Product Managers
The Product Manager is responsible for product planning and implementation, including collecting and prioritising product and consumer specifications, identifying the product vision, and working closely with manufacturing, distribution, marketing and support to ensure that revenue and customer satisfaction targets are met. The Product Manager also makes sure the product supports the overall vision and priorities of the business.
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KEY SKILLS
A General Understanding of Data
Industry InsightsVisionary
Be a jack-of-all-trades
Master technical know-how
Design and User Experience Knowledge
Excellent communicator
Know their way around metrics
Team player
Empathy
Problem solving
Curiosity
Team spirit
Leadership
Problem-solving
Process building
PROS
Most appealing part is capturing the talents of a vast team and tactfully aligning them to execute a common vision
Understanding complex customer problems and building the right solutions for their problems is definitely satisfying
There's a creative and intellectual challenge of balancing the fresh and the practical aspect while being profitable
Product Managers tend to have a lot more freedom to do their work than others in an organization
The task of building a product, releasing it, and seeing it used by 1,10, 1 million, 100 million people is a thrill and is an interesting process that teaches you plenty
It develops your entrepreneurial skills and mindset
CONS
Having to overcome the limitations imposed by budget and technology
You have to budget a lot of time around communication while concentrating on product details
Lack of time- you will not have enough time to do everything that is needed
Selecting a company to work for is a bit harder since product management might mean different things to different companies
OPPORTUNITY TYPES
GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
Companies
Agencies
You understand emotional intelligence
You must understand customers’ concerns about their product
You have relationship management skills
Interest in translating business-to-technical requirements, and vice versa
You love defining and tracking success metrics
KEY OPPORTUNITIES
Books
Podcasts
Networking Groups
Interesting Facts about the career
Offers for product management jobs in Finland have increased by 160%
Product managers provide 34% extra revenue to companies
Less than 30% of executives fully appreciate their value
Senior product managers are the most sought after candidates
The most in-demand skill for product managers is project management