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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