What Are Your First PM Role Keys to Success by Twitch PM
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The document summarizes the keynote speech of Tarun Gangwani on the five keys to success in a first product management role. The five keys are: 1) Get to know everyone on your team, their teams, partners and other organizations; 2) Know your own product inside and out as well as competitors, adjacent players, toolchain and other products in the company; 3) Study how product is done at your company by observing meetings, documentation, and processes; 4) Harness your past experiences and skills from other roles or industries; 5) Document everything about your process, decisions, and work to build trust and invite collaboration.
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- 9. Keys to success in your first (or current) PM role Tarun Gangwani @tarungangwani
- 10. About Me
- 11. What should you take away from your first PM role?
- 12. What your friends think you do What your parents think you do What society thinks you do What my boss thinks you do What I think you will do What you actually will do
- 14. 🔑 Five Keys to Success as a PM
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- 16. 🔑 Get to know everyone You team
- 17. 🔑 Get to know everyone You teamPM Their team
- 18. 🔑 Get to know everyone You teamPM Their team
- 19. 🔑 Get to know everyone You teamPM Their team
- 20. 🔑 Get to know everyone You teamPM Their team Partners, other orgs
- 21. 🔑 Get to know everyone Why does this matter? ● You never know who will be your ally ● You will probably end up working with everyone at some point How does this look? ● Set up 30 minute invites ● Conduct a survey of your team ● Sit with someone else at lunch Interview Tip Recall times when you collaborated with people across multiple timelines, timezones and commitments. ⏱ 1 month
- 22. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s)
- 23. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s) Competitors
- 24. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s) Competitors Adjacent Players
- 25. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s) Toolchain
- 26. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s) Within the company
- 27. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s)
- 28. 🔑 Know yours (and others) product(s) Why does this matter? ● Builds empathy alongside customers ● Understand progress/challenges ● Strengths/limitations How does this look? ● Competitive analysis ● Journey mapping ● User studies/research Interview Tip Describe how a product works, from end to end, as detailed as possible. Talk about data that showed what you needed to work on. ⏱ 1 month
- 29. 🔑 Study how they do product You teamPM Their team
- 30. 🔑 Study how they do product You teamPM Their team Influencers Coalitions Relationships ● Meetings ● Presentations ● Slack/chat/etc ● JIRA ● Wikis/Docs ● Team outings ● Seating arrangements
- 31. 🔑 Study how they do product Why does this matter? ● Improves time estimations ● Uncovers areas you will need support ⏱ 6 months How does this look? ● Find strong teams in the company ● Study documents, JIRAs, etc. ● Sketch the process Interview Tip Describe the tools, processes and culture around the products you have worked on.
- 32. 🔑 Harness the power of your past xp
- 33. 🔑 Harness the power of your past xp
- 34. 🔑 Harness the power of your past xp
- 35. 🔑 Harness the power of your past xp
- 36. 🔑 Harness the power of your past xp Why does this matter? ● Brings diversity to product making ● Helps find complementary skill sets ⏱ ongoing How does this look? ● Conduct design exercises ● Create dashboards, reports for others ● Prototype in code Interview Tip Explain why your background is a great fit for PM by showing how you have worked with other product professionals.
- 38. 🔑 Document everything Why does this matter? ● Builds trust in your process ● Helps align disparate teams/processes ● Invites collaboration ⏱ ongoing How does this look? ● Google docs/sheets/slides ● JIRA rigor ● Detailed notes Interview Tip Have sample documentation, processes, pictures ready to show to your interviewer.
- 39. 🔑 Build your brand ⏱ ongoing How will you be discovered?
- 40. 🔑 Build your brand Why does this matter? ● Establishes credibility ● Helps you get your next job ⏱ ongoing How does this look? ● Giving talks 😀 ● Writing ● LinkedIn/Networking Interview Tip Include links to press, samples, and other live examples of your work for recruiters.
- 41. 🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑 = 👩💻 💪 🙌 😄 ● Get to know everyone ● Know yours and others products ● Study how your company does product ● Harness the power of your past experience ● Document everything ● Build your brand
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