Claire Vo
Chief Product Officer at LaunchDarkly & Founder of ChatPRD
Claire Vo is the Chief Product Officer at LaunchDarkly, a technology company specializing in feature management software. She is also the founder of ChatPRD, a prominent AI tool tailored for product managers. Previously, Claire held prominent roles as CPO at Color and Optimizely, and founded both Pretty HQ and Experiment Engine, with the latter acquired by Optimizely in 2017.
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ChatPRD Eliminates Need for Additional PM
case studies lessonsA lone PM using ChatPRD saved dozens of documentation hours and removed the need to hire an additional PM for a growing team.
Clear is Kind: Normalizing Feedback
quotesClaire cites Brene Brown to stress candid feedback.
Sales-Led Companies Can Build Great Products
leadership perspectivesClaire contends sales-led companies can still craft excellent products and provide rewarding PM careers, citing SAP as an example.
Operating in Your Zone of Genius
strategic thinkingDefine work where you are uniquely exceptional and energised to ensure long-term sustainable performance.
Personal SLA Prevents Bottlenecks
leadership perspectivesSet a fast personal response time so you never become the decision bottleneck for your team.
Tell Your Boss What Role You Want
leadership perspectivesClaire advises explicitly telling your boss the exact next role you want, tracking progress, yet keeping such talks to under 1% of interactions.
AI Will Replace Functional Communication, Not Influential Communication
strategic thinkingClaire separates replaceable "lowercase c" functional information exchange from irreplaceable "Capital C" influence-driven communication when assessing AI impact on PM work.
Claire's Business Model Interview Question
leadership perspectivesClaire asks PM candidates how they'd improve the business model to test understanding of pricing, unit economics and leverage points.
Technical Expertise Required for CPTO Role
leadership perspectivesClaire stresses you must be technical to run product, engineering and design because driving velocity hinges on understanding how software gets built.
Budget Shifts from Hiring to Automation
leadership perspectivesClaire foresees leaders reallocating spend from new hires to automation software as efficiency gains change role ratios.
ChatPRD: From Meeting Solution to Popular PM Tool
case studies lessonsLacking a technical PM, Claire used ChatGPT to draft a full PRD mid-meeting, iterated the prompt into ChatPRD, released a paid app now used by thousands creating dozens of specs monthly.
Breaking Problems Into Actionable Factors
strategic thinkingClaire Vo breaks problems into structural, cultural, external and internal factors, then seeks leverage points to influence or walk away.
Consistency Drives Audience Growth
growth scaling tacticsPosting daily boosted followers and algorithm exposure, showing that consistency in content drives audience growth.
Optimize Organization Around Talent, Not Structure
leadership perspectivesClaire advises structuring product-engineering-design leadership based on the CEO’s and team’s skills rather than following one perfect org chart.
Calendar Energy Audit Reveals Zone of Genius
strategic thinkingList past-month activities, bucket by energy level, drop low-energy tasks and double down on high-energy ones to locate your zone of genius.