Event Details
Struggling to get buy-in from executives? Trying to align cross-functional teams when you're not their manager? Need to rally support for a strategic initiative?In this session, Tami Reiss will share practical techniques for stakeholder management and influencing without authority. Whether you're leading cross-functional projects, navigating competing priorities, or need executive sponsorship, you'll learn how to:
- Map and prioritize your stakeholders for maximum impact
- Build momentum with people who don't report to you
- Turn skeptics into champions using Influence-Driven Leadership
- Make strategic decisions that bring others along, not just facts that fall flat
Tami is a keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and the CIO of Leader Within. She helps product managers, project leads, and rising leaders master influence and maximize their impact—even when they're not in charge. She's the author of The Product Manager's Survival Guide, Mastering Executive Presence on Canvas, and The Confident Communicator GPT. Her latest passion project is a rhyming illustrated book on leadership—bringing a creative twist to lessons on confidence and communication.
Why This Session Matters:
If you've ever felt stuck waiting for approval, frustrated by stakeholders who don't "get it," or exhausted from pushing initiatives uphill, this session will give you a proven framework to change that dynamic. You'll walk away with actionable tools to navigate organizational politics, build coalitions, and drive results through influence rather than authority.
Key Takeaways
This program will feature 3 speakers who work directly with hiring and talent placement for product roles. Together, we’ll explore:
- Organizational Career Variations: Why PM titles and expectations differ so dramatically between startups, scale-ups, and enterprise companies.
- Hidden Career Pathways: Alternative growth tracks into strategy, operations, or specialized product roles like growth PM, platform PM, or technical PM.
- What Actually Gets You Hired: The real experiences, skills, and portfolio signals that stand out to hiring managers.
- Timing and Positioning Strategy: How to navigate role changes, lateral moves, and the right timing for career transitions.
- Market Reality Check: Salary expectations, in-demand skills, and candid insights into today’s PM job market.
Speakers
Event Tickets
This event is open to everyone, but a free TPMA membership is required to attend.
Tickets cost $15 for regular TPMA Members and $11.50 for Community-Builder level members. Update your membership here.
Your ticket includes a drink and a selection of light snacks.
Event Agenda
5:30 – 6:15 PM — Networking (in-person only)
6:15 – 7:15 PM — Keynote and Q&A
7:15 – 8:00 PM — Networking (in-person only)
Location
In-person @ BrainStation - 482 Front St W 2nd floor, Toronto, ON M5V 0W1 or via Zoom
Accessibility
For any accessibility concerns, please reach out to us at info@tpma.ca.
