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How I got my job in Product: Emely Übler, Product Manager

BY Imogen Schels on February 6, 2020

Emely Übler has been working in product management for six years and as a product manager for Koenig & Bauer Coding in Germany for the last 10 months. Here she explains how she got her job and why she sees herself as a bit of a ‘product mom’. I find what we do at Koenig Read more »

Hacking The Hiring Process - Alex Yang & Max Bevan on The Product Experience

BY The Product Experience on February 5, 2020

If you’ve ever had to fill a role in your team, then you already know how broken most hiring processes are.  It’s even harder if you’re competing for top talent but are only able to pay at NGO/charity scales.  That’s the situation that Simprints found itself in when they decided to treat their hiring process Read more »

Can a Product Career be Planned? By Marc Abraham

BY Andres Phillips on January 20, 2020

Kick-starting a product career can be difficult, especially if you’re looking for a straightforward route. In this ProductTank London talk, Marc Abraham, Product Ownership Practice Lead at ASOS gives us a framework for breaking into product management. He takes us through: Why planning a product management career is hard Getting started as a product manager Watch the Read more »

From Museums to Fintech by Amy Carmichael

BY Andres Phillips on December 31, 2019

In this ProductTank London talk, Amy Carmichael, Head of Product at Crowdcube, tells us about her strange path from studying art and museums to become the Head of Product at a fintech startup. She takes us through the four themes she discovered along the way. Do the job you want before anyone asks Lean on your Read more »

Moving Up the Career Ladder with Thor Mitchell [Rebroadcast]

BY The Product Experience on December 25, 2019

We’re taking a short break from releasing new episodes over the holidays. We’ll be back with fresh interviews in early January. But don’t despair! In the meantime, we’re re-running two episodes that fit the theme of the season: reflection and planning for 2020. Lily’s Pick I think, by now, we all know that product management Read more »

How we Developed a Talent Growth Plan at Almundo

BY Franco Fagioli on December 18, 2019

At Latin American travel technology company Almundo, we believe that leaders are responsible for the people, whether that is via one-on-one meetings, career opportunities, company culture, or employee satisfaction. So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. This is how we did it. Each month we Read more »

From Product Manager to Product Executive by Jonathan Nightingale

BY Andres Phillips on November 26, 2019

Unfortunately, a crystal clear career path from product manager to product executive just doesn’t exist. So, if you are working towards becoming a product leader, you’ll quickly realize that your progression roadmap isn’t as well-defined as that of your engineering or sales counterpart. In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Jonathan Nightingale, Co-Founder of Raw Signal Group, Read more »

Product Management Career Progression - how Varied are the Paths?

BY Imogen Schels on November 13, 2019

Navigating a career in product is different for everyone. Some of us will follow a traditional route, while others find their way through exploration, trial, and error. So, what are the similarities in these career paths and what can we learn from people who’ve already found their way? To answer these questions, we talked to Read more »

Treat your career like you treat your products by Adam Warburton

BY Adam Warburton on June 14, 2019

We all treat our products with care, respect, and diligence. We agonise over decisions and strategic direction, we think deeply about product direction, we care about the experience our customers get and the impact we have on our businesses. It’s our job to make good decisions. In this talk from MTP Engage Hamburg, I look Read more »