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The post, written by a former senior PM turned PM manager, explains how the role shifts from doing product work directly to multiplying a team's output through leverage. It outlines the unexpected responsibilities of the job, practical ways to earn a promotion into management, and common advice from new PM managers.
Subscriber post — summary only01Key takeaways
- A PM manager's output is the combined output of their own team plus neighboring teams they influence.
- Daily, ask what is slowing your teams now and what will slow them in the coming months, then remove those blockers.
- Protect both the PM team's hiring and performance bar and the product quality bar rather than letting good-enough work pass.
- Build your leadership group with peer managers as deliberately as you would your cross-functional team, with regular leads meetings.
- To get promoted, demonstrate people leadership, delivery, handling complexity, and strategy, and explicitly tell your manager you want the role.
02Frameworks mentioned
Summary and takeaways written by PM Atlas; quotes are short excerpts. © the original author.