What do you look for when you're hiring a PM or Senior PM?
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Former BILL Director, Product Management - Payments • 1y
When hiring a PM or Senior PM, I focus on product sense, execution skills, and a hunger to learn.Key Evaluation Criteria:Soft Skills:Do they clearly understand the proble...
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Optimizely Chief Product Officer • 1y
Oh, I could write about this for a loooong time :). I'll condense down to a few key traitsCritical thinking - do you have the ability to understand and articulate the pr...
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Atlassian Head of Product, DevOps • 1y
I am fortunate that Atlassian has very clear hiring guidelines for all product management roles however, in general I also look for: Flexibility. Flexibility is key for...
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