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Roshni Jain
Head of Product/VP, Volley
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • January 28
The jump from IC PM into product leadership whether as a Group PM or a Director of Product is one of the most challenging progressions in a product career. At this step a Consumer PM's career, the skills and behaviors that have helped them excel as an IC PM - excellent execution, strong PRDs, gre......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • January 28
There is no right answer, but here are a few lenses I've used when providing counsel to others and in considering the companies I've worked with: * Is this a product that I'm personally excited about? I don't have to be the ideal customer, but is there something about the product that excite......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • January 28
This is linked to the other question, so I'll be brief here. The vast majority of fundamental PM skills are transferable regardless of B2B, B2C or platform focused work. By fundamental skills I mean * Leadership and communication - the ability to lead through influence, work with engineers,......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • January 28
Part of what drew me to Consumer Product and why I love it so much is that as individuals, we are all consumers. I studied Consumer Marketing and Consumer Psychology as an undergrad and I've always been fascinated by why people make the decisions they do with their time, money and attention. So, ......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • November 23
There are only particular instances when, in my experience, it can make sense to have multiple product managers within a team. If your engineering structure is a squad/pod model where there is a dedicated set of engineers along on a core mission with clear ownership, I would most typically have 1......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • November 23
PM to engineer ratios can range wildly from 1 PM to every 2-3 engineers to something 1 PM to 15 engineers. This largely depends on the size of the company and the type of product. In a more entertainment context, like a gaming start-up, you might have leaner engineering teams with more PMs to de......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • November 23
I would work on doing both. When you start out in a new role it's important to get quickly up to speed, create a plan and start adding value. Most likely you'll see many opportunities to make things better now that are a light lift. So, I would add these best practices (could be simple things ......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • November 23
This can be a challenging situation as there are many places the 1-2 PMs could add value. I would recommend taking two filters to the workload. First, categorize the priority of the existing multiple products across the three horizons: * Horizon 1: Strong current drivers of value that need to ......Read More
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Roshni Jain
Volley Head of Product/VP • November 23
This varies a lot based on the size and stage of the company - so it's important to think about: * Which audiences you want to communicate updates to * What level of detail each audience needs * What frequency each audience needs * What existing mechanisms and forums exist where you can m......Read More
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