Product Managers - Domain-specific or agnostic. ProductTank Meetup at Intuit India.
- 2. Intuit Confidential and Proprietary 2 ProductTank was founded in 2010 in London and today spans over 150 cities with over 100,000 members. It is an informal meetup that brings together the local product community in each of those cities – whether they’re Product Managers, Designers, or Developers – to share their experience and knowledge. ProductTanks are always free to attend, organized by volunteers from the local product community, and supported by our generous sponsors. http://www.producttank.com/ Product Tank
- 3. Intuit Confidential and Proprietary 3 Product Manager: Domain-specific or Agnostic? Keynote (45 mins): "Preparing for a new PM domain – Learning, unlearning and reinforcing skills" By Sundar Balasubramanian, Dir PM (Intuit) Panel Discussion (45 mins): "Converging on Product Management career from across domains". Panelists - Aditya Trivedi, Sr. Dir PM (SAP), Anuj Pruthi, Dir Engineering (Target), Sundar Balasubramanian, Dir PM, Vivek Raghavan, Group Mgr, PM (Intuit) Design4Delight Workshop (60): "Learning Customer Empathy", the #1 skill that Product Managers can leverage across domains and industries. By - Nishant Choudhary, Group Mgr, PM (Intuit)
- 4. Sundar Balasubramanian Director of Product Management August 3, 2018 KEYNOTE: Product Manager: Domain Specific or Agnostic
- 5. Are PM skills domain specific?
- 6. What changes is the mix…
- 7. … and the tools you use…
- 8. … and knowing what to use
- 10. Strategy
- 11. Execution
- 12. Talent steward
- 13. Questions?
- 14. Panel Discussion Converging on Product Management as a Career from across domains Panelists • Aditya Trivedi, Sr. Dir PM (SAP), • Anuj Pruthi, Dir Engineering (Target) • Sundar Balasubramanian, Dir PM (Intuit), • Vivek Raghavan, Group Mgr, PM (Intuit),
- 15. Intuit Confidential and Proprietary 15 QUESTIONS Anonymous 5 • 3 Aug, 4:33pm Since these 4 PM skills sets are very intuitive, how does one evaluate or measure his/her skill sets so as to improve them? Anonymous 3 • today, 4:41pm Do you prefer technical product manager or non- technical product manager in your team? Anonymous 2 • 3 Aug, 4:18pm I found changing domain very difficult till now. Can your share your suggestions for this? Anonymous 2 • 3 Aug, 4:21pm Most exciting part of the day as a PM? Or going broader - how does your 9-6 look like? Anonymous 2 • today, 4:41pm In your interactions with development team, where do dev and pm mark their boundaries ? Anonymous 2 • today, 4:41pm When we say Product Managers should be Agnostic and not an business expert then how exactly we show customer empathy? Anonymous 1 • 3 Aug, 4:43pm Early stage, would you spend time on increasing product features, better UI/UX or do you focus on marketing and topline growth? In short, how do you prioritise? Anonymous 1 • 3 Aug, 4:44pm When you are going behind the product market fit, how do you ensure that you are focused on the core problem and not the symptoms that are obvious Anonymous 1 • 3 Aug, 4:59pm Which organization should drive product management? Marketing or engineering? Anonymous 1 • today, 4:41pm If a PM role is universal, do you feel that a PM from FMCG can come to eCommerce and be at equal ease? Anonymous 1 • today, 4:41pm For someone who is starting their PM journey what are the top technical skills/tools to acquire? Anonymous 1 • today, 4:41pm Top 3 tips to someone just starting their PM journey? Anonymous 1 • today, 4:41pm PM skills needed the most in a Fortune 500 over a startup Anonymous 1 • today, 4:41pm Do you think changing domains reduce the decision making effectiveness? Anonymous 0 • 3 Aug, 5:07pm Thanks guys, that was awesome :) Anonymous 0 • today, 4:41pm Are paying customers a good enough validation for product-market- fit?