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How to land on your feet as a product manager
July 19, 2015Paul Hurwitz
Parachuting into an Existing Product
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About Paul Hurwitz
• 15+ Years in technology roles• 10+ Years in Product roles• Finance/Accounting, Life Sciences & Health Tech
products•Have parachuted 3 times into existing products.
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About Paul Hurwitz
•Have parachuted 3 times into existing products.– Centage Corporation (Financial/Accounting)– Medidata Solutions (Life Sciences/Pharma)– ActiveHealth Management (Population Health
Management)
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Business Stakeholders
• CEO (depends on size of company)• Marketing director• Adjacent product managers• Sales director• Account Management
Technical Stakeholders
• VP Engineering / Development Lead• QA Lead• Customer Support Lead
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Discussions with Stakeholders
What is the problem that we are trying to solve?
•Face to Face (if possible)•Listen! Don’t talk too much.•Take notes
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Getting started with your new boss
• Discuss expectations• Frequency of 1:1s• Define 1 Year success• Figure out what kind of boss you have• Create a 30/60/90 Day Plan – Decide if you want to share
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Conclusion
"A great product manager has the brain of an engineer, the heart of a designer, and the speech of a diplomat.“
-Deep Nishar, SVP for products and user experience at LinkedIn