The Product Coalition

MARCH 1, 2024

Decode A Job Posting from Spotify: Senior Product Manager — Playlist Platform Spotify is an innovative business that changes the surrounding reality: almost everyone you see on the street or in a café wearing headphones listens to music on Spotify. What technical knowledge does Spotify expect from a candidate?

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Uncovering the blindspots In any scenario, designing a digital product demands cross-functional collaboration, as all stakeholders have certain knowledge gaps that need to be bridged to achieve a successful outcome. For example, the more technical the product, the larger the designers technology gap that must be filled by an engineer.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Thats why Ive curated a list of three top product manager openings at data-driven companies, along with standout candidates who are ready to make an impact. Recommended product manager job openings in data-driven companies Looking for a job in data-driven product management ?

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 26, 2020

A look into healthcare product management in the time of Coronavirus. Ever wonder what it’s like to be a product manager for a leading healthcare provider and insurer in the middle of a world health pandemic? Meet Claire Marcus, senior product manager at UPMC Health Plan.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 29, 2018

He has created products and led product teams for Fortune 500 companies including Cisco and Capital One, advised several small and medium businesses, and founded a Product Innovation, Design Thinking and Agile coaching practice called 5D Vision. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:46]

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You hear a lot about the need for soft skills in product management, but product managers also need hard skills. In fact, any discussion about product management soft skills should presuppose you’ve already mastered the specific abilities required for the job: the hard skills. But what are they?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Bear in mind that product backlog grooming should be a team effort and that you should involve the development team members in the backlog work. For advise on when to carry out product backlog grooming, please see my article “ When should Product Backlog Grooming Take Place? ”. Focus on the Sprint Goal.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 15, 2016

Product managers often work in diverse teams and need good team management skills to be successful. To explore managing teams, I invited a frequent keynote speaker and coach who companies invite to teach them about improving teams and their work. Practices and Ideas for Product Managers and Innovators.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sachin Rekhi is the founder and CEO of Notejoy , and a prolific blogger on product management. In this Path to PM post, Sachin and I discuss five practical paths to product management. How did you first break into product management? How do I take on that product work or ask for it in the first place?

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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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The Product Bistro

JUNE 14, 2016

Even though structured customer visits are technically “ marketing ” research, for them to be valuable requires that many of the key groups in the organization are involved. Also, participation by marketing is useful, as often Product Management is part of the marketing team. The Planning.

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ProductPlan

JULY 2, 2019

With broad, sometimes ambiguous responsibilities and high expectations, the product manager role is constantly evolving. Product managers are continuously learning new things and need to improve themselves (not just the products they manage) on a daily basis. Lesson 4: Product Managers Are People Managers.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

I attended the conference to represent product.careers , a project I launched last year to raise awareness of Product Management as a career path, with a particular focus on undergraduates and graduates. I started the project in response to challenges I had recruiting entry-level product managers for Crowdcube.

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I am leveraging my product background in both coaching and advising AI-driven startups. Quantifiable Results : 50% salary increase within two years 25% faster product adoption rate among clients Action Step : Create a 30-day learning plan focused on a tech area you're passionate about. to offer 24/7 coaching services.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As someone who’s been fortunate enough to have coached dozens of Product Leaders and have walked in their shoes, I have found that there are several under-appreciated ways things change when you move into a product leader role. How do I cultivate the right product culture for the product teams to succeed?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The goals can be expanded across marketing, sales, development, product management, a quality that should collectively represent the vision and outcomes expected from the product. I have been doing consulting and advising work with startups, so let me know if you have any questions about this article. What is S.M.A.R.T?

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

The role of product management in technology firms is a critically important one that is often misunderstood. Product management boils down to owning the vision, design, and execution of your product. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Userpilot

MARCH 3, 2022

Looking for a product manager CV template? What does a solid product manager’s CV look like? This article will help you develop and finetune your product manager resume, present your skills in the most favorable light, win the attention of the hiring managers, get interviews, and ultimately land your dream job.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2020

Start on the right foot By factoring in a localization process from the get-go and choosing the right translation software and vendor, translations can be automated and accelerated on a technical level. The most helpful vendors are those that advise on the right processes and best translation management tools for the task at hand.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter into a new product management position in a new company. You just landed into a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager, whether it’s a small or big company, you are expected to get fast into the role, and many times you are expected to do it by yourself.

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BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Product Managers have the enviable job of taking a product from its roots as an idea and steering its lifecycle through launch and beyond. Often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of a product, these specialists must possess a wide variety of skills and competencies to propel a product to success.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Product delivery : Leveraging agile practices , quality assurance, continuous delivery, and monitoring to ensure high-quality product releases. There are three essential product operating model competencies. They include the Product Managers, Lead Engineers, and Product Designers.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 10, 2016

This raises the question, is there a superior way of organizing information about product discovery that allows us to move quickly and more effectively? The Mental Representations of Expert Product Managers. Product Managers are Problem Solvers. As product managers we ask, “What should we build next?”.

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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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Mind the Product

MAY 1, 2018

Summary: A ProductTank London talk that advises you accept that you are part of any failure that happens and be specific about the issues that you face. Put simply, this inability to work through personal problems together means that you’ll never be able to come up with solutions for more technical issues.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

“I don’t believe that you can go to university and learn how to be a product manager. I’m very passionate about bringing people with expertise and the natural talent for product management. I came in as a campaign manager, media coordinator, and I just grew in that leadership role because we were scaling.

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All About Product Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

The function and role of product management will become crucial as businesses expand and become more dependent on technology departments to asist them in gaining the competitive advantage. But what is 'Technical Product Management'? How can 'Technical Product Management' help non technical businesses?

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2017

I would recommend this model if you have no technical or product management background. Partially-managed team : you manage the backlog and lead standups and retrospectives, but an internal delivery manager makes sure everything is on track. Ship Features Like mad With the Right Process.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Technical Feasibility. I would advise that you don’t invest in digitization until the cost of handling processes manually is higher than the cost of developing a digitized solution. A Facebook referral can be used as an indicator of willingness to pay. As long as you handle things manually you can easily change course.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

Product analysts research to find market trends, collect and analyze data, track and assess product performance , understand product requirements, and report insights to stakeholders. Workplace skills: Critical thinking, project management, and communication skills. What do product analysts do?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

One signal I’ve been giving much thought too of late is the collision of two roles, Product Management and Product Ownership. A topic of hot debate in the agile and product circles but with very few answers. Credit: DataKitchen Since its inception, Scrum and the Product Owner role has become widely adopted.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2023

If You Don’t Know What a Product Manager Is — Don’t Hire Me. If you really want me to be your product manager, then this is explicitly the kind of product manager I will be in our company. Let’s work together on your amazing product! Still, we have a duty to advise what’s best for the product.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

An often promising way to deal with uncooperative stakeholders is to win them over by demonstrating the value of agile product development. Early in the transition process, it is advisable to educate them with product-related workshops on agile principles. over a sustainable product development strategy.

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UX Studio

MAY 15, 2018

We recently wrote an ebook, “Product Managers’ Guide to UX Design”. The technicalities of the design handoff also matter, but however nice and neat the specification, it makes little difference if you haven’t actually talked to developers until the design handoff. Click here to download! Speaking the same language.

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Amplitude

JUNE 8, 2017

Hailing from a tenured career in product management, she was just super passionate about working with startups. “I I had become pretty active as a mentor and advisor to various startups and really enjoyed it! From Product Manager to Partner: An Interview with Ashley Carroll of @SocialCapital Click To Tweet.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. The trouble is, candidates who possess the varied skill set needed for Product Management are elusive and highly sought-after. Do Some Soul-Searching.

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