Building a Product Management Team
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Melissa Ushakov
GitLab Group Manager, Product Management • March 7
Contributing myself and supporting my team can be at odds with each other. Coaching and supporting my team is always my number one priority. There are times when I simply need to say no and deprioritize things to ensure I have enough time to support my team. It's important to have open commun......Read More
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Tamar Hadar
The Knot Worldwide Senior Director of Product • February 2
As a first PM, you will need to be very judicious with how you allocate your time and resources. In fact, I think that’s true for larger companies as well. There are always going to be more ideas than resources available. As a product manager, you are responsible for translating the company’s vi......Read More
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Jacqueline Porter
GitLab Director of Product Management • December 7
A well-rounded product team requires three main features: * Diverse composition * Top talent in the domain * Rigorous product management processes Diverse talent can be accomplished by hiring with a specific schedule of product manager you want to hire. This can mean location diversity gende......Read More
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Microsoft Principal PM Manager / Product Leader • January 31
Wonderful, congrats! Get into a rhythm by understanding the business/company goals. Then understand how the tech works (look at the customer/user interface first and then make sure you understand how the system behind the UI works). Begin collecting data in a transparent way and share your learn......Read More
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Rupali Jain
Chief Product Officer • March 1
I'm going to suggest a few processes, but please do scale each process to the size of the organization. Treat your processes like you treat your product - establish 2-3 internal customer problems that are actually worth solving, and solve them with an MVP of a process and iterate as you learn - d......Read More
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Virgilia Kaur Pruthi (she/her)
Microsoft Principal PM Manager / Product Leader • January 31
Interestingly enough I see two trends in the types of KPIs product teams miss. 1) Aligning with the larger's organization or business goals - Ensuring that your product roadmap is actually impacting the success metrics (OKRs, KPIs) of the business itself is critical to knowing if you are invest......Read More
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Rupali Jain
Chief Product Officer • March 1
There are different types of updates that need to be communicated to the rest of the company and how those get communicated is different * Vision/Roadmap: At least annually, live at the annual kickoff to the company. A recording should be available at all times, as well as part of the sa......Read More
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Mckenzie Lock
Netflix Director of Product • August 3
The candidate must “spike” (“8/10” or higher) in all of these areas, in order of importance: 1. Critical Thinking Given how many decisions and complex problems are thrown at PMs, this the #1 most important attribute I screen for. They don’t need to be a rocket scientist (top 0.5% of populati......Read More
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Deepak Mukunthu
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Einstein AI • February 22
The ideal product manager-to-engineer ratio can vary depending on the nature and complexity of the products being developed, the size and stage of the organization, and other factors such as the development process, company culture, and resources available. However, a common rule of thumb is to a......Read More
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Zeeshan Qamruddin
HubSpot Senior Director of Product Management, Fintech • April 12
Today, our org structure follows the ethos of "Small, autonomous teams". In this structure, we generally have a PM paired with a Technical Lead (Eng), somewhere between 3 - 5 Engineers, and a Business Systems Analyst to focus on operational and analytical tasks. Some teams have a Design/UX repres......Read More
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