Advice to a new PM in this function? What are some common mistakes new PMs make?

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Director of Product Management, Speech and Video AI at Cisco • March 3

Seek to understand and clarify first before assuming you have learnt everything that is to know and propose solutions. I see there are lot of online courses, documentation, articles -- you can do a l

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Veronica Hudson

Director of Product Management, Marketing Products at ActiveCampaign • June 8

Everyone is going to make new mistakes coming into a PM role depending on where they are starting from. For me, my biggest mistake was letting my own imposter syndrome take over. I had worked so hard

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Alexa Maturana-Lowe

Senior Director of Product Management, Core Experience at Fivetran • July 14

I think the most common mistake that I see is jumping to solutions quickly. This is definitely my biggest mistake as I started as a product manager. For me, it was/is really easy to think I know the a

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Mike Flouton

VP, Product at Barracuda Networks • May 3

The biggest misconception about PM is that it's a tactical, inward facing role. It should be a strategic, outside in role. Writing stories, running scrum ceremonies and crashing standups are some of t

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Who is better suited for an AI product management role compared to a traditional pm role?

What do you look for in the backgrounds of aspiring product managers (who have never held the role before) as a signal that they will be a good hire?

What are some skills a PM needs to move up the ladder to a Director level role? What are the criteria of evaluation?

What are the key traits you look for in hiring AI Product Managers?

How do you determine success metrics for a promotion for product managers? Are there any key metrics someone must meet before they qualify?

What are the different types of AI Product Managers. Are we going to see a role that's similar to a Technical Product Manager focused towards the data science team?