The PM Skills No One Talks About by Mckinsey & Company PM
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Main Takeaways: - Identify the soft skills that will help you be a better PM and leader - Explore techniques to earn the respect of your team - Discuss how to effectively collaborate with your designers - Establish best practices for running efficient meetings
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- 2. Join 40,000+ Product Managers on Free Resources Discover great job opportunities Job Portal prdct.school/PSJobPortalprdct.school/events-slack
- 3. CERTIFICATES Your Product Management Certificate Path Product Leadership Certificate™ Full Stack Product Management Certificate™ Product Management Certificate™ 20 HOURS40 HOURS40 HOURS
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- 5. Gil Kim T O N I G H T ’ S S P E A K E R
- 6. Agenda 1. Intro 2. A standard set of skills a PM should know 3. Career trajectory as a PM 4. Common misconceptions & low-points 5. Leveling up as a PM 6. Q&A
- 7. Intro Gil Kim ● McKinsey & Company ○ Organizational & Talent Management ● Weedmaps ○ Listings/Brands - eCommerce ● ROKO Labs ○ Healthcare/Podcasting/Food Delivery/Commercial Real Estate ● BlackRock ○ Defined Contribution ● General Assembly NYC ○ Lead Instructor, over 200+ students
- 8. My journey to Product FX Swaps/NDFsChemical Eng. Day Trading
- 9. Resources to enter product
- 10. A standard set of skills a PM should know Any established PM should be confident in the following: ● Grooming & Prioritizing a backlog ● Properly gathering requirements with data & user-testing ● Running sprints with your engineering team ● Technical scoping & feasibility assessment ● Go-To-Market preparation & launch ● Run efficient meetings ● Managing your roadmap & communicating with stakeholders
- 11. Career trajectory as a PM Individual Contributor (IC) vs Manager Typical Product Management Career Path: APM > PM > Senior PM > Director of PM > VP of Product > CXO Next: How expectations of your role change as you progress
- 12. Common Misconceptions & Low Points ● PMs build amazing new features all the time ● Product get to whiteboard and design without getting into the nitty-gritty ● Product jobs are the same across companies ● The value of a PM is felt through a successful launch ● That feature your team worked on for 6 months can’t possibly be scrapped ● Management will communicate a clear vision for the company
- 13. Leveling Up as a PM Product is inherently a management job Earn respect from those that you work with ● 360° Feedback: Eng/Design/Prod/Sales/Mkting ● Communicate laterally, upwards, and downwards Focus on scaling your productivity beyond your individual output ● Empower those around you to make tough decisions & trust them ● Do NOT try to do it yourself ● Care about the success of everyone around you & what you can do to support them ● Index on impact over output
- 14. Thanks!
- 15. www.productschool.com Part-time Product Management Training Courses and Corporate Training
Editor's Notes
- If you’re interested to connect with other Product Managers, aspiring PMs, or those within tech, join our Slack community of over 40,000 professionals. It’s a great place to network and to find interesting content. We host a weekly AMA through our Slack channel on Tuesdays from 11:15am - 12pm PST. We have also recently launched the Job Portal where you can find the latest Product Management opportunities! As members of the Product School community, we'd like to provide you with these resources at your disposal.
- Product School’s Product Management Certificate Path comprises of 3 part-time courses for professionals with strong technical or business background who want to further explore Product Management at software-based companies. During Product Management Training you will first learn Product Management fundamentals to understand the software product lifecycle and what it takes to successfully transition into a product management role. You’ll then be trained to retrieve data, understand its value and make impactful decisions with SQL, data visualization and Tableau. Learn to understand your users to deliver exceptional UX/UI design and develop a robust digital marketing plan. During the Full Stack Product Management Training, you will deep dive into the technical knowledge to enhance your ability to work with agile teams. Finally, Product Leadership Training will elevate your product knowledge to become an effective Product Leader. You'll do an in-depth analysis on how to implement best PM practices on a strategic level to significantly impact your company’s portfolio and revenue. Learn the soft skills to manage product teams and manage stakeholders to deliver performing products.
- As well as individual courses we provide corporate training across the world! If you’d like to upskill your product team this is the best option for you. We have trained employees from multiple companies such as Deloitte, Salesforce, JP Morgan, Bank of America amongst many other companies across all industries.
- Feel free to speak with me and I can point you in the right direction (explain where to apply). Or you can visit www.productschool.com Have a good night!