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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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In Part 2 of our Product Leadership Forum recap, we take a look at yet more insights shared by a group of senior product leaders during #mtpcon 2019 (if you missed Part 1, take a look here). No Vision = no Intentional Culture. Your vision and its supporting culture shouldn’t be generic.

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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. That’s a big part of my day.”. The burden of bias.

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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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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. Moreover, they communicate the product vision to the organization.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The Product Leadership Forum is a chance for senior product professionals to discuss the challenges they face in a safe environment. The product manager role is evolving at pace and this means that there are a range of conversations that are hard to have in public. From Individual Contributor to Product Leader.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy. Essential functions like legal, compliance, marketing, and finance often get overlooked, considered as mere support rather than integral parts of the process. Challenge #2: Leadership versus Decision-Maker ?

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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?  12 months) that choices are meaningful and actionable Lends itself to OKRs or metrics Not just an airy 5-year vision with all things for all people.    Product management malpractice.  

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2023

Leadership support is key ‍ The success of any transformation is intrinsically linked to the level of support and trust you’ll get from the organisation’s leadership. The product team might be at the centre of the transformation, but it will inevitably have an impact on every single department. ?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

The product manager career path is an exciting one with lots of possible on- and off-ramps. According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. What is the Product Manager’s Career Path? Typical Product Management Roles. Product Manager.

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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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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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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 29, 2020

What does leadership entail in the context of design? What does a lead product designer have to concentrate on in order to be a good design leader? How does an organization benefit from strong design leadership? Sadly, delivering great design doesn’t automatically translate into successful products. Listen first.

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BrainMates

APRIL 2, 2019

We know Product Management is a tough gig. So many articles have been written about this multifaceted, multidimensional role encouraging us to continue to fight the good Product fight. But what about quitting Product Management? How does this relate to Product Management? So I let go of skiing.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Becoming a director of product requires years of experience managing products and working with other product managers. That gives you the experience and expertise to get to the next level, where you start managing other product managers. Let’s get started.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You see, whenever I would join a new company, I would spend much of my time meeting with engineering, sales, product management, and design marketing leaders and support. And I asked each of them: What is the one thing our product team does well, and one thing we should improve? your products. really love?—?your

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People-First Product Leadership

MAY 6, 2024

Instead, throughout my newsletters, I recommend ways that you - as a product manager or product leader - can have direct impact. Thanks for reading People-First Product Leadership! Do sales, marketing, finance, development, and design have the insight they need to support the company or team goals?

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UX Studio: Product Management

JUNE 22, 2021

Today there is a new school of leadership emerging to remove this frustration. It’s called empowering leadership. This leadership style encourages leaders to give freedom and responsibility to people and stop controlling and micromanaging them. If done right, empowering leadership can free up a lot of time for managers.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2023

Product Marketer: Develops and executes marketing strategy that promotes the product’s value proposition and drives customer interest and adoption. Product Manager : Defines the product vision, roadmap , and features, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the product meets customer needs and market demands.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One of my goals at Product Talk is to showcase what good product management looks like. Today, I’m excited to introduce a new series, Product in Practice, where I’ll profile product managers doing great work. To kick off the series, we interviewed Rachel Allen , Director of Product at Omnitracs.

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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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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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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. As a product manager, you’re probably always having people stop by with questions.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Ben Horowitz (of Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz) was one of the first to suggest that a Product Manager should be the “CEO of the product”. What a Great CEO Does The heart of most criticism can be paraphrased like so; “product managers don’t have the authority to just tell people what to do”.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

When I met Maziar and he told me about his company, I asked why does the world need another roadmapping company given the abundance of current options to product managers. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [2:36] What problems have you ran into related to aligning business strategy and product work?

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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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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. But why is working in enterprise software now different?

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Product Leaders who claim the title without actively seeking formal leadership learning and coaching are doing a disservice to those who serve their people and this great profession. While learning is a necessity for great leadership, the love, passion and drive of Product Leaders to lead people are equally important.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 10, 2018

Product management skills: what is this “influence” that everyone speaks of?—?and its been drilled into our heads that one of the key traits for success in product is “influence without authority”. there is someone talking about how important “influence” is to success as a product manager. and how can you get it?

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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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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 5, 2021

The best product teams have strong cultures based on discovery and delivery. These teams value and practice experimentation, risk mitigation, compelling product vision/strategy, and collaboration. The second edition contains 67 chapters of product management techniques, principles and frameworks.

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

When someone calls the product manager CEO of the product, what does that mean? The product manager as CEO of the product sounds powerful and strategic. It brings to mind strong leadership skills, influence and accountability, all key traits of successful product managers.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For many product managers, the role of Chief Product Officer is the pinnacle of a career in product management. But what exactly does a Chief Product Officer do? The Rise of the Chief Product Officer. Many companies are still getting used to a product executive with a seat at the c-suite table.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. They are essential in creating a robust and helpful product that fills a void in the market while addressing customer feedback. However, their (and all product team members’) superpowers and role in SaaS growth is invaluable!

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