B2B commerce is highly assisted, w/ companies getting almost 100% of their orders via fieldforce. At Jumbotail, we built an offering that was so compelling that 100% of our orders were unassisted and that's something I'm proud of.
PMs say no to stakeholders, a lot. I struggled w/ doing it in an empathetic way. I've improved a lot, and following are the key changes I made
1. Make the person feel heard. Let them explain the idea, why it is important etc. even if you're already aware.
2. Explain your side of the story. What are the goals you're chasing, initiatives you're working on and have an honest chat on if/how this fits in the current roadmap.
3. Partner is solving the problem – Explore no-tech solves/workarounds etc.
You need to have a tech background to break into PM. There are ample non-tech PMs who are quite successful.
PM is a very diverse field and early stage PMs should spend time understanding the different flavors of Product Mgmt. Tech. PM, Platform PM, Consumer PM, Program manager vs product manager, PM in a product company vs a service company etc.
Designer, creativity being the common thread :)
There was zero awareness of PM as a career path when I started. We need to do more to increase awareness and understanding of this role on engg. campuses.
B2B commerce is highly assisted, w/ companies getting almost 100% of their orders via fieldforce. At Jumbotail, we built an offering that was so compelling that 100% of our orders were unassisted and that's something I'm proud of.
PMs say no to stakeholders, a lot. I struggled w/ doing it in an empathetic way. I've improved a lot, and following are the key changes I made
1. Make the person feel heard. Let them explain the idea, why it is important etc. even if you're already aware.
2. Explain your side of the story. What are the goals you're chasing, initiatives you're working on and have an honest chat on if/how this fits in the current roadmap.
3. Partner is solving the problem – Explore no-tech solves/workarounds etc.
You need to have a tech background to break into PM. There are ample non-tech PMs who are quite successful.
PM is a very diverse field and early stage PMs should spend time understanding the different flavors of Product Mgmt. Tech. PM, Platform PM, Consumer PM, Program manager vs product manager, PM in a product company vs a service company etc.
Designer, creativity being the common thread :)
There was zero awareness of PM as a career path when I started. We need to do more to increase awareness and understanding of this role on engg. campuses.