Day within the Life – Margaux Denneulin, Product Supervisor

Are you able to inform us somewhat about your background and journey to HubSpot?    

I joined HubSpot greater than six years in the past in our help crew. I’ve to say it has been a extremely enjoyable time to date, I moved groups virtually yearly as a result of I used to be at all times wanting to take new alternatives. In these six years, I’ve labored in help, a little bit of gross sales, worker onboarding, and product. Now I have been in product for 3 years and whereas it was fairly a bounce from my earlier position, it is a nice crew to be in. I really like the flexibleness, the challenges, and the belief we’re given to create new experiences for our finish customers.

What work possibility did you decide and why?

I am a flex worker as a result of I benefit from the freedom of having the ability to adapt my working atmosphere to my week and what’s arising. I am going to the workplace a few instances every week as a result of I really like socializing with colleagues and being in individual to debate or seize a espresso. Assembly new colleagues can be at all times a plus!

What’s your #HubSpot Neighborhood?

I am very pleased with the work HubSpot does round neighborhood and belonging. Each month there’s a new matter and materials we will use with my crew to debate and open our minds to new ideas/points we’re not conscious of. I am notably pleased with all of the work that has been completed round LGBTQ+ as I see it in how groups focus on and are open to discussing these matters and points.

When is the final time you left your skilled and/or private consolation zone?

In my position as a product supervisor, I really feel like each different week makes me go away my consolation zone. There’s at all times one thing unplanned, and unaligned that must be resolved to maneuver the initiatives ahead. Most of it requires speaking, studying, and performing on new matters/groups I am not acquainted with. In my private life, I not too long ago began Salsa courses, and I have to say doing so in a category the place I knew nobody and didn’t communicate the language was problem!

Describe a typical day in your position.

My days by no means look the identical, it actually depends upon the initiatives and mission phases we’re in. However most days I begin round 9 am (at dwelling or in our Berlin workplace relying on my temper), get my e-mail and Slack messages cleaned up and browse the few vital issues I have to make amends for. Then I examine my to-do checklist to see what’s essentially the most urgent factor, and I get that completed. I often work on memos, documenting our work, information evaluation, brainstorming with our designer, presenting initiatives, and planning my crew’s work for the following weeks or quarter. Lots of context-switching typically! I end my days round 6 pm after which exit with pals or go do some yoga.

Inform us a few problem you are working to unravel proper now.     

My crew is targeted on product-led onboarding. So we wish to be certain our free product is well adoptable by new customers. Proper now, we’re deep into getting new concepts on how we will make the CRM simpler to arrange and get began with. It may be difficult as a result of our CRM has loads to supply however for our free customers typically it is an excessive amount of to digest. I am fairly excited to see what we give you and get completed within the subsequent months.

Should you might return to the start of your profession and provides your self one piece of recommendation, what wouldn’t it be?    
Do not be afraid to share your concepts however in a structured means. Being good at pitching modifications and new concepts is essential to getting buy-in from others so you may work on what you actually care about.

Outdoors of HubSpot, what do you love to do in your free time?    
Yoga is a giant one, however I additionally take pleasure in going to the lakes outdoors Berlin and paddle boarding. Within the winter, going to the flicks is a should, however I additionally like simply hanging out in my house with some good music and a guide.

What’s one thing that no person would find out about you?
I’ve lived in six nations (France, Russia, USA, Netherlands, Eire, Germany) and whereas I’m French, I’ve not lived in France for the final 10 years.

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