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What's blocking B2B product teams?

Practical insights for B2B Product Management in 2026. Based on interviews with 67 product leaders who shipped products, made mistakes, and learned what actually works.

71%

Time lost to meetings & fires

Product managers spend their days doing everyone else's job. Discovery gets the leftovers.

66%

Insights stored, never accessed

Teams save discovery work somewhere, then move on. Out of sight, out of mind.

44%

Failures from poor validation

Nearly half of product failures trace back to not understanding the real problem.

98%

No consistent info flow

Only 2% of companies have reliable information flow from product to marketing.

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What's blocking B2B product teams

Practical insights for B2B Product Management in 2026

42 pages|67 interviews
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What's inside

40+ pages of real-world data

Discovery gaps

Why 75% of product leaders report strategic work getting crowded out by daily fires

Collaboration breakdowns

What causes friction between product, sales, marketing, and leadership teams

Knowledge loss patterns

How teams lose insights across disconnected tools and why 66% of discovery work is wasted

AI readiness outlook

What 72% of leaders expect from AI and why organizational clarity is the real competitive edge

Prioritization reality

How teams actually decide what to build next, and why the top 3 methods are all reactive

Go-to-market timing

When strategic messaging should start and why most B2B tech companies get the timing wrong

Who is this for

This report is for you if…

  • Product managers and directors looking for benchmark data
  • CPOs and heads of product shaping team strategy
  • CTOs balancing technical and product priorities
  • Founders and CEOs building product-led organizations
  • Go-to-market and sales leaders aligning with product
Research methodology

Based on real interviews, not assumptions

We interviewed 67 B2B product leaders across Europe (81%), North America (14%), and Asia Pacific (5%).

Respondents span enterprise software, industrial manufacturing, professional services, energy, security, and automotive — from start-ups to grown-ups.

72% have 8+ years of product experience. These aren't junior opinions. These are battle-tested insights from people who've shipped real products.

67

leaders interviewed

35

questions asked

40%

response rate

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