I don't care about the candidate's background when interviewing for my team. I've hired folks from engineering, solution engineering, sales, and customer success teams and they've become successful PMMs. That being said, most of them have this in common:
- Can-do and flexible attitude - Ready to take on any challenge. Open to solving it creatively and however long it takes to wrap it up.
- Connecting the dots - Instead of being siloed as just a PMM, thinking about the adjacent functions like campaigns / content / GTM teams and how to involve them.
- Good copywriting skills - Flair for writing is key for a PMM.
- Product experts - Know the product extremely well and ready to strategize with the product team for roadmap discussions.
- Creative problem-solvers - Always thinking about ways to do things differently and not afraid to try something new.