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Abby
Laursen
Senior Director of Product Marketing
Snap Inc
Abby Laursen leads product marketing for Snapchat’s ads business, focusing on bridging the gap between brands and Snapchatters while demonstrating how the platform’s ad products help companies achieve full-funnel success. Abby brings a deep understanding of the ads ecosystem - agency, brand, and platform - to her current role. Prior to Snap, Abby was the Director of Marketing and Consumer Communications at Nestlé, which she stepped into after leading product marketing at Facebook and Tik Tok for 5+ years, and over 7 years of experience at global ad agencies, Ogilvy and FCB Global. Based in San Francisco, California, Abby loves to do yoga, read, and spend time with her family.
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21 January 2026 14:30 - 15:00
Breaking GTM inertia: Leading change across silos and distributed teams
Launching or scaling GTM motions is rarely blocked by strategy on paper — it is blocked by organizational inertia. PMMs often face entrenched silos, distributed teams working at different speeds, and resistance to new ways of operating. This keynote explores how PMMs can become catalysts for change, building buy-in across functions and geographies to keep GTM moving forward. You will learn how to spot the hidden barriers that stall execution, how to create shared ownership without formal authority, and how to keep momentum when priorities shift. This is about more than alignment — it is about cultivating resilience and adaptability across the GTM engine. Key learnings: - How to identify and dismantle organizational inertia that slows GTM. - Practical strategies for creating buy-in across distributed, cross-functional teams. - Methods to break down silos and foster shared ownership of GTM success. - Leadership techniques to keep GTM momentum alive in times of change.