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How does product management differ when you are working to create a custom infrastructure platform?

Where do you draw a line between having technical skills and having product mgmt skills?

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  1. Matt Landry
    Matt Landry

    Infoblox SVP Product Management, Networking • 4y

    "Custom infrastructure platform" is nearly an oxymoron. :-) Anyway, it doesn't sound like a product; products are offered for sale to a market. A "custom infrastructure platform" is very likely an internal project. It will have organizational stakeholders, clearly defined objectives (be very cautious here!), and a budget based on a (likely inflated) forecasted operating outcome. A project or program manager will be responsible for delivery here, and they partner closely with a technical architec ...Read More

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  2. Ashka Vakil
    Ashka Vakil

    strongDM Sr. Director, Product Management • 1y

    Great question! Platform PMing is a whole different beast compared to user-facing product work. When you are building a custom infrastructure platform, you are essentially serving internal developers or technical teams as your customers. You are the glue between deeply technical teams and broader business impact. You need to think about performance, scale, extensibility, and enablement (think APIs!) and need to be technical. Infrastructure PMs build the highways, not the cars. Let's break down w ...Read More

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