AMA: Google Group Product Manager, Patrick Davis on Building a Product Management Team

I'm lucky in that Google has a really rigorous interview process that I benefit from. Google is also known for taking a long time during that process but I promise you th...

I like this question although more specifics would help as the answer varies. It certainly is a tough skill to master though but worthwhile because this will always be th...

Here's how I'd think about it: Some planning cadence where strategy and roadmap can be reviewed at different levels of fidelity. (Annual, Quarterly etc.) Product review...

Let me give some guidance here on how I think about it. It's critical to have a strong vision, strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for a team Your org structure sho...

Absolutely, welcome to the discipline, you're in for quite a ride and I'm super excited for you. Optimize for learning and honing your craft. There's a balance to have...

This is a good one. I think there are two that often get missed and largely it is because they are hard to measure and expensive to move. Product excellence. How do you...

I'm a huge fan of all success metrics and OKRs (objectives and key results) being shared between the core cross functional working group. Of course there will always be ...

This is a good one; and I'll admit that I've never been the first PM hire in a company, but I have worked to establish a new PM team within an existing structure. Here ar...

I'm not sure it is the most effective because I've really only used one strategy, but it has been effective for me. Grow your own scope, take on more than you can handle...

Oooohhhh, this is a good one and something I spend a lot of time balancing. Product owns the product and at the end of the day both gets unearned credit and unearned bla...

Thank you for the question and I'm sure this is exactly not the answer you're looking for which is, "it depends" You're balancing building trust and relationships, under...