM—10:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    Nov

    8

    Optional: Office Hours with Saeed

    Fri 11/81:00 AM—2:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 3

Nov 11—Nov 17

    Video: Week 1-2 Recap

    1 item

    Mastering the Sales Cycle

    2 items

    Win/Loss Analysis

    5 items

    Sales-Led Feature Requests

    4 items

    Ideal Customer Profiles

    3 items

    Sales Enablement

    1 item

Week 4

Nov 18—Nov 24

    Nov

    21

    Optional: Office Hours with Saeed

    Thu 11/211:00 AM—2:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    Nov

    19

    Optional: Office Hours with Saeed + Jason

    Tue 11/194:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Nov

    20

    Optional: Office Hours with Jason

    Wed 11/209:00 AM—10:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 5

Nov 25—Nov 27
    Nothing scheduled for this week

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Meet your instructor

Saeed Khan

Saeed Khan

Product Management Consultant and Coach

Saeed Khan is a founder of Transformation Labs, with 25 years of experience in B2B Product Management, having worked in both Canada and the US in roles from individual contributor up to VP of Product. He is a consultant and helps companies improve their products and product organizations to accelerate product success. He speaks regularly at industry events on the topic of product management and product leadership.

Jason Knight

Jason Knight

SaaS Product Consultant & Podcaster

Jason is a B2B product leader, consultant, coach, founder and podcaster. By day, he works with B2B startups and scale-ups to help them build great products and build the teams that build great products. By night, he speaks to inspiring thought leaders, practitioners and founders on his podcast One Knight in Product.

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Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Pre-recorded, bite-sized lectures

    A collection of pre-recorded content covering the main topics on a general level. Broken down into topics to consume at your own pace.

  • Weekly projects

    A couple of hours a week

    Take away our worksheets and use them to translate the broad principles from the lectures into your own context for optional group discussion.

  • Office hours

    1 hour a week

    We run 3 sessions in weeks 2 and 4, each optimised for different time zones. Come to as many as you like!


    Come along and meet your cohort-mates, present the outcome of your project work and get real life feedback and advice from the instructors.

  • Ongoing Community Support

    Use Maven's community features for asynchronous support through the course and to reach out to your cohort-mates and the instructors.

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