The document discusses breaking into product management and getting started in the role. It provides advice from a Microsoft product leader on carving your own unique path to product management based on their experiences across electrical engineering, consulting, finance, and more. The leader emphasizes that the connections between one's diverse experiences may not be obvious and stresses bringing a fresh perspective through listening to help provide clarity. They also recommend choosing your own adventure by being curious, seeking mentorship, and reflecting on your strengths as you define your own product management role.

1. Make Your Experience Your PM Forte
by Microsoft Product Leader
www.productschool.com

2. CERTIFICATES
Your Product Management Certificate Path
Product Leadership
Certificate™
Full Stack Product
Management Certificate™
Product Management
Certificate™
20 HOURS
40 HOURS
40 HOURS

3. Corporate
Training
Level up your team’s Product
Management skills

4. Free Product Management Resources
BOOKS
EVENTS
JOB PORTAL
COMMUNITIES
bit.ly/product_resources
COURSES

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7. www.productschool.com
Part-time Product Management Training Courses
and
Corporate Training

8. CERTIFICATES
Your Product Management Certificate Path
Product Leadership
Certificate™
Full Stack Product
Management Certificate™
Product Management
Certificate™

9. Corporate
Training
Level up your team’s Product
Management skills

10. Free Product Management Resources
BOOKS
EVENTS
JOB PORTAL
COMMUNITIES
bit.ly/product_resources
COURSES

11. Make your experience your PM forte
PRODUCT SCHOOL

12. PRANOY CHAUDHURI

13. BACKGROUND
Product
managemen
t
MBA
Electrical
engineering
Consulting
Fraud Data
Science
Financial
services
Investment
banking

14. AGENDA
◼ Breaking into product management
◼ Getting started: I’m here, what now?
◼ Choose your own adventure

15. Breaking into product
management

16. Is product management for me [needs]?
What, Why
How
Ownership
Contributor
Customer value
Cool(ness)

17. Carving your own path – my highlights
Electrical engineering
Algorithms
Programming
Consulting
Managing clients
Business impact
Fraud risk management
Risk modeling
MBA
New Products Lab
Corporate finance
Behavioral economics
Banking
Telecom strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions

18. Carving your own path – the PM Venn
Business Tech
UX

19. Carving your own path - SIGNALS
Electrical engineering
Algorithms
Programming
Consulting
Managing clients
Business impact
Fraud risk management
Risk modeling
MBA
New Products Lab
Corporate finance
Behavioral economics
Banking
Telecom strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business
Technology
User experience
The connections are not OBVIOUS – You are the PM!

20. Getting started: I’m here,
what now?

21. “Do I belong
here?”

22. “I could solve
everything…”
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“I could solve
everything…”
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24. “…Or I could
listen and bring
clarity”
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25. Choose your own adventure

26. The role is what you make it
Be curious
Hackathons, courses
Seek mentorship
Fresh perspective
Take time to reflect
What am I good at?

27. THANK YOU

28. www.productschool.com
Part-time Product Management Training Courses
and
Corporate Training