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How would someone get into product management who is early in their career and has some project management skills?

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  1. Narmada Jayasankar
    Narmada Jayasankar

    Atlassian Head of Product Management • 1y

    While project management and product management require similar soft skills (communication, negotiation, structured approach etc.) there are some fundamental differences. For instance, project managers need to be risk averse because their job is to make sure projects are delivered as promised. Whereas, product managers must have a higher risk appetite as their job is to maximize outcome for the business and must explore unconventional paths get to the outcome. So it's important to recognize that ...Read More

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  2. Sacha Dawes
    Sacha Dawes

    Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y

    Thank you for your question.  To start, it’s important to note that product management and project management are distinct roles with different focuses and responsibilities, where: Product Management is typically about creating and enhancing a product that addresses customer problems in a way that the customer is willing to pay for that solution. Project Management is typically focused on delivering specific projects against constraints that can include scope, a fixed timeline and budget. There ...Read More

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  3. Aindra Misra
    Aindra Misra

    BILL Director, Product Management (Data, AI, DevEx, Identity) | Formerly Twitter/X • 1y

    1. Identify and decide on what kind of PM role you want to get into - Growth PM, Platform PM, Domain specific PM..

    2. Understand the details and day to day of a PM role and get clarity on the hard and soft skills needed to be a good PM

    3. Start building your hard skills and follow the right PM influencers on social media and consume their content

    4. Build your resume based on what you learn from 1 to 3 above and start applying

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