What are your thoughts about getting certified in project management as a means to break into product marketing?
My background is consumer and market insights as well as BD/sales; also have an MBA. Would a Project Mgmt certification help or is it totally irrelevant?
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Guidewire Software Senior Product Marketing Manager • 8y
Short answer, certifications are somewhat irrelevant when it comes to getting a job.It doesn't hurt to get more education. I have an MA and MBA. But if you want to break ...
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WalkMe Director, Solutions Marketing & Competitive Intelligence • 8y
PMP--bleah. I think you got poor advice on this one. I view PMP as a certification for an administrative professional looking to get a higher-paying job. If you highlight...
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Woven Head of Marketing • 8y
I don't personally have PMP certification. Certainly strong project management skills are helpful to a product marketer. But I don't know that certification is the fastes...
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I'd value a project management certification as much as I would a certification on PPT or excel. Interesting point, nothing negative, but will not make much of a differen...
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Telescope Partners Head of Marketing | Formerly Nexmo, Dialpad, Aspire, Brandfolder • 8y
I think it would help. project management is super important in product marketing given the multitude of things you're tasked with accomplishing. How much it would help I...
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Director of PMM | Formerly Meta, Upwork, Zendesk, PagerDuty • 8y
I would not advise to get a PMP certification as a means to break into product marketing. There are skills that are much more relevant / important to product marketing th...
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Ouster Vice President Marketing • 8y
One of the most important things about being a good product marketer is knowing the market. To know the market you must interact with the market and with individual buyer...
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