How to make a career change to PM?
Any tips, strategy, success stories?
5 Answers
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 4y
See my answer above on breaking into tech as a PM for one of the options. Another option, if you are a mid-to-senior career professional is to build ties with your produc...
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HubSpot Director of Product Strategy | Marketing Hub, Content Hub • 8mo
Lots of folks want to break into PM but don’t know where to start. The good news: PM isn’t about a single background; it’s about building a toolkit across customer insigh...
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HashiCorp Director of Product Management • 8mo
My background was in mechanical engineering, and I worked briefly as an engineer before making the switch over to PM. There are a few different types of skills that trans...
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Atlassian Director of Product Management (Confluence) | Formerly PayPal, eBay, Intel, Verizon • 3y
It can be challenging to break into PM space but here are a few tips: 1. Switch roles to PM within your current organization: this is the best path as you already have a ...
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Care Solace Chief Product Officer | Formerly Headspace, Ginger, LinkedIn • 3y
Generally, where I’ve seen people best succeed in transitioning is when you change one dimension at a time. So, either change your company, role or industry. Trying to mo...
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