Product Management Career
In 2018, Martin Eriksson sought to bring clarity to the confusion around product management job titles and seniority in his post Product Management Job Titles and Hierarchy. Discover even more popular product management career content right here.
🧰 Product Careers Focus Week 💪
In September (13-19), you joined us for Product Careers Focus Week, thank you! Scroll down to explore the content we released each day and more. Delve into actionable insights, expert advice, and keep the conversation going.
Content
- Mon 13 September – 📽📝Video + Blog [Prioritised & MTP Leader members only]: Learn from this #mtpcon Digital APAC session from Silvia Thom, ‘From Product to Tech Leadership – my accidental career path‘.
- Tues 14 September – 📽📝Video + Blog: Watch this ProductTank London talk, Gaining Confidence Quickly — a story of product management progression by Osaseri Guobadia, Product Director at Songkick.
- Tues 14 September – ❓Asynch Q&A [Prioritised & MTP Leader members only]: You can read answers to product career questions from Director of Product, Susana Lopes, on the Member Discussion Platform.
- Weds 15 September -🎧 Podcast: In this episode of The Product Experience podcast, ‘The view from the C-suite‘ product leader Tanya Cordrey joins Lily and Randy to discuss how to work with board-level execs, how to get promoted, and how to avoid common career mistakes.
- Weds 15 September – 📽📝Video + Blog: Tune into this exclusive #mtpcon Digital APAC session from Smriti Pant called ‘Rookie Product Management mistakes and how to overcome them’.
Usually, #mtpcon session recordings are just for Mind the Product members but for Careers Week only, we are opening it up to everyone. 🎉 - Thurs 16 September – 📖 Book Excerpt: Enjoy free chapters from Cracking the PM Career by our go-to expert for product career advice, Jackie Bavaro and her co-author Gayle Laakmann McDowell. Members can also enjoy an additional bonus chapter.
- Thurs 16 September – 🎤 Prioritised Keynote & Q&A [Prioritised & MTP Leader members only]: In this exclusive talk for Mind the Product members, ‘Navigating Product Management‘ Product Coach, writer, and speaker Anthony Murphy shares his experience of working with different organisations from startups to large enterprises.
- Fri 17 September – 📝 Blog: Thinking of making the leap into a product management role? Senior implementation consultant, Alva Kiel, shares her journey into the industry, detailing some of the key steps she took, and insights into where to start.
- Sun 19 September – 🎧 Sunday Rewind: Listen to this episode of The Product Experience Podcast where we skip back only a short way to 2019 and speak to Thor Mitchell, now Head of Platform Product at Miro, about Moving Up the Career Ladder.
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A product managers' dilemma in pursuing a career in startups versus large corporations
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Moving from UX to product - Christian Crumlish on The Product Experience
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Burnout in product teams
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Product manager zero: How to be number one
Being the first product manager at an organisation comes with a long list of challenges – among them a lack of clarity (on everything), a shortage of tools and resources, and the need to get everyone aligned fast. To help you understand what it’s really like to be the first product manager in the door, […] Read more »
Got questions about your product career?
Got questions about your product career? You’re not the only one. Here you’ll find exclusive answers from Susana Lopes, Director of Product at Onfido, to five product management career questions. The questions What product management roles can be done part time? Is people management a requirement of a Head of Product role? What advice would […] Read more »
From engineering to product management at Google
In this ProductTank Exeter talk, Stephanie Hannon, then Senior Director of Product Management at Google, sits down with Thor Mitchell for a Fireside chat to discuss what it’s like being a product manager and the things she’s learned over her career. […] Read more »
Navigating the peculiarities of the African product management ecosystem - Philips Nwachukwu on The Product Experience
Philips Nwachukwu, Senior Product Manager, joins us on the podcast this week to talk about the unique challenges he sees for Product people working in Africa. […] Read more »