How do I shape my job title for a pivot into product?

I'm on the partnerships team at a big tech company and am hoping to move towards product roles. I have some flexibility in shaping my job title (early career). While of course a job title isn't the core thing that will help my pivot to product, what partnerships job titles would be most helpful in making that pivot?

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Product Management Career Path

Poorvi Shrivastav

Meta Senior Director of Product Management • 1y

As a product leader, I've seen successful transitions from partnerships to product. While titles matter, your actual experiences and demostrated skills are more crucial. Some beneficial titles could be: Strategic Partnerships Manager Product Integration Partnerships Manager Partner Solutions Manager For example, in a B2B SaaS environment, partnerships roles can develop key PM skills: Technical Integration: Managing API integrations with partners builds technical understanding. Pricing Strategy: ...Read More

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Rupali Jain

Optimizely Chief Product Officer • 1y

Based on your question, you already realize that title is a very small part of making this transition. If you want to move to product, start thinking about the types of projects that you take on that get you working with the product team closely - on partnerships, its better to focus on tech partnerships for example, which work more closely with product teams. Become the partner liaison to the product team or to a part of the product so you can take on projects that help you see what good produc ...Read More

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Julian Dunn

Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management • 1y

To pivot into product management from partnerships/bizdev, you first want to think about performing a role in partnerships that requires you to work closely with product management, and then determine what the title is. There are three main focus areas for partnerships that I commonly see: SI (system integrators/implementation partners); channel (resellers/marketplaces); and technology partners. As you can probably imagine, the latter is where you will have the most touch points with product, so ...Read More

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