What are the different types of product managers, and how do you figure out which type you're the best fit for?
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Cisco Director of Product Management • 1y
A super common question! Traditionally the term "product manager" can often mean different things depending on the size of the company, the product's stage, and sometimes...
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Different types of PMs - Core Product Managers, Platform Product Managers, Infra/Internal Product Managers, Data Product Managers, Growth Product Managers, AI Product Man...
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Carta Sr. Director of Product Management | Formerly Salesforce, MuleSoft, Apple • 4y
There are different ways you can think about it, but I like to think about PMs as those that build new products (0-->1) and PMs that come in to manage an existing prod...
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Atlassian Director of Product Management (Confluence) | Formerly PayPal, eBay, Intel, Verizon • 3y
Some key types I have encountered are: UX/UI product managers: These product managers are responsible for the user experience and user interface of a product. Platform ...
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Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management • 2y
Just like there are a million ways to segment the market, there are also a million ways to segment PMs. :-) Here are a couple of ways I like to think about PM segmentatio...
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