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Transition to the TPM is often considered as a next career step for technical roles. How to source for such candidates granting that their profiles often lack relevant details? What job titles, qualities and skills would you recommend to look for?

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  1. Vasanth Arunachalam
    Vasanth Arunachalam

    Meta Director, Technical Program Management | Formerly Microsoft • 4y

    I love this question. Typically one does not boot strap their career as a Technical PM, at least not until recently (Some companies including Meta are hiring Technical PM interns now who start their career as a TPMs which is great). So the most common TPM career progression stems from Engineering, Data Science, Product Operations, Partner Solutions Engineering etc. I’ve seen so many people from those backgrounds be immensely successful as a Technical PM. And there are people with many more backg ...Read More

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