This document outlines the key responsibilities and skills required of a product manager. It discusses communicating vision to stakeholders, aligning teams, setting up processes, influencing others with the product vision, seeing the big picture of customers and markets, and managing tactical execution such as tasks, issues, and delivery. The product manager is responsible for defining the product and market, analyzing gaps, setting a roadmap and goals, managing budget and resources, and ensuring success through key performance indicators.

1. Product
Sponsor
Market
segment
Customer
definition
Gap
Analysis
Product
RoadMapVision,
mission
Product
charterSuccess, KPI -
performance,
optimization and
thresholds,
GOALs
Execution
Budget
People,
resources

2. Product Manager skills + Project + People skills
1. Communication - stakeholders, reports, meetings, alignment of vision.
2. Team up - listen, understanding roles, giving credits, buy-ins and negotiation.
3. Organizational - deploy tools, setup processes, guides, team calendar, structures.
4. Influence - pitch, speak to the vision, celebrate accomplishments, mentor.
5. Big picture - customers, market, upper management, community, brand.
6. Tactical - methodologies, tasks, issues, change, execution, validation, delivery.