Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

In particular, we look at: What the product manager’s role involves Their main responsibilities Common product management positions Tips on how to advance your PM career Let’s dive in. However, experience is much more important to succeed as a PM. To see how Userpilot can help you advance your PM career, book the demo!

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2019

And what makes this even harder is that, because PMs own so few clear deliverables (such as code or designs), it can be tricky to pinpoint what exact impact a PM had on a team. “Having a solid framework for framing the discussion is a big step forward” Of course, there’s still heaps of ambiguity and subjectivity.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

An awesome day to celebrate all the awesome product people out there, taking one for the team; daily, weekly, monthly, even hourly and of course, by the minute. In my opinion, it takes a whole bunch of skills, and often, those with varying experience make the best PMs. Unsplash: Kalen Emsley Happy World Product day!

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Entry level” APM roles popped up all over LinkedIn, all asking for at least 2–4 years of PM experience. In large organizations they can be rotated through several different teams, to give them exposure to as much of the PM world as possible. But for many PM roles, what’s more important are the skills needed to get the job done.

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The Product Cafe

APRIL 14, 2024

Whether you're a novice navigating the early stages of your career or a seasoned senior PM, the journey of upskilling remains crucial. While there's a plethora of resources catering to aspiring PMs, the lack of advanced courses for senior PMs is a gap Moe Ali's Product Faculty aims to fill.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

There’s pressure coming from all directions—your company leaders expect you to deliver business results while your product teams may be working in silos, misaligned with their peers, or unclear on core product skills and concepts. We established processes for the researcher, PMs, and designers to do continuous discovery.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2022

Speaking of perhaps the number one reason why PMs ship products without adequate customer backed thinking: HIPPO (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion) This is a hard one for me to dismiss immediately. Of course?—?the Kicking things off with my favorite PM meme of all time (courtesy Dan Olsen) I can spill so much ink on this one.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 6, 2020

Product managers are rapidly advancing their skills, and as a result, the industry as a whole has had to level-up to compete as the world’s biggest brands continue to adopt a mobile-first approach. This post is a launchpad for the best mobile PM-focused content, broken down by topic for easy reading. Advance Your Skills.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Over the course of this year, I’ve experimented with applying principles from the world of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to get a better handle on things. This structure challenges the “I’m not a good PM” narrative. It’s been challenging, but it has also helped a great deal.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

For years now loyal readers have been asking me to package up my learnings on product management into a cohesive course on the subject. So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There were plenty of courses introducing product management to those new to the role.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. 2019: "Duh, of course I want my people talking to customers. 2019: "How do I hire a Chief Product Officer? I need them yesterday."

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Product Management Unpacked

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. But I also helped create a more comprehensive design of the PM Tracker Tool that was being used across the whole team.”.

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Userpilot

MARCH 3, 2022

What skills and experience should you highlight? This article will help you develop and finetune your product manager resume, present your skills in the most favorable light, win the attention of the hiring managers, get interviews, and ultimately land your dream job. Getting a PM job in a start-up may be easier than in big companies.

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BrainMates

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Making things even less straightforward is that each Product Manager will likely have a different combination of skills. With no university degree course or global certification standards, most practitioners step into being a PM from areas like Engineering & Agile Operations. Features might fail.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But is a surprisingly small amount of materials about the technical aspect of PM work. This is actually not surprising; throughout many discussions I’ve had with Senior and Junior PMs, technical skills are the one field that seems to be in disagreement. So if you can’t get a decent answer, it should really raise a red flag.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

How to start your PM career. To succeed, PMs need a combination of skills , including basic technical knowledge , business acumen, communication and leadership skills, and customer empathy. In fact, the PM and the sales role could be disastrous as the two have sometimes conflicting priorities.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2021

What Skills Should a Data-Driven Product Manager Have? Of course, the more you understand data and the more you’re able to manipulate and leverage it for yourself, the better and more impactful you’ll be as a PM. Which Product Manager Roles Require More Data Skills? Data-Driven does not mean all-data-knowing.

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bpma ProductHub

MAY 22, 2017

My instinct was to reply “No, of course not!” Ultimately, I think there are four baseline skills befitting of a product manager, in which a new product manager should possess at least one. Note: These attributes are in addition to having strong leadership, communication and prioritization skills.). How can one fix it?

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

Of course, a huge amount of our time and energy is taken up in the “solution” area – writing requirements, prioritizing, agile development, roadmaps, working with developers, and ensuring quality. Product management requires skills like writing, technical knowledge, and problem solving. Infrastructure. Call To Action.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. Influence without authority is the skill of driving product development and ‘telling people what to do’ without formally being authorized to do so.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Here’s even more good news: There are many product management certifications and courses available today. Now, we’ve evaluated top picks based on course content, reviews, communities/groups around the certifications, and industry recognition. But how do you know which ones are worth your time and money? in the product process.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

You see, tech-skilled workers (as with most non-routine jobs that demand creativity and problem-solving) are motivated by more than 20th-century carrot-and-stick incentives. We began to ask the question: How could a PM action that knowledge into an inspiring, directional and motivating Product Vision? perhaps a PM or founder?—?seeking

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscribe now P.S. Don’t miss Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), my PM recruiting service (helping you hire Sr. PMs and VPs), my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!), What is that influential communication skill that you have?”

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We're ready to give you some advice on how to move forward with your first PM in this blog post. Define roles, responsibilities, and key skills. According to product leader and PM hiring expert Adam Thomas , it costs the organization a whopping $240,000 per hire. Role and Responsibilities. But isn't the job of the CEO?

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UserVoice

JUNE 21, 2017

Take for example, Mind the Product’s guide to analytics for product managers, or if you prefer to see the big picture first, big data fundamentals courses are offered at online education spots as varied as Udemy , Cornell , and Coursera. But what about good ole’ PM intuition , you ask?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 26, 2021

I will get off my soapbox before this becomes a rant about how disrespectful it is to everyone trying to make it as a PM legitimately - not for lack of material, trust me -but because this is not actually what this post is about. After a couple of months I befriended our newly hired 2nd PM and learned more about the role. Here’s how.

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Product manager courses are everywhere. Product management is one of the most diverse disciplines and requires an extremely broad set of skills. Therefore, we’ve put together a list of 6 product manager courses you should consider taking in 2021 for the following proficiency levels: Aspiring product manager. Conclusion.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

Of course, a huge amount of our time and energy is taken up in the “solution” area – writing requirements, prioritizing, agile development, roadmaps, working with developers, and ensuring quality. Product management requires skills like writing, technical knowledge, and problem solving. Infrastructure. Call To Action.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

Of course, a huge amount of our time and energy is taken up in the “solution” area – writing requirements, prioritizing, agile development, roadmaps, working with developers, and ensuring quality. Product management requires skills like writing, technical knowledge, and problem solving. Infrastructure. Call To Action.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 12, 2024

Subscribe now P.S. Don’t miss Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), my PM recruiting service (we help you hire Sr. PMs and VPs), and my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!). Q: What’s in your podcast stack? AI + product management?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 16, 2022

And PM interview questions cover a wide variety of topics. If you'd like to learn more about the structure of PM design interviews and how to ace them, check out our full course. As a product designer or PM, your entire role will be centered around understanding user behavior and friction points.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Apart from regular product management skills like leadership or UX design, data product managers need to be proficient in managing the data product lifecycle. A data PM can use UX analytics tools to record and analyze user behavior in-app to optimize the UI. PMs, just like data PMs, use data to make their decisions.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How deep does your understanding of the technology go as a PM? Can you provide any interesting insights on being a female PM? And what’s kind of interesting about me is kind of different than a lot of my PM counterparts. So I’ve been a dev, I’ve been a QE, I’ve been an analyst, a PM, all of that.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 29, 2020

One of the more well-known product management bootcamps is called Product School and I had the pleasure of attending their Product Management Certificate course in the spring of 2018. In this article, I’ll discuss what Product School is, what the courses cover, and how it might help your PM career. What is Product School?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

These “specializations” often place focus around a specific set of skills or needs a company has, somewhat creating a division within the product manager role. Product Management Skills. Have exceptional communication, writing, and above all, listening skills. Kent McDonald on PM Specializations.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 30, 2018

280 Group is conducting its first-ever global study on product management skills. The goal of the survey is to establish a global product management skills benchmark that will enable individuals and organizations to compare their proficiency levels against an objective, global standard. 1 Apple iPad Pro – $799 value.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Brilliant product management decisions made in 2020 have shaped the course of the future for companies across all industries. How do PMs apply innovative techniques across their own products, especially if they’re new to their discipline or industry? Cracking the PM Interview. But where do these ideas come from? Buy it here.

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