What are differences between PM and Sr. PM? What are clear indicators that someone is ready to take on Sr. PM role and responsibilities that come with it? And, when in the Sr. PM role, what are key stages that distinguish different levels of Sr. PMs?
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As you progress from PM to senior PM, competencies in these 3 areas should grow: Autonomy💪🏽, Scope 🌫️ and Leadership 🙋 . There are a few clear indications that someone i...
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Notable Head of Product • 3y
At Asana, we don't use leveled job titles to indicate seniority (e.g. Product Manager III or Senior Director of Marketing), but that doesn't mean that we don't have manag...
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Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 3y
Check out my other answer in the AMA outlining the difference in skills between different PM levels. As for how do I know that someone is ready to take on a Sr. PM role, ...
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Care Solace Chief Product Officer | Formerly Headspace, Ginger, LinkedIn • 3y
This varies so much from company to company but my general lens while moving from PM to SPM: SPMs have had at least one meaningful product launch in their career. SPMs a...
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Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology • 3y
In general, the progression from any level to the next is a matter of demonstrating increasing levels of skill in product definition, technical or domain expertise, abili...
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Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management • 1y
PM I/II/III is primarily about execution. Someone else comes up with an idea/initiative and a PM at this level largely takes direction, writes briefs/PRDs assuming that t...
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