Eric Chang

AMA: 1Password Director, Product Marketing, Eric Chang on Product Marketing Soft and Hard Skills

January 20 @ 10:00AM PT
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Eric Chang
1Password Director, Product Marketing4y
You'll often see something like go-to-market strategy/planning/execution mentioned as the most important skill for product marketers. While this isn't untrue, there is a ...
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Eric Chang
1Password Director, Product Marketing4y
If I had to choose one I would (slightly) lean towards soft skills. Having the right soft skills is what I believe enables a PMM to find the biggest opportunities and dri...
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How do you recommend working in my soft skills and their importance in the job interview when not directly asked?
I find that interviewers very often focus on the hard skills, but I think it’s the soft skills that can make/break a candidate. I usually try to highlight my soft skills within the context of my “STAR” stories.
Eric Chang
1Password Director, Product Marketing4y
I am a huge fan of the STAR format (and also keeping answers to two minutes or less)! For any interview, I think it's important to identify and prepare your key 3-4 examp...
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Eric Chang
1Password Director, Product Marketing4y
While I believe all the hard/soft skills I mentioned in my previous answer are must-haves for any PMM, my answer here depends most on the level of ambiguity at the compan...
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Eric Chang
1Password Director, Product Marketing4y
I'd recommend making sure to spend enough time on the planning and information gathering phase that is necessary prior to creating messaging. The most common issue I've s...
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