AMA: Mezmo Sr. Director, Product Management, Ashka Vakil on Building a Product Management Team

Building a well-rounded product team requires a combination of planning, recruiting, and development. By taking the time to identify the skills and expertise that will be...

Product teams that don't have strong collaboration and communication with the product marketing team fail to deliver a delightful customer experience. These siloed produc...

When joining a small company with no or little structure or joining a small but growing product team, it is essential to understand the current state of the product manag...

The product manager's job is to identify the most impactful problems to solve, enable their team to build and ship solutions that delight users, learn, and iterate. Produ...

If your PM team only has one or two people responsible for covering multiple products with complex features, I would recommend building a prioritized list of deliverables...

If you are a junior PM who is the first product management hire, it would be fair to assume you are working at an early-stage startup where likely the founder is acting a...

What product management updates get shared with the rest of the company and how they get shared will vary based on the size of the company and the function of the company...

Adding every new member to the team adds friction and operation overhead increases. You will need to set up processes that allow the team to operate independently and wor...

This is a great question. In my opinion, a lot of product teams especially ones that are focussed on customer-facing products completely miss tracking product health KPIs...

The product manager's primary responsibility is to ensure that the right product is delivered to the market at the right time. In order to do this effectively, you will n...