AMA: Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management, Aaron Bloom on Product Management Career Path
December 10 @ 9:00AM PT
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What framework has worked for you to help you structure your thought process
What would be your advice or go-to resources for a PM to build critical thinking skills?
Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
I use a simple framework for critical thinking and problem-solving:Define the problem: Break it down into a clear need statement. Understand dependencies, time sensitivit...
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What would be your advice or go to resources for a PM to build one critical thinking skills?
What would be your advice or go-to resources for a PM to build critical thinking skills?
Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
To expand your critical thinking, stay curious, and ask lots of questions. Early on you might need to focus on your specific area or role to ensure you are driving value ...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Like anything in technology, iteration is key. There are constantly new tools, apps, and best practices coming out to help your productivity - so you need to stay agile ...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
There is a lot of overlap between Product Management and Project Management and I've found good Product Managers are also typically good Project Managers. Experience mana...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Keep your resume simple and focused on quantifiable contributions / impact that you’ve made. You want it to pop out that you're someone who can get stuff done as a hiring...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Your ability to frame and articulate a topic is only as good as your understanding of that topic - be sure you deeply understand what you're going to talk about.Be target...
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What are some ways you've seen product teams increase their velocity?
Other than more experience how can I help my team have more impact faster?
Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
You can increase velocity and drive impact by collaborating with your team and stakeholders to write high quality requirements, and by driving deep alignment on initiativ...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Frankly, be humble, say yes to things that move the needle, and focus on delivering quality. Whether you’re the Chief Product Officer or just starting your career - somet...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Problem solving, collaboration, and communication are critical to being a successful Product Manager. Being proficient in hard skills like user experience, data analytics...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
We look for candidates who have relevant experience to fintech or know how to operate in highly regulated industries.To assess hard skills, we do a collaborative exercise...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Be curious and take on work based on impact, not on how big or complex they are. Everything you learn and execute on early in your career becomes a platform that you lean...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
It can be hard to tease apart the line between Product and Project Management - especially since the role of Product Management can vary greatly from team to team. At th...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Early in my career I was really focused on what I was delivering - I wanted to work on big, user facing initiatives. Now, I measure my success by the impact I'm making to...
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