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AMA: Meta Director Technical Program Management, Vasanth Arunachalam on PM 30/60/90 Day Plan
August 10 @ 10:00AM PST
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Meta Director Technical Program Management, Vasanth Arunachalam on PM 30/60/90 Day Plan
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • August 10
I worked at Microsoft for about a decade and then moved to Meta to take on a new role, a few years back. That was the most unsettling period of my professional life. I’ve gotten accustomed to a certain culture, way of work life, people, tools & processes etc at one company and the thought of havi......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • August 10
The listening tour is what I love most while taking on a new role. I’m a social person and I love meeting people. What better than getting to know the people you are going to work closely with? I typically have a ledger that I carry with me into these 1:1 conversations with my cross functional te......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • August 10
“Rushing to prove value” is one of the common pitfalls of starting in a new role. Having said that, you want to make steady and incremental progress in delivering value. See my response to the question "What's your best product management 30-60-90 day plan to make a big impact at a new company?" ......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • August 10
I’ll apply the framework outlined above to this question and talk about setting up a Technical PM function for the first time. 30 days of LEARNING: I’ll start with a listening tour, meeting with all cross-functional leaders (Engineering, Data Science, Design, Marketing, Operations etc) and tryin......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • August 10
I’m assuming the question is about setting a ‘team’ vision/mission and one doesn’t exist yet. The mission statement is the “What” and the vision statement is an ambitious future state of what the world might look like when you accomplish your mission. A crisp vision/mission statement serves as a......Read More
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