Anna Kuriakose, CPO at SumUp

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August 11, 2023

How to hire a chief product officer

Anna Kuriakose, CPO at SumUp gives her top tips for assessing when it's the right time to hire a CPO and what to look for in a candidate

Hiring a chief product officer can take up to eight months and be a costly process. That’s why it’s important to know whether you actually need a CPO before you even start trying to hire one. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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