Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Does a designer have a second career path, or do most designers have to become managers to continue their careers?

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Ronke PM

MARCH 26, 2024

At the heart of an organization that creates product magic is a product leader who is an expert at leadership and coalition building. These leaders understand that bringing effective products, solutions, and services to market requires consensus building and engaging cross-functional teams in the journey.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. I realized that I wanted to expand my focus into product management.”. UPMC Enterprises Provides Deep Insight Into Product Management.

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2024

A little background on Sam and her organization: Sam oversees the four product teams that manage two streaming services, ICI TOU.TV These were previously two completely separate sets of products managed by separate French and English arms of the organization. and CBC Gem. In April 2023, CBC finished a 3.5-year

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. A compelling thought leader most likely started as a people leader, such as a manager or a director. The Start of Thought Leadership. Product management is complex.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 25, 2020

With these new leadership roles comes a lot of organization-wide change. So that leads us back to the purpose of this post: Redefining the role of mobile product managers. What are mobile product management responsibilities? READ: 14 Common Mobile Product Management Challenges.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 13, 2020

It was on this day in 1931 that the field of product management was born – its birth marked by an internal memorandum written by Neil H. McElroy, manager of Proctor and Gamble’s Promotion department. In many ways, the role of a brand manager has informed the modern-day product manager role. It’s May 13th.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the industry tries to reassure newcomers that you don’t need to be a full stack software engineer to be a good Product Manager. Product development is the process of building tech.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2019

Product Management is an elusive craft. 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. The result is that performance reviews can be hard to do well, consistently, across multiple managers.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Restaurants don’t put an Apprentice Chef in charge of the kitchen overnight, so why do we do this with Product Managers? Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash Whilst it has been around for decades, product management has grown rapidly over the last few years. Companies are getting creative.

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Modus Create

MAY 3, 2023

Common misconceptions with UX and product development UX is a powerful and valuable tool, but misconceptions abound about what UX can do and how long it can take to reap the benefits. In engineering-driven organizations, product management can be very feature-focused. Is your leadership ready? Are you ready?

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As you can likely guess if you’ve been following this newsletter, I fall on the side of favoring collaboration as being a key area of focus for performance reviews. Instead celebrate when a product manager steps in and helps with a user research study or a designer codes a prototype to accelerate development.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. out of 5 stars. 54 global ratings. Where to buy?

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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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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

Do you follow any product manager blogs? Would you like to discover new ones that will give you valuable insights into product management ? In our article, we introduce 20 of our favorite product manager blogs that every product pro should follow, regardless of their experience.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. She diligently rose through the ranks, finally growing into the individual contributor role of a staff engineer. I was all alone.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. And you had to own all the servers. And you had to own all the servers. Nightmare, right?

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Want to become a machine learning product manager? As artificial intelligence technologies continue to evolve and become more mainstream, so too does the demand for machine learning product managers grow among startups and Fortune 500 companies alike. Keep on reading then.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As a product leader, you are the product manager for a leadership team, and the tricks you learned in product teams remain valuable, they just need a little tweak. Here, to help you, are five product management tricks and tools for every product leader. Product Lifecycle.

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bpma ProductHub

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 2016, Glassdoor identified Product Management as the #8 best job to have in America, with a job score of 4.5 Other jobs on the list included Data Scientist, Tax Manager and HR Manager. Unlike many of those jobs, product management is known for its nebulous career pathing and ambiguity. Exude Confidence

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. According to Airfocus , an optimized product manager boosts profitability and sales, by 34.2

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2023

Design skills can be valuable for Product Managers (PMs) to allow them to understand, communicate with the design team, and effectively contribute to the design process. Photo by Balázs Kétyi on Unsplash I have been scrutinizing and reflecting for a long time, on what a product manager should do and need.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 30, 2017

These words couldn’t be more relevant to product management. Such a trait is crucial to Product Management roles if you want sales, marketing and engineering to trust and follow your direction. Here is a recap of some of her most useful lessons: PM Lesson #1: Successful communication is the bedrock of Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

switching from analytical work or coding to running a meeting). A study by Cornell University and Qatalog found that almost half of people surveyed said that context switching makes them less productive and causes fatigue. Review your time : review where your time went. Plan your time: deliberately plan your time.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. You would interfere with and damage the team’s self-management.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 28, 2020

Inspire Top Product Talent to Grow Their Career at Your Organization | Photo by Kolleen Gladden on Unsplash To motivate product managers to grow their career with your organization, a transparent and documented process for roles and promotions is critical. We will evaluate promotions twice per year?—?September

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2018

From high school to business school, and throughout my professional career, I was supremely comfortable with it , and reveled in solving problems, to the appreciation of my managers, colleagues, and teachers. Management guru, Peter Drucker had said, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. 2) What should I solve?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In this wrap-up of the year’s best bits, you’ll hear from: Paul Adams , Chief Product Officer at Intercom. Nadine Mansour , Senior Product Manager at Intercom. Here, she asks Intercom product manager Nadine Mansour. The question for me is: Do I need to do anything differently if I’m a female product manager?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Software engineers have the option to stick to software development at higher and higher levels. Or they may decide to move into management later in their careers. Different software engineers work on different kinds of technical projects.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 20, 2019

One of the reasons I’m so passionate about product management is because I believe good product practice significantly underpins happiness in organisations. This is, of course, a subjective observation which comes from interacting with many organisations as a product consultant.

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Pranav Khare

JANUARY 7, 2024

On one side, the engineers — the wizards of code, masters of the digital realm. On the other, the product managers (PMs) — the strategists, the visionaries. His need to review every line of code caused delays and frustration. Once upon a time, in the bustling world of tech, there was a great divide.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Why do product managers need them? That’s what Dave Martin , a product leadership coach, has talked about in his talk at this year’s Product Drive Summit hosted by Userpilot. Dave Martin on how product roadmaps kill outcomes. Strategic value is much more than adding new features to the product, though.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 6, 2023

And while that truism could be applied equally to recipes, sports analysis, or politics, we’re focusing here on product management websites. It turns out a lot of product folks like to share their tips and wisdom on the Internet. Product Talk. Silicon Valley Product Group. Department of Product.

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Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2020

One of the tropes we’ve heard again and again is that product people don’t actually build anything. We’re not designers (except when we are) or engineers (unless we can code) or anything actually, y’know, useful. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

I'm often asked what's the best way for a new product manager to learn the fundamentals of the role or for an experienced product manager to continue to master their craft. I've organized this collection into several sections, starting with product management 101.

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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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