CSM vs. Product: How to Build a Real Partnership for Better Features

<p>Stop letting feature requests clog your backlog. Learn how to align customer needs with your company&#39;s product roadmap.</p><p><br></p><p>Customer success managers often feel stuck between frustrated clients and a product team with limited bandwidth. We are not custom software providers, so you cannot build everything. The secret is knowing how to communicate priorities effectively and determining if a request actually belongs on the global product roadmap example.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode breaks down the process of collaborating with product managers to ensure your feedback loop is actually productive. By focusing on project management principles rather than just advocacy, you can stop the endless back-and-forth and start building a sustainable system for prioritizing what matters most.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for weekly customer success breakdowns, and comment below on how you handle feature requests with your product team.</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 Balancing Advocacy and Internal Alignment</p><p>1:20 Bridging the Gap Between CS and Product</p><p>3:58 Building CS Functions from the Ground Up</p><p>9:34 What Product Teams Really Want from CS</p><p>16:37 Essential Questions for Feature Prioritization</p><p>24:28 Closing the Loop with Customers</p><p>40:01 Scaling Collaboration with Product Squads</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Margo on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/margobarysheva/</p><p>Margo&#39;s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/magbelyaeva/</p><p>Follow Bayron Toruno on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/bayron-toru%C3%B1o-solano-3a9408113/</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on:</p><p><br></p><p>Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cstalkspodcast/</p><p>Tik-Tok @customer.success6</p><p>Explore Our Podcast</p><p>Website - https://cstalkspodcast.com/</p><p><br></p>