Roopa
Jayaraman
Chief Technology & Product Officer at Odessa
"Platform Thinking in Action: Driving Product, People & Tech Alignment at Enterprise Scale"
"Platform Thinking in Action: Driving Product, People & Tech Alignment at Enterprise Scale"
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Session: Platform Thinking in Action: Driving Product, People & Tech Alignment at Enterprise Scale
As organizations grow, complexity grows faster—across products, teams, and technology stacks. Platform thinking offers a powerful way to cut through this complexity and scale with intent.In this session, I will unpack what platforms and platform thinking really mean beyond the buzzwords. We’ll demystify core platform first principles and explore how they show up across different platform models—internal platforms, ecosystem platforms, and marketplace-driven platforms.
From a platform management lens, I’ll share the foundational building blocks I’ve seen successful enterprises use to scale platform thinking—aligning product strategy, engineering execution, and people systems to enable reuse, autonomy, and speed.
The session will come alive through real-world case studies, showcasing how organizations have internalized platform principles and applied them in practice—whether to hyperscale sustainably or blitzscale strategically.
Designed for technology and product leaders navigating growth, this talk bridges strategy and execution, offering practical insights on how platform thinking can become a catalyst for alignment, innovation, and long-term enterprise impact.
Key Takeaways
- A clear, practical understanding of platform thinking—including core first principles and how they manifest across internal, ecosystem, and marketplace platform models.
- Actionable building blocks for scaling platforms at enterprise scale, with insights on aligning product strategy, engineering execution, and people systems to drive reuse, autonomy, and speed.
- Real-world lessons from platform-led transformations, showing how organizations apply platform principles to hyperscale or blitzscale while maintaining long-term sustainability.
Bio
Roopa Jayaraman is a Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO) with proven expertise in scaling product-led growth for a global B2B SaaS platform. She spearheads Product, Technology R&D, and Customer Experience (CX) at Odessa, while championing inclusive, innovation-driven workplaces. An industry thought leader and speaker at leading product, technology and DEI forums, Roopa was recently named one of Business World’s Top Inspiring Women Leaders to Watch in 2025.