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What are the required hard skills for a product manager?

Also is it a plus for a product manager to know how to read code?

Katherine Man
Katherine Man

HubSpot Group Product Manager, CRM Platform • 3mo

Core hard skills are data fluency, experimentation, and technical literacy. You should be able to define metrics, run analyses, design experiments, and interpret results....
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How can I navigate a situation where I am frequently assigned project management tasks rather than product management responsibilities, and where there seems to be a lack of emphasis on product vision and impact-based product building?

Bryan Dunn
Bryan Dunn

Nextiva Head of Product, Developer Ecosystem | Formerly VP Product at Localytics, Crayon, Redox, CoreStory • 1y

I've seen this situation quite a bit and the single most effective way to drive change towards impact-based product building is bringing data to show the downsides of the...
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How do product management skills change as you get more senior in the role?

I'm a technical product manager now and I find that the execution piece of my previous roles is not as desired in my current role and I am trying to balance what I deem as PM fundamentals with what my new role expectations should be.

Narmada Jayasankar
Narmada Jayasankar

Atlassian Head of Product Management • 1y

At every level, the core PM competencies of driving clarity and alignment through clear communication, delivering measurable outcomes for the business and influencing wit...
2,580 Views

What is the most underrated soft skill of a high performing PM?

Aindra Misra
Aindra Misra

BILL Director, Product Management (Data, AI, DevEx, Identity) | Formerly Twitter/X • 1y

Ability to tell the story and connect the dots. As a PM, if you are not able to tell your story in a crisp and clear manner with the right amount of details, and tailored...
610 Views

Switching back to product management

For someone who used to work in product management but switched to product marketing for the last 8 years, why is it so difficult to get back into product management at Cisco?

Tammy Hahn
Tammy Hahn

Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, Gainsight • 1y

While I am not familiar with Cisco in particular, I would say that my biggest concern as a hiring manager for someone that hasn't recently worked in the Product Managemen...
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How do you overcome domain hiring bias while looking for product roles?

Mike Flouton
Mike Flouton

Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 1y

I don't think you'll like this answer, but I'm just going to tell it like I see it. I'm not sure it's a good use of time trying to overcome domain hiring preference in ge...
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What are the most important product management skills or perspectives that others inside an organization could benefit from that would improve their day to day?

Running a "Think Like a Product Manager" course next month and would love to hear others'

Anton Kravchenko
Anton Kravchenko

Carta Sr. Director of Product Management | Formerly Salesforce, MuleSoft, Apple • 3y

Your team size, overall organization dynamic, and product maturity all shape the skills you need to improve day-to-day operations. Distilling to the basics, I'd go with t...
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Where should I look for training on product management?

Sacha Dawes
Sacha Dawes

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

Firstly, thank you for your question, and it’s one that I believe any aspiring or seasoned product manager should be asking.  The fact is that regardless of your domain, ...
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What's a typical product manager career path?

Bhaskar Krishnan
Bhaskar Krishnan

Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI | Formerly Stripe, Flipkart, Yahoo • 3y

This is a very interesting question and one that I keep touching upon on almost all career conversations with my teams & mentees. There is no one typical career path ...
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What framework has worked for you to help you structure your thought process

What would be your advice or go-to resources for a PM to build critical thinking skills?

Aaron Bloom
Aaron Bloom

Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y

I use a simple framework for critical thinking and problem-solving:Define the problem: Break it down into a clear need statement. Understand dependencies, time sensitivit...
4,727 Views

How have you dealt with possible overlaps between Product Managers, Business Owners and Marketing?

I was just reading an article by Marty Cagan about the scenario of Business Owners "versus" Product Managers, especially for companies using a matrix organization. Now, I'm living in a similar situation, and not only in the case of Business Owners, but it seems that depending on the side of the organization, the scope of Product Managers is divided more than expected, causing various types of issues. So, I'm curious if other companies, big or small, have also had to deal with this. Here's the link to the article: https://www.svpg.com/product-managers-vs-business-owners/

Casey Flinn
Casey Flinn

OEC Head of Global Product Operations • 3y

Ah yes, I remember this article :) I think the key point Marty makes is "Things go wrong when these two roles are not clearly defined." There are two aspects of "defined...
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