What do Directors and VPS of Product Management Do?
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• Veteran product manager/exec/strategist• Business models, pricing, agile
• Organizing product organizations
• 6 startups, including as CEO/founder
• “The Art of Product Management”
• Organized first Product Camp
ABOUT RICH
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market information, priorities,
requirements, roadmaps, epics,
user stories, backlogs,
personas, MRDs…
product
bits
strategy, forecasts,
commitments, roadmaps,
competitive intelligence
budgets, staff,
targets
Field input,
Market feedback
Segmentation, messages,
benefits/features, pricing,
qualification, demos…
Markets &
CustomersDevelopmentMarketing
& Sales
Executives
Product
Management
WHAT DOES A PRODUCT MANAGER
DO?
W W W . M I R O N O V . C O M
• PM role is different from Director PM and VP PM
• The promotion funnel is narrow• Not an entitlement
• Not (just) by being the
best at your current job
• Do you want that next job?
• Can you demonstrate skills/scope
beyond your current role?
ROLES AND PROMOTIONS
MYTHICAL PM ORGANIZATION
Dir PM Dir PMPricingAnalyst
Sr PM
PM/PO
Sr PM
Competitive Analyst
Sr PM
PM
PM/PMM
Product Owner
Channel/Partner PM
VP Products
• Knows more about product, market, roadmap,
competition, use cases, personas, trade-offs than
anyone else
• Talks benefits with customers; talks tech with
engineers; talks strategy with execs
• Relentless communicator of the truth
• Timeline: Next 2-4 quarters
• Gets great (individual) products
out the door
PM AS INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR
• Focus on processes, resources and teams• Cross-functional cooperation and priorities
• PLM-level trends and market input
• Standardization and simplification
• Mentor your replacement
• Scope• Next 6 quarters
• Broad product strategy and budget
• Keeps the trains running
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT
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Name a few ways
that a line Product
Manager can show
off her Director
skills
• Focus on aligning strategy, organization and
products• Is the company succeeding? Is PM succeeding?
• Company-wide issues and disconnects
• Market success (= revenue!)
• Scope• 3 year trends
• Thoughtful member of exec team
• How do we build organizational
support to do the right things?
VP PRODUCTS
• Organizational levels have different roles
• Decide what you want
• Demonstrate skills one level up
TAKE-AWAYS
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CONTACTRich Mironov, CEO
Mironov Consulting
233 Franklin St, Suite #308
San Francisco, CA 94102
RichMironov
@RichMironov