Kassen Qian
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Kassen Qian
3. Strategic - You have PMF and a 2-3 year runway. Your Strategic PM, usually director level or VP level, will take your company's overall long-term vision and lay out the pathways that pave your way towards that. These pathways involve major decisions that could alter the company's future.
Connie Kwan • Kwan’s Hierarchy of Product Needs: The Four Levels of Product Managers | Heavybit
The solution: Figma's product roadmap doc.
Coda • An inside look at how Figma ships product
Another thing is a sense of urgency. The company is especially dedicated to moving very, very fast .
newsletter.bringthedonuts.com • Building Products at Stripe - Bring the Donuts Newsletter
You’re a coach: Coaches understand that teams are composed of people and the interpersonal relationships between each member determine to a large extent the effectiveness of the team, what it is capable of producing as a unit. PMs too must inspire, motivate and convince their team to fight for Every Single Inch.
Mat Balez • Product Manager You Are…
4. Celebrate wins
Coda • An inside look at how Figma ships product
The way you get things done is very relationship-driven at our company. So you have to be able to build influence.
Ken Norton • Building Products at Airbnb
You're a CEO: Gross overstatement except for senior PM roles. The majority of PM jobs involve ... little meaningful control over resourcing, zero actual reporting authority over anyone, nor much, if any, say in the budgeting process. But in terms of responsibility, the buck stops with you. If the product fails, it is your fault.