AMA: Hex Head of Product, Lexi Lowe on Product Management Skills
January 21 @ 10:00AM PT
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How do product management skills change as you get more senior in the role?
I'm a technical product manager now and I find that the execution piece of my previous roles is not as desired in my current role and I am trying to balance what I deem as PM fundamentals with what my new role expectations should be.
When you're first starting out in product, you're building your product tool belt and the focus is on execution, customer empathy, technical depth and collaboration to dr...
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Every product leader is different but I'd say there are generally two primary flavors: 1) amazing executors who work with strong visionaries or 2) strong visionaries who ...
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What are the required hard skills for a product manager?
Also is it a plus for a product manager to know how to read code?
There are different opinions on having an engineering background and the ability to write code for Product people. My perspective is that its easier to come together with...
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I believe being decisive is absolutely essential for product people. This is because it unblocks your counterparts and increases velocity if you're able to make game time...
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What are the most important product management skills or perspectives that others inside an organization could benefit from that would improve their day to day?
Running a "Think Like a Product Manager" course next month and would love to hear others'
I'm so excited that you're teaching PM skills to non-PM people. I think everything can benefit from a product approach. The most important thing that you could educate on...
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From personal experience, I've made a couple mistakes that I can share:Not doing enough research or having answers to pushback readily available (this makes you look weak...
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Your organization may have resources to build a baseline on data analysis and engineering acumen and you should seek those out first and engage with them. I try to read e...
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Product management is different at every organization and there are many organizations where it is more of a project management function. If your manager is assigning pro...
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Effective communication - this is extremely hard because you have to communicate with so many different kinds of people to build clarity and alignment. It is not a one si...
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I took the Product Management course from General Assembly and I thought it was a helpful foundation. I recommend reading Inspired by Marty Cagan to any new product manag...
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This isn't easy and many companies, including Hex, are looking for domain expertise to maintain a super high velocity in driving value for users. Learning a domain takes ...
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I think most great PMs come from a different field first. I have not worked with anyone who hasn't but I know they're out there. This is because the context that you gain...
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This is a hard situation. My recommendation would be to do two things: to spend time deeply understanding and reflecting on the feedback. Identify what pieces feel reson...
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Retaining talent is not easy because there are so many options for great product people. I focus on the following and it has been fairly effective: Challenging them to ...
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