Being a product manager in an enterprise context is different. Startups present solutions and iterate quickly. Enterprise PMs share problems first and invite stakeholders to shape solutions - "We're seeing 15% checkout abandonment - what constraints should I know about before I propose fixes?" gets better buy-in than presenting a finished checkout redesign.

When you invite stakeholders into problem definition, they surface constraints early. Finance reveals budget cycles that affect payment options, legal flags regulatory issues, operations warns about support training capacity. These insights prevent building solutions that can't launch.

The best enterprise PMs I know lead with problems in stakeholder meetings. They frame the customer pain and business impact, ask what they're missing, then co-create solutions with the people who control resources. Collaboration on problems creates ownership of solutions.