Senior Director of Product Management, Fintech at HubSpot | Formerly Segment, WeWork, Airbnb • April 12
This is a situation that our team went through last year, scaling from 2 PMs to
10 over 12 months. Before hiring any additional PMs, we first took the time to
survey the teams that existed in our curr
I'm not sure it is the most effective because I've really only used one
strategy, but it has been effective for me. Grow your own scope, take on more
than you can handle, do a good job of pitching th
Group Product Manager, Production Experience at Figma • December 22
Contrary to popular belief, it's not about writing a job description as fast as
possible and starting to hire! It's important to spend some time upfront
thinking about the team you are trying to build
Director, Technical Program Management at Meta | Formerly Microsoft • May 5
Building with intent is key. As a first PM or TPM, you are often running a
one-person show. You wear multiple hats and you tend to be scrappy, flexing to
what the business needs you to do. That approa
Senior Director of Product at The Knot Worldwide | Formerly Trello (Atlassian) • February 3
I have been a part of small teams, large teams, a PM consultant and an
entrepreneur. I have yet to scale a PM team beyond the first PM but here are the
things I would consider: Structure your team ba
The first PM hired into a company, or in a division of a company, will usually
be an individual who can wear different hats on any given day. (see one of my
favorite product management graphics: https
The simple answer is to hire PMs :) . That said, I'm assuming you are asking
more of how to structure the team to scale to the needs of the organization as
you hire Define the discipline: Hire PMs t