AMA: Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay, Navin Ganeshan on Technical Product Management
May 31 @ 10:00AM PT
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
A technical product manager has a more substantial role working with engineering teams on core architecture and component design related to a feature. If all product man...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
To be clear, I don't believe a technical-PM is always a better PM. It comes down to what attributes, passion and curiosity you posess and the direction you want to go. ...
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How can a TPM be helpful if they are not the most technically advanced person on the team?
Does the TPM need to theoretically be able to do/know how to do everything the engineers are doing (but they just aren't actually do it)? Some examples will be nice!
Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
In a word, abstraction. A technical PM is usually NOT the most advanced technical person on a team. However, they are able to break through sufficient tech layers to be...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
The process of starting with a vision for any product/feature is conceptually simple, but also eludes many product managers who may be more accustomed to being able to ch...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
(Reposting this from a related question) A technical product manager at Amazon is generally referred to as a Product-Manager-Technical (PM-T). A PMT can have ownership ...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
To be blunt, I think they are critical. Data is the currency for any decision-making, and analytical competencies are exactly what empower product managers, technical or...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
This is definitely a popular topic of discussion amongst PMs, and probably a heated one at times. This is a good post that covers the most common including RICE, KANO an...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
This is a universal challenge for all product owners - how to ensure your roadmaps don't get derailed. I take the perspective that you should expect and accept a certain...
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Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
A technical product manager at Amazon is generally referred to as a Product-Manager-Technical (PM-T). A PMT can have ownership over a product, a functional area or even ...
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How do technical product managers work at Amazon? What's the difference between a PMT and a TPM?
First of all, we need to address Amazon's terminology for these roles. A technical product manager at Amazon is generally referred to as a Product-Manager-Technical (PM-T). Whereas a Technical Program Manager (TPM) is a distinct role that sits at the intersection of product, engineering and program management. An Amazon TPM is a unique role that combines business ownership over delivery with high-level technical architecture. They are usually the program glue - that brings together PMTs, engineering teams and business stakeholders on all aspects of an initiative.
However, note that this AMA is focused on the technical product-manager role or PM-T. So please make that translation whenever you see "TPM" in these questions.
Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • 3y
First of all, we need to address Amazon's terminology for these roles. A technical product manager at Amazon is generally referred to as a Product-Manager-Technical (PM-T...
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