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What hard skills are must haves to be a Product leader? What are nice to haves?

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  1. Mamuna Oyofo, MBA
    Mamuna Oyofo, MBA

    Shopify VP of Product • 4y

    The hard skills that come to mind for me are: 1. Technical - This is going to vary depending on the type of career you want to have and the company you want to work for. Generally, it is important for you to have an understanding of technical development principles and vocabulary. You want to be a strong partner to your peers and competitively, this will put you ahead of others.  2. Analytical - Data is an important part of the product management journey. Someone said "If you care about it, meas ...Read More

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  2. Lexi Lowe
    Lexi Lowe

    Hex Head of Product | Formerly Fivetran • 1y

    Every product leader is different but I'd say there are generally two primary flavors: 1) amazing executors who work with strong visionaries or 2) strong visionaries who work with amazing executors. Having awareness about your superpower and finding a company to complement your strengths is critical to being successful. No matter what your superpower is, there are some basic hard skills that are important: an understanding of your market and market dynamics user research & customer interacti ...Read More

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  3. Sacha Dawes
    Sacha Dawes

    Semarchy Chief Product Officer | Formerly Flexera, Snow Software, SolarWinds, AT&T, Microsoft • 1y

    If anyone has gotten close to a complete list of must-have items for product leaders it is Amazon with their Leadership Principles (see https://www.aboutamazon.com/about-us/leadership-principles).  These represent a list of 16 principles that cover a wide area of areas including communication, strategic thinking, data analysis, research, organizational management, and more. Any product leader (or product management professional) will find it challenging to be successful at all those principles, ...Read More

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