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Navin Ganeshan
Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • May 31
A technical product manager has a more substantial role working with engineering teams on core architecture and component design related to a feature. If all product managers have allegiance to different dimensions - business/revenue, customer experience, product/tech strategy, marketing etc - th......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • February 3
It could be a combination of any of these things - * Look at data (dashboards, customer feedback channels, internal partner team feedback) to check progress (on product success, platform performance) -Take any actions necessary (filing bugs, resolving a SEV) * Supporting your cross funct......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • February 3
I talked about my take on desirable qualities in one of my previous responses, so I’ll focus on the common mistakes I’ve personally made in my career in the past, that hopefully will help others avoid those pitfalls. * Mistaking motion/effort for progress (This is also one of Meta’s posters on ......Read More
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How can a TPM be helpful if they are not the most technically advanced person on the team?
Does the TPM need to theoretically be able to do/know how to do everything the engineers are doing (but they just aren't actually do it)? Some examples will be nice!
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Navin Ganeshan
Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • May 31
In a word, abstraction. A technical PM is usually NOT the most advanced technical person on a team. However, they are able to break through sufficient tech layers to be able to contextualize the tech in the overall product development. They are able to draw the bigger picture of how components fi......Read More
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Navin Ganeshan
Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • May 31
To be clear, I don't believe a technical-PM is always a better PM. It comes down to what attributes, passion and curiosity you posess and the direction you want to go. A good technical PM is strongly curious about technology and how it's used to solve the problem. They think of the problem, as we......Read More
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Devika Nair
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Director of Product Management • July 20
The best tech product managers I know have a very good understanding of their product. This includes understanding the customer needs and market. They use this knowledge to make quick, but data backed decisions about the product direction. They are also able to influence and bring along a wide ......Read More
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Navin Ganeshan
Amazon Head of Driver Products, Amazon Relay • May 31
The process of starting with a vision for any product/feature is conceptually simple, but also eludes many product managers who may be more accustomed to being able to chart a path to "somewhere" rather than have to contemplate where that somewhere is. It helps to demysify and de-romanticize the ......Read More
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Devika Nair
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Director of Product Management • July 20
In general, you need technical product managers when the PMs need a deep technical understanding. In most cases, this is because the customers of your product are technical. PMs who aren't technical will be unable to effectively manage a product whose customers are technical folks like develo......Read More
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Devika Nair
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Director of Product Management • July 20
I've usually found that it is best to start with organizational priorities, and map the projects to the same. I've usually not been a proponent of prioritization frameworks, though I've found plenty of PMs including members of my team who find them helpful. I just don't find a one size fits all w......Read More
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Vasanth Arunachalam
Meta Director, Technical Program Management • February 3
I love this question because it flips one of the previous questions to focus more on the individual. IMO the success of a Technical Product/Program Manager largely lies in the ‘What’ and the ‘How’. What impact did they have? This individual measure of success should be tied to the business (pro......Read More
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