The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). In some other companies, product management (along with project management), roles up to the CIO (Chief Information Officer).

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations.

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Eric Wang, a recently hired software engineer on our product engineering team, shares what it’s like to onboard with Amplitude’s engineering department. I’m a software engineer on the product engineering team. Learn more about the Engineering team at Amplitude. Read the Amplitude Engineering blog.

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UX Studio

APRIL 29, 2019

This case study reports on how we helped optimise their search engine. We worked closely with the CTO, the Head of Product, and an in-house designer. User tests and numbers helped us convince our client and form their vision. As mentioned, the client had a clear vision about the expected outcomes. The UX team.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You somehow have to bring together a rowdy bunch of tech professionals (data scientists, UX and UI designers , software engineers, etc) and make a valuable and functional product happen. You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. There are plenty of resources and advice on unlocking the secrets of the engineering management career path. Karen Peacock: In college, I studied math and computer science and engineering. Janeen Uzzell , COO for Wikimedia Foundation.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 23, 2017

She’d inherited a technical product where the engineers already had a view of the direction and deliverables required. During planning workshops the engineers were mentioning a lot of tools, methods, processes and concepts that were unfamiliar to her. A friend, who’s recently become a product manager, asked me that recently.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There is something special about a team rallying around a vision and creating a product that users love. . Technical debt refers to the cost you accumulate by favoring easy and quick solutions over best practices in engineering. Engineers love the smell of clean code and would ideally love to refactor each line.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

PMs typically work alongside many different roles and departments, especially engineering, design, sales, and marketing. From there, PMs must develop product vision and strategy to help achieve the company's goals. Together, they collaborate to drive development goals and actualize the product vision.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2018

These more senior engineers often find themselves in a challenging role, splitting their time between individual contributor responsibilities as well as management duties. At an early stage startup this may be the co-founder/CTO. At mid to later stage, this is more likely a Senior Engineer.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, and a Product Lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. Originally trained as a scientist, he’s had job titles ranging from scientist, to engineer, to product manager, to designer, and even professor. Stephanie Hannon, CPO at Strava.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2016

To be able to get the new model out the door, product manager Kate Arnold had to bring together the Netflix founders on strategy, and work with users, analytics, design, engineering, with marketing on the new acquisition model, with finance on the business model and billing, with the warehouse on fulfillment, and with film industry.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

There was the CTO who recommended I take his job to align product, design, and engineering more closely. We were a team due to a shared mission, vision, strategy and goals - not because of where we physically sat. Subscribe now Looking back over your work life, what leaders stand out to you?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

We define Product Management as the engine of an organisation that creates value for customers. They are responsible for all product activities within an organisation, creating the overall product strategy to achieve the corporate vision and goals set by the CEO and board members. Performed over time, not occasionally.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. Product management is a job that encompasses elements of business strategy, engineering, marketing and market research. In fact, 83.9% Are you a product manager?

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Willison expressed alarm at Bing’s off-the-tracks behavior, with good cause–his comment to me was, in part: … but it’s pretending to be a search engine! Kurzweil, Vinge, and Joy all painted bleak visions of the future of humanity–in a nutshell: We’re doomed. Alarm over AI isn’t something new.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. So we know that the CEO is time-slicing to cover investor pitches and office space and recruiting and benefits and legal and setting product direction and stocking the kitchen with snacks.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. of a Chief Product Officer Obsession with the customer’s problem Business savvy Design focus Data-driven thinking Insatiable curiosity Technical fluency Vision How to Become a CPO? How Much Does a Chief Product Officer Earn?

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Create your vision and positioning 4. Each has a different approach to SaaS growth and will significantly impact your company’s product vision and revenue strategy. To create a sustainable SaaS growth engine, you should prioritize your target audience to get to know them inside out. Create your vision and positioning.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA. Dan Mason Head of Product, People Magazine.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

With a keen focus on value and conducting Structured Conversations using the 7 Product Dimensions, you greatly improve your ability to go from vision to value. A successful product delivers value when it is aligned to your product vision and goals. Refinement Is about Readying. Start and End with Value. Conclusion. References.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

12 Six Steps to Superior Prototyping: Lessons from an Apple and Oculus Engineer. When Caitlin Kalinowski became head of product design engineering at Oculus , she and her team faced a stiff challenge. Are you worried about that one metric for your product or maybe velocities for your engineering team? Author: Chris Butler.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 10, 2019

They’re the capstone for a product manager’s vision and strategy. You and your engineering team may also be unaware of dependencies that can impact a schedule. I understand how much thought (and possibly anxiety) goes into these roadmap presentations. They’re the culmination of months of work, customer conversations, and experience.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

My hope is that this will provide you with moral support on your uncertain journey and serve as another data point to empower your vision. Without a unified design library, it was evident that there was no front-end kit or library capable of effectively supporting the engineers. Sound familiar?

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All About Product Management

JUNE 5, 2013

That coupled with a previous migration project that was not future proofed, led to a level of distrust of the engineering team. Note the company was in the process of looking for a CTO.) This meant that steering group meetings became a platform for these stakeholders to air their frustrated technical views.

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StubHub

OCTOBER 17, 2019

6 Things to know about Arnie Katz By Arnie Katz, Chief Product & Technology Officer The role of a Chief Technology Officer can mean different things for different companies. A CTO can be the person leading engineering and product. I like to think that I’m not like other CTOs.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2020

They recognized the power of their technology, and they decided that they were going to transition those customers from Mashwork to Canvs. They hired engineers to build out prototypes and started raising venture capital. That’s why my first hire was not engineering. TruTV was one of their first customers. Source: Canvs.ai

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I was fortunate to have just the right kind of need at just the right time to exercise both GPT-4 Vision and GPT-4 Turbo. 25th: “ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak …” OpenAI had teased vision support earlier, but the big, real announcement happened on Sept. The tale of my exploration follows.

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