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Mamuna Oyofo, MBA
Shopify VP of Product • February 9
To be a strong product manager, you will have to learn to balance your art in the science. That is your hard and soft skills. When you are new to a team, naturally you want to show your value and start to contribute right away. However you don't take the time to understand the dynamics of the exi......Read More
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Anton Kravchenko
Carta Director of Product Management • March 15
I don't think it's black & white. There is a broader spectrum of colors here. Leverage your superpowers to shine and learn the skills that help you do your job better. What matters is delivering results that move the business forward. These results will be noticed, and the rest will organically f......Read More
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Mamuna Oyofo, MBA
Shopify VP of Product • February 9
There is definitely a fine line here. Every decision cannot be data driven and will likely be informed to some extent BUT part of the excitment of product management is leaning on that intuition. In some cases, you will have data to back up your assumptions and in others you will not. Every situa......Read More
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Clara Lee
Automattic VP, Product & Operations (WooCommerce) • July 28
Sharp communication skills that enable proactive stakeholder management. This doesn't just mean blasting memos and updates to everyone, everywhere – it means: * Speaking about what matters to who; * Understanding what is the right timing; * And knowing which channels are most effective for ......Read More
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Anton Kravchenko
Carta Director of Product Management • March 15
My top soft skills: 1. Storytelling: As PMs, we must communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely to a range of stakeholders, including developers, designers, executives, and customers. Personally, I spend a good chunk of time creating artifacts that align multiple stakeholders o......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Personalization & ML/ AI • January 18
Empathy and the ability to connect with people across the board is the most under-rated skill for high-performing PMs. Empathy enables PMs to connect dots, build relationships, solve problems and dive-deep, to increase their expertise PMs need to exhibit people skills that span three broad categ......Read More
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Milena Krasteva
Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology • June 10
Fairly easily potentially, compared to transitioning from other less-related fields. Product Management is as much art as it is discipline or science. Leveraging technical expertise related to the same or adjacent PM area helps. Some job descriptions will even require engineering experience or ar......Read More
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Aleks Bass
Momentive (SurveyMonkey) Vice President Product Management • February 28
Every new job I've taken has had a pretty specific challenge I was hired to solve, and I was fortunate to have that clarity (at least at a high level). When I start in the new role, I focus on the following elements: * Build relationships with my team and cross-functional partners * Learn ......Read More
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