Leadership Vision for 2025 Top 3 StrategicPriorities forChief ProductOfficers Introduction In 2025, chief product officers have the challenge of balancingnew technologies with focusing business decisions througheffective customer stories and reducing communication barrierswithin the organization. Key questions addressed What are themajor trendsaffectingchief product officers? These tasks are done with the overarching goal of reframingdiscussions toward customer value and adapting and adoptingnew approaches to deliver that value. What are chief product officers’ topprioritiesfor the year ahead? Individual organizations will determine their strategiesfor embracing customer-driven outcomes. However, yourstrategy should address how to incorporate new and evolvingtechnologies like GenAI. This will involve effectively securingproducts against security threats from these new technologies,as well as ensuring clear communication and establishing trustbetween stakeholders. Whatactionsmust the chief product officersand their teams take to succeed? Use this research to stay ahead, achieve your goals and leadproduct success in 2025 and beyond. Chief Product Officer Imperatives for 2025 Delivering value from AI technology Product and portfolios enabled by commonplatforms and components Increased focus on new security threats 3 Trends Defining the 2025 Landscape for Chief Product Officers Focus on product portfoliosenabled by common platforms Increased focus on securityand new security threats Delivering value from AI AI/AI technology was the No.1 trend affectingproduct management last year, with 1/3 ofproduct management leaders expecting thatnumber to increase next year. In 2024, nearly a third of productmanagement leaders said that the increasedfocus on products/ portfolios enabled bycommon platforms and components had asignificant or severe impact on them in thelast year, with 39% expecting this impact toincrease in the next year. This trend ranked among the top fourtrends in terms of the most significantimpact in the last 12 months and isexpected to increase next year. However, product leaders are seeing a poorROI on AI investments. Today’s leadersmust understand the realities of GenAI/AItechnology to exploit the benefits and driveadoption. In particular, AI has expanded attacksurfaces and raised new challengesand concerns about security and risk.Product leaders need to work with productengineering teams to assess and mitigatethe risks associated with AI. Product leaders must advance how theymanage product-enabling platforms acrosstheir portfolio. 3 Priorities and Actions for Chief Product Officers 01PRIORITY ACTION Despite big promises, product leaders have seenmeager returns on many GenAI and AI investmentsdespite focusing on incorporating technology intotheir product offerings. Ensure the GenAI hypetranslates into positiveoutcomes Focus on effective usecases for GenAI ACTION 02PRIORITY With product leaders increasingly looking towardcommon platforms, balancing the benefits ofcommonality with the demands of a product portfolioand design becomes a challenge. Exploit common platformsand components Adopt platform productmanagement principles ACTION 03PRIORITY Security is now an integral part of productmanagement. Leaders must have sufficient knowledgeand understanding to work with security experts tomitigate concerns early in the product design process. Security-by-design hasbecome a must have Establish top-downproduct securityarchitecture practices Focus on Effective Use Cases for GenAIACTION01 GenAI has been overhyped, and despite substantial investmentsto incorporate the technology into offerings, product officers arenot seeing the anticipated ROI. To identify areas for AI to drivegrowth and efficiency, focus on optimizing the solution to existingproblems or finding new problems that add value to customers.Don’t “just add AI” to any product. For the team, use AI wisely toreduce repetitive tasks and ensure a common approach whenutilizing the tech for collaboration. Focus on these three areas foreffective AI: In-product:Focus on delivering positive outcomes tovalidated customer problems, prioritizing user experience,while addressing security and privacy concerns. In-process:Work across the product team andstakeholders to identify common solutions andapproaches where GenAI can be a force multiplier. In-practice:Focus on identifying low effort, low creativitywork that can be displaced by GenAI solutions such assummarization of feedback, insight analysis and userstories (working with engineering). Adopt Platform Product Management PrinciplesACTION02 Chief product officers can exploit common platformsand components by adopting the principles of platformproduct management and treating these platforms asproducts. They must balance customer requests withthe specific needs for common capabilities acrossthe provider’s existing and future product portfoliocomponents. Here are three