What are the key processes you'd set up when expanding the PM team from 1 to multiple people?
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Meta Director, Technical Program Management | Formerly Microsoft • 4y
Expanding the team from 1 to multiple people comes with a set of pitfalls that I’ve learned the hard way. And many other factors such as Org culture, line of business, pr...
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Figma Director of Product • 3y
There are a few that I consider important to set up (and refine) as you grow your team: Processes for top-down sharing: As your team grows, knowledge sharing becomes har...
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Optimizely Chief Product Officer • 4y
I'm going to suggest a few processes, but please do scale each process to the size of the organization. Treat your processes like you treat your product - establish 2-3 i...
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Google Group Product Manager • 3y
Here's how I'd think about it: Some planning cadence where strategy and roadmap can be reviewed at different levels of fidelity. (Annual, Quarterly etc.) Product review...
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Aurora Solar Director of Product Management • 3y
The most important process you can set up is a retrospective of some kind. I talk about this in more detail in another answer, but as you add people, ensuring that you ha...
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GitLab Group Product Manager • 3y
More often than not, we are in scaling phase as a company/group when trying to expand from 1 PM to multiple PMs, I want to ensure that following is in place: Clearly defi...
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strongDM Sr. Director, Product Management • 3y
Adding every new member to the team adds friction and operation overhead increases. You will need to set up processes that allow the team to operate independently and wor...
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GitLab Director of Product Management • 2y
I'd first focus on setting up a robust planning process so that no matter which PM other teams are working with, they know how to make requests and how they'll be handled...
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Carta VP Product, Upmarket & Private Equity • 3y
Great question and I'll give the starting place because with each step function in growth comes another set of process challenges. Leveling guide along with the competenc...
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Atlassian Principal Product Manager • 2y
First things first: work with your team to create processes. Much like a building a product, a product leader should interview their team to understand their pain points ...
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