Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

You’ve just landed your first VP of Product Management job and expectations are sky high. And all they’re going to do is give you the saltier version of what’s wrong with product management. VP of Product Management: Your 7-Point Plan for Playing Offense. Congratulations! No pressure!

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Pretend you’re a hiring manager looking for the next PM to help drive your digital finance product. You have two candidates on your radar who have differing profiles, with each featuring their own respective repertoires: Product Manager A has 3 years of experience , with 2 of them focusing on a previous finance-related business.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Want to become an AI product manager? This guide shows you how to prepare for a career in AI product management. Today, more and more businesses are looking for product managers specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. If so, then you’ve come to the right place.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Looking to become a technical product manager? According to Salary , the average technical product manager in the United States earns as much as $123,609 a year. Hence, a technical product manager is one of the most rewarding careers. Steps to become a Technical Product Manager Let’s dive right in.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

There are many skills that are important for success in a product management career, but there’s one that stands head and shoulders above all the rest. Let’s start with the ultimate goal of a product manager. Step back for a minute and consider the expectations heaped on most product management organizations.

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Ronke PM

AUGUST 16, 2023

Table of Contents Technical Support Customer Success/Relationship Managers Marketing Sales Team Data Scientist Finance UX Researcher UX Designer Content Designers and Conversational Designers Engineering Legal Security (IT) PMO (Product Management Office) (Bonus!)

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The Product Coalition

JULY 9, 2022

Lessons learned in regard to building a product management function from scratch. At an early stage startup, how product work is conducted will be dictated by the founders. If the founders have a background in product management, then the company culture will be infused with product principles.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Curious to know how to advance your career as a long-term product manager as either s group product manager or principal product manager? Product managers are responsible for establishing a product’s vision and long-term business strategy while ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of said strategy.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2024

Understanding the salary landscape for product launch managers is crucial whether you’re entering the field or looking to advance your career. TL;DR A product launch manager is a professional overseeing the efforts to introduce new products to the market. Looking into tools for product launch managers?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Product management is certainly no exception. Product managers and leaders need to find ways to keep learning and growing in an ever-evolving product environment. There’s an abundance of books, podcasts, as well as events at your disposal that cover various product management topics.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

There are no guides to Product Management. As Ken Chin points out, the best way to learn about Product Management is to speak to people who have been doing it for longer than you. It’s worth seeking out those people who have been working close to Product Management as there are a few more of them.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

What’s more, it makes it unlikely that the stakeholders will fully support the product decisions and that they will follow them through. But do not accept inappropriate behaviour and do not allow people to treat you like a project manager, team lead, or personal assistant. Increase your product management expertise.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2023

Business Process Transformation can also be used to drive innovation, create new products or services, and increase overall organizational efficiency. This can include making changes to how customer data is collected, stored, and used; revamping the pricing structure; introducing new products or services; and streamlining internal operations.

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. What does product management include?

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I’m responsible for Product Management and Technical Communications. As one team, we provide relevant guidance to users when they need it, whether it is through documentation or inside the product. Tell us a bit about yourself and what your role is at Gainsight.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. Craft Competence ?? Market Competence ?????

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The best product managers are business managers. I hosted an event recently where a panel of experienced product management professionals discussed the state of product management. One of the topics that surfaced as part of the discussion is that the best product managers are business managers.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 31, 2022

Great product managers never stop learning. That's why we scoured our bookshelves to make a list of the best product management books we could find. Fortunately, there is a cornucopia of stellar books perfect for product managers who want to learn everything from user-centric design principles to advancing their career.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Head of Product: My CEO is a finance guy*, and is pushing the product team hard to prioritize all engineering work solely on ROI. Most first-time CEOs come from some functional role: sales, finance, marketing, engineering, occasionally product management. (Or (combining a series of similar conversations).

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If If software is leading the world, then product managers are the modern-day businessmen and women,” says Brian Crofts, Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Pendo. Discovering product management.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 16, 2020

If there’s one degree that is most beneficial to product management types, it’s likely a Masters in Business Administration. An MBA program, much like a product management job description, covers a broad swath of topics. The product management role entails such a wide range of skills and expertise.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 19, 2020

Product Management is notoriously difficult to get into. This challenge is especially augmented for those just graduating from college with minimal exposure to product management. Thus, companies have developed entry-level product management roles, known commonly as Associate Product Management (APM) roles.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If you’re new to a product management job then it can often be very hard to get access to all the information you need. But I’ve found that by building relationships, setting the future vision, and having faith in your capabilities as a product manager you can carve out a place for yourself.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

  Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan?  Why is this so critical to Product Management and the larger maker organization?    Product management malpractice.     There are no generic product strategies.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 9, 2022

An obvious next career step could be moving over to product management to focus solely on the products themselves. But how easy is it to transition from being a UX designer or UX researcher to product management (PM)? Start Learning Can You Transition from UX to Product Management?

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Founded by fintech entrepreneur Louis Cléroux , Timechain hopes to decentralize finance for everyone. Their investment tool helps customers grow and manage funds effortlessly. Who is the face behind Timechain’s innovative product management? Meet Mario Munoz, the Product Manager at Timechain.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 19, 2021

A recent article from Product Coalition explains why landing your first job as a product manager will be a challenge. As the author points out, competition is fierce, and most hiring managers want to see several years of experience. One suggestion Product Coalition offers is to take product manager courses.

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BrainMates

MAY 3, 2020

Delivering value from Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), just like product management, is cross-functional in nature. Just last year, around 60% of all M&A deals were about new products, services, technologies, markets and capabilities. This is where Product Management can help.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Using the ‘Kernel’ from Richard Rumelt’s ‘Good Strategy/Bad Strategy’, specifically insights and developing a guiding policy allows you to enable your team and avoid micro-managing. I wish I had known… When I started as a Head of Product, we were working with a strategist.

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Amplitude

MAY 29, 2019

Today, I am excited to share that we are growing our leadership team at Amplitude with world-class executives to take on these challenges. Shadi is a passionate, seasoned technology leader and architect experienced in building and managing highly proficient engineering teams. and held management positions at NetIQ and Deloitte.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 17, 2018

Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. . Product Owner, Servicing @ Capital One (New York, NY). Product Manager, DOWN @ Paktor Pte Ltd (Open to Remote). Check out this week’s newest, below….

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2020

Steering stakeholders towards a common vision in the highly cross-functional product manager role doesn’t have to be daunting when working remote I’m used to having the discipline of planning my life around work in the office. I have a strict 8:30 AM to 6 PM work schedule, and I plan my product management tasks within these bounds.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

According to The Product Management Body of Knowledge, Product Management is: “A discipline that provides managerial focus to products that in turn will generate measurable business benefits.”. Product Managers are often described as “the CEO of the product”. Product Management is hard.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

How product managers can align stakeholders on product projects. Today we are talking about the need for product leaders to manage stakeholders and the associated challenges this creates. Aligning the perspectives of stakeholders on a product project is desirable as well as difficult.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2023

However, provoking productive disagreements is a key leadership skill you want to master. Here is how fostering healthy debates is essential for effective leadership and better outcomes. If you see the connection between that skill and product leadership you are 100% right. We have so many of them regardless.

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BrainMates

MARCH 23, 2020

Product Management legend Marty Cagan shared his insights on ‘real’ Product Management in a Q&A session with Product Women Sydney at a March meetup. As Marty explained to the Product Women group, during their working week, a Product Manager will be found: Working with designers.

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