Product Management Careers Blog Posts by ProductPlan https://www.productplan.com/category/career/ Product Roadmapping Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:07:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.productplan.com/uploads/LogoMark-FullColor-300x300.png Product Management Careers Blog Posts by ProductPlan https://www.productplan.com/category/career/ 32 32 Product-Led Summit Conference: A Product Manager’s Experience https://www.productplan.com/product-led-summit-conference/ https://www.productplan.com/product-led-summit-conference/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:19:48 +0000 https://www.productplan.com/blog// As a product manager, attending conferences is not just a part of professional development but an invaluable source of inspiration and learning. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Product-Led Summit hosted by the Product-Led Alliance in New York. During the conference, I immersed myself in the world of product and attended various sessions […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/product-led-summit-conference/feed/ 0 Lessons from a Product Launch: Rivian https://www.productplan.com/lessons-from-a-product-launch-rivian/ https://www.productplan.com/lessons-from-a-product-launch-rivian/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:30:53 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/blog// Lessons from a Product Launch: Rivian Ask any product manager, and they will tell you that product launches are equal parts daunting and exciting. “Go, go, go” is the mantra, as all team members kick into high gear to get the first minimum viable product (MVP) out into the world. Launching a product should be […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/lessons-from-a-product-launch-rivian/feed/ 0 ProductPlan Named Fortune’s Great Places To Work Top 100 Small Businesses in 2021 https://www.productplan.com/top-places-to-work/ https://www.productplan.com/top-places-to-work/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:03:42 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/blog// ProductPlan is excited to announce that we have ranked on Fortune's great places to work in 2021. Explore how we got here as an organization.

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/top-places-to-work/feed/ 0 Why Gender Diversity Leads to Better Products https://www.productplan.com/gender-diversity-better-products/ https://www.productplan.com/gender-diversity-better-products/#respond Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:55:11 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/blog// In the 2021 State of Product Management Report, our annual collection of data designed to bring to life the trends driving product management, we found gender diversity, or lack thereof, a prime opportunity for product management teams to create more intentional inclusivity.  Let’s further understand where things currently stand with gender diversity in the product […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/gender-diversity-better-products/feed/ 0 Taking the Leap: Why Product Managers Make Better Entrepreneurs https://www.productplan.com/product-entrepreneur/ https://www.productplan.com/product-entrepreneur/#respond Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:14:21 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=13347 I’ve spoken with so many product managers who have a dream of becoming an entrepreneur or launching their own product one day. Every one of those conversations is exciting because that was my dream too. After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/product-entrepreneur/feed/ 0 How Do You Know You’re Hiring a Good Product Team Member? https://www.productplan.com/hiring-product/ https://www.productplan.com/hiring-product/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:14:03 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=13137 Product leaders don’t often get many chances for hiring product team members. It’s not overstating things to label bringing on new talent as critically important. Additions to the product team must ramp up quickly. Then they are entrusted with varying levels of authority and autonomy to add value and allow the organization to scale. There’s […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/hiring-product/feed/ 0 3 Reasons You Should Hire a Senior Product Manager https://www.productplan.com/hire-senior-product-manager/ https://www.productplan.com/hire-senior-product-manager/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:00:40 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=11976 Once you’re blessed with the opportunity to expand your product management team with a new hire, you have options to consider. You can hire a senior product manager who will bring their years of real-world experience and savviness to the table, or you can bring on new talent you can mold and mentor yourself. Of […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/hire-senior-product-manager/feed/ 0 Building Your Sphere of Influence, Featuring Roxanne Mustafa https://www.productplan.com/sphere-of-influence/ https://www.productplan.com/sphere-of-influence/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:38:35 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=11979 When you’re new to a product management role, you enter the situation with minimal credibility, name recognition, or trust beyond your hiring manager.   When your entire job is to define a direction for the product and convince everyone else it’s the right one, that clean slate isn’t helpful. For this role, it’s essential to grow […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/sphere-of-influence/feed/ 0 The Journey from Customer Success to Product Manager https://www.productplan.com/customer-success-to-product-manager/ https://www.productplan.com/customer-success-to-product-manager/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:00:11 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=11885 There are many roles where your career path is clear. But, product management is a different story. People have transitioned to successful careers as product managers (PM) from every background. I know this experience firsthand and I’m thrilled to say, ProductPlan itself recently made a similar hire: from customer success to product manager. That new […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/customer-success-to-product-manager/feed/ 0 My Experience Transitioning From Engineering to Product Leadership https://www.productplan.com/transition-engineering-product-leadership/ https://www.productplan.com/transition-engineering-product-leadership/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:28:20 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=11626 When I started my career as an engineer, I didn’t set my sights on becoming a product manager. Flash forward fifteen years later, and I’m the Director of Product Management at HG Insights. Working in startups and big technology companies, I’ve encountered one question more than most: “How do I make the switch from engineering […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/transition-engineering-product-leadership/feed/ 0 The Ultimate Motivation: What Gets Product Managers Out of Bed Every Morning? https://www.productplan.com/product-managers-motivation/ https://www.productplan.com/product-managers-motivation/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:15:45 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=10973 No matter how much we love our career, we all have some days when we’d rather stay in bed. So what motivates product managers to get out of bed and show up? I recently moderated a panel of experts to talk about the intersection of happiness and product management. We found that our panelists and […]

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]]> https://www.productplan.com/product-managers-motivation/feed/ 0 How I Learned to Embrace Uncertainty: Tips for Product Managers https://www.productplan.com/embrace-uncertainty-product-managers/ https://www.productplan.com/embrace-uncertainty-product-managers/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:10:18 +0000 https://productplanmarketingstaging.local/?p=10195 I’ll admit it, in the past, I’ve wrestled with needing to control uncertainty. For years I thoroughly planned most everything and felt the need to know the eventual outcome of decisions. I had expectations, and if the expectations weren’t met, I was disappointed. Whether it was a product I managed or a vacation I took, […]

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