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Charles Sutherland
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Strategic Leadership, Planning and Execution
- Agentic AI Innovation
- Accelerating Customer Time-to-Value
- Economics of AI
- Market Trends, Shifts and Scenarios
- AI Driven Product Organization
Speaker Bio
Charles Sutherland is a VP, Analyst with Gartner's Tech Product Manager Team within the High Tech & Investment research unit. His research focuses on the role of the Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Product Leaders within technology and service providers. He also looks at topics such as building product strategy & roadmaps, defining product solutions, aligning & reconciling portfolios, and leveraging partnerships & ecosystems
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Sessions
Monday, March 08, 2027 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST
Autonomous PM Agents Are Coming to Assist Your Product Teams
Charles Sutherland,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI tools and agents already support more than 70% of product management tasks. Over the next two years, orchestration will increasingly shift to AI, enabling autonomous product management agents. These agents will process information, make decisions and manage every aspect of a product with minimal human intervention. In the right environment, they could operate as fully functioning product managers.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2027 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM CST
AI Is Merging Product Manager and Owner Responsibilities Into One New Role
Charles Sutherland,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI adoption within product management is blurring the lines between product managers and product owners. By 2030, these roles will merge, but chief product officers who take the steps now to prepare for this hybrid role as recommended in this session will outperform peers in talent retention and competitive agility.
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