Where do you search for inspiration as an aspiring or curious product manager? Whether you are breaking into the industry, finding your footing, or simply looking to keep up with ever-evolving digital product management trends, there is always something new to learn.
There are plenty of resources for product managers to engage in professional development opportunities, from public Slack communities and industry conferences to coursework and professional coaching. There are also many podcasts on topics related to product management that are worth a listen.
Learn From Thought Leaders Through These Top Podcasts
At Gocious, we appreciate the impressive number of product management podcasts available across all streaming platforms for you to enjoy at no cost. To help you bolster your knowledge and build your product manager toolkit, we are shining a spotlight on some of our favorites in this post. You can even catch Maziar Adl, Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Gocious, on several episodes.
Product Leadership Wisdom With Ross Webb
The Product Coach, Ross Webb, hosts Product Leadership Wisdom, a podcast that aims to help product teams and leaders master their craft with valuable advice, tips, and tools. Ross is a seasoned product manager who has been developing digital products for over two decades. His years of product management have resulted in several successful product launches, from a $50 million turnover for one product to a $500 million turnover for another.
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Scaling Your Product Team With Glenn Martin teaches you how to become a master of the scale by consistently hiring the right people for your product team’s success.
The Product Manager With Hannah Clark
Hosted by Hannah Clark, The Product Manager podcast offers real talk with real professionals, from product managers to product developers and more, from the perspective of someone new to the industry. Hannah is the editor of The Product Manager platform, a digital space dedicated to supporting product managers with high-quality insights on best practices and market trends.
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How to Build Trust Within Your Product Team & Get Stakeholder Buy-In features a conversation with Noa Goldman, Lead Product Manager at Dagshub, that will teach you about the importance of building meaningful relationships with stakeholders and product teams.
This Is Product Management With DISQO
The This Is Product Management podcast, hosted by Roddy Knowles, interviews product management experts on well-rounded industry perspectives, case studies, and insights. This podcast is put on by DISQO, a customer experience platform that researches consumer behaviors and how they make buying decisions.
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Data-Driven Strategy is Product Management interviews Satnam Singh, Chief Product Officer of tax and trade for Thomson Reuters, about the importance of prioritizing your workflows to maximize efficiency for product managers and teams.
Global Product Management Talk’s Product Mastery Now
Global Product Management Talk’s Product Mastery Now podcast brings in thought leaders from silicon valley and beyond to discuss industry topics, including the user experience, product innovation, design, development, marketing, and scaling. The host, Chad McAllister, is a product management influencer with over 25 years of experience managing and training product teams.
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437: Product Road Mapping for Executives to Align Customer Needs and Strategy features our very own Maziar Adl, who talks about the benefit of product roadmap management software and how it can help align your product development strategy with your customers’ needs.
The Product Podcast
Hosted by Carlos González de Villaumbrosia, The Product Podcast presents actionable advice from all-star product leaders that touch on product management. Carlos is the founder and Chief Executive Officer at Product School and has been building teams and digital products globally for over a decade.
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Learning Lateral Product Skills by Credit Karma General Manager offers a discussion about growing at a fast pace, having an adaptable team and open communication, and always finding opportunities to bolster new skills as a product manager.
Lessons in Product Management
John Fontenot hosts Lessons in Product Management, an educational podcast that helps bridge the gap in product management experience for aspiring product managers. John, Founder, and Head of Product at Path2Product, provides aspiring product managers with a streamlined path to land their dream job through valuable courses and career coaching opportunities.
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Communicating Product Strategy highlights the influence that communication can have on product strategy, customer needs, and market trends, reinforcing the importance of communicating your strategy to stakeholders as it evolves throughout the product development process.
Digital Supply Chain With Tom Raftery
On the Digital Supply Chain podcast, Tom Raftery discusses thought leadership, best practices, and innovations as they relate to supply chains. Tom Raftery is a technology evangelist and influencer focusing on sustainability, supply chain, energy, and electric vehicles. Topics covered touch on the designing, planning, manufacturing, production, delivery, and operations of all things product development.
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Product Roadmap Management - A Chat With Gocious CTO Maziar Adl presents another opportunity to hear from Gocious CTO Maziar Adl on how you can align your product strategy with your business objectives, and customer needs thanks to product roadmap management software.
The Manufacturers’ Network
Lisa Ryan’s podcast, The Manufacturer’s Network, connects manufacturers with manufacturers, enforcing a culture of collaboration where colleagues can lean on one another as a source of help and inspiration. Lisa is a professional speaker who specializes in developing employee and client engagement initiatives to help organizations retain the right people and boost customer retention.
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The Human Connection in Manufacturing: Bridging the Gap Between Operations and Supply Chain Management With Tom Pierce speaks to the importance of collaboration across departments and achieving harmony between digital communication and human connection.
The Future of BizTech Podcast
Product leaders will love The Future of BizTech Podcast, an Infinity Marketing Group podcast that interviews some of the world’s most influential thought leaders in the business technology space. J.C. Granger, host of The Future of BizTech Podcast, is Infinity Marketing Group’s CEO. He helps tech companies and entrepreneurs thrive through robust digital marketing campaigns that work.
Key Episode to Listen to:
Epi. 48: Learn How to Streamline With SAAS Product Portfolio Management – Maziar Adl, Co-founder and CTO of Gocious, brings you into a conversation with Maziar about how leveraging customer-centric product management roadmap software can help you manage your SAAS product portfolio efficiently while streamlining your processes across departments.
Expand Your Product Management Toolkit
A common theme the product leaders speak about across these top product management podcasts is the value of leveraging product management tools. Here at Gocious, our mission is to provide product managers with software that helps them create great products. Book a live demo to see how product roadmap management software can work for you.
