Avantika Gomes
Group Product Manager, Production Experience, Figma
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Avantika Gomes
Figma Group Product Manager, Production Experience • December 22
There's a lot written about basic PM competencies (https://a16z.com/2012/06/15/good-product-managerbad-product-manager/), and for any PM on my team, they should be able to do all these things you'd expect from a PM (write specs, understand the customer, communicate upwards and outwards, GSD). I'l......Read More
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Avantika Gomes
Figma Group Product Manager, Production Experience • December 22
Congratulations! Being the first PM at a company can be a really exciting and formative experience, in shaping the product vision and the product organization. Here's a few things I'd suggest: * It's all about the user - user needs, user problems, user stories! Spend a lot of time learning a......Read More
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Avantika Gomes
Figma Group Product Manager, Production Experience • December 22
There are a few that I consider important to set up (and refine) as you grow your team: 1. Processes for top-down sharing: As your team grows, knowledge sharing becomes harder but also more critical. PMs can only do their best work when they have context about conversations and updates ......Read More
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Avantika Gomes
Figma Group Product Manager, Production Experience • December 22
Contrary to popular belief, it's not about writing a job description as fast as possible and starting to hire! It's important to spend some time upfront thinking about the team you are trying to build: 1. Define your team structure: Think about how you want to set up your product team - wha......Read More
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Group Product Manager, Production Experience at Figma
Product Management AMA Contributor
Knows About Building a Product Management Team, Growth Product Management, Building 0-1 Products,......more