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ON IMPORTANCE OF TECH LEADS IN THE BEST TECHNOLOGY-POWERED PRODUCT COMPANIES "The truth is: if I had to choose, if you sort of made it so that I could only pick one of these 3 core competencies (Product Manager, Product Designer, Tech Lead) it would be the Tech Lead *" (c) Marty Cagan at "ProductTank Brisbane" (YouTube, https://lnkd.in/dWdt7zpk). * Tech Lead -- the most senior Engineer in a Product Team. Engineers (and their representative, the most senior one, a Tech Lead) are the main sources of ideas for innovations in the best technology-powered product companies in the world. Not executives. Not stakeholders. Not users. But the engineers. And then the data. Two most valuable (and least used in most product companies) sources of ideas for products and innovations: Engineers and Data. Why? 👉 "The Root Causes of Product Failure", Marty Cagan, Mind the Product, San Francisco, 2015 (YouTube, this moment: https://lnkd.in/dq4YgtnK). #engineers #thebestandtherest #productmanagement #martycagan

🚀 Shape the Future of Engineering Leadership at Cedar 🚀 Are you ready to lead and innovate in the healthcare technology space? Cedar is on a mission to transform the healthcare financial experience, and we’re seeking three exceptional engineering leaders to join our team: Why These Roles are Game-Changing: At Cedar, our engineering leaders play a critical role in shaping team culture, driving innovation, and delivering business impact. Here’s what we’re looking for in our new hires: ✔️ Visionary Leadership: You bring a clear perspective on team culture, balancing quality, craftsmanship, speed, team health, and business priorities. ✔️ Ownership Mentality: You’ve passionately led teams, domains, or large-scale projects where you influenced technical approaches, customer experience, and the product roadmap with conviction. ✔️ Action-Oriented: You have a bias for action, thriving in environments where permission-seeking takes a backseat to informed, decisive moves. ✔️ Collaborative Mastery: You’ve built strong partnerships with Product teams, knowing how to navigate differing priorities constructively and align on solutions that balance technical and business needs. ✔️ Mentorship & Feedback: You lead by example, mentoring your team and providing critical feedback that fosters growth and excellence. ✔️ Transparency Champion: You ensure visibility and clarity for your team and stakeholders, eliminating the need for anyone to chase updates or worry about communication gaps. ✔️ Lean-In Leader: You value limiting work-in-progress (WIP) to maintain focus, productivity, and results. ✔️ Unique Expertise: You bring something extraordinary to the table—skills or experiences that inspire and elevate those around you. Why Cedar? We’re committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment where every team member can thrive. With workplace flexibility, you can work fully remote within the U.S. or enjoy a flexible hybrid model in our Manhattan office. Our core values drive everything we do: ✔️ Focus on the Vision: Delivering an exceptional healthcare financial experience. ✔️ Reject Mediocrity: Setting high standards and seeking diverse perspectives to push boundaries. ✔️ Apply a Growth Mindset: Tackling challenges with optimism and passion. ✔️ Use Good Judgment: Making bold, informed decisions with accountability and integrity. Ready to Lead and Inspire? If this sounds like you, please apply! These opportunities don’t come around often. 🔗 Engineering Manager, Communications & Login  https://lnkd.in/gw7y899G 🔗 Engineering Manager, Payment Workflows https://lnkd.in/gpTDdhGN 🔗 Senior Engineering Manager, Clarity - https://lnkd.in/garH5Yqg Be part of an organization shaping the future of digital healthcare and continuing a tradition of engineering excellence. 🌟 #GrowWithCedar #EngineeringLeadership #HealthcareTech #Remotejobs ✔️ Must be based in the United States. 🚫 No third party agencies.

How did you feel as a new engineering manager or tech lead? Or someone who was in a leadership position for the first time, like leading a project or giving a talk? How has that changed over time? When I started as an engineering manager I was very excited sure, but I was terrified. I had agreed to take on the Design System team at Yelp, which had 9 engineers and had a very unique setup. We had designers who were also on the team, but had their own design manager. This team was very high leverage, and I had never been a manager before. When this team shipped out UI changes, it went out to the entire company on all of our platforms. Failure here had very high visibility. I didn't know how to do 1:1s as the manager. How to have career conversations. How to set expectations with my reports. How to talk to other managers. Do I do the quarterly planning? Do I make the team do it? How much should I delegate? The questions were dizzying. As an engineer I had told my manager a few months before that I wanted to become an EM, and I had planned to spend the next year reading books, taking courses, talking to existing EMs, etc. Get a lay of the land. However the opportunity to lead the Design System team came up, and for some reason leadership felt I would be a good fit. *GULP*. I agreed because I am a FOOL, but it worked out very well. I encountered an insane amount of challenges I never expected. Over the years I've grown into a very confident and competent manager, supported by an amazing team of engineers and designers, a leadership chain which has consistently had my back through very hard circumstances, mentors from all walks of life, and family who helps me through the hard and dark times. As a leader you are not alone in your journey. That was the first lesson I learned when I took up the role. Once you realize you have support, everything else is easy. You either know it or you don't, and if you don't know it you learn it. If you got this far in the story, that's awesome! Tell me your story, or at least how you felt when you started your journey. Who were you when you started?

While it may seem obvious to some, the benefits of diverse engineering teams are profound: Enhanced Product Development: Diverse teams are often better at identifying potential pitfalls and developing robust, well-rounded products that cater to a broader user base. #hiring #engineering #diversity

Extra Space is looking for Sr. Product Manager in Salt Lake, UT! Are you tired of messaging hiring managers for product manager openings on LinkedIn just to never hear back? The reason hiring managers are not responding to you is because your message looks and sounds the same as everybody else, but I got you covered. I have compiled more than 33+ openers to launch a meaningful conversation with hiring managers on Skool. https://lnkd.in/gCsMZ-Ab These are the messages our people use to generate 10+ product manager interviews per week you see our testimonials rave about consistently on YouTube. See you in Skool! https://lnkd.in/gCsMZ-Ab Don’t be late to Skool! https://lnkd.in/gCsMZ-Ab PLEASE RESHARE this post for other job hunters in your network. PS Just a friendly reminder we are set to almost double our fees by 8/28/24, so enroll in Product Gym before then. Our recent success has brought us more people than we can handle and we need to scale back. We are more than halfway full for the upcoming cohort starting in September 2024. #productmanagement #productmanagementcareers #productmanagementjobs #speedtolead

Extra Space Storage is looking for Senior Product Manager! Are you noticing the pattern it’s the same types of companies that are hiring product managers over and over again that are looking for the same types of experience. This should be a clue as to where the market is headed and why you may or may not getting any traction on your product manager job hunt. You can see the data on my LinkedIn feed. The majority (not all) of these product manager roles are in the following niches: Digital Payments Healthcare or Health Tech E-commerce Data Privacy  Cybersecurity Growth AI Product Strategy and Roadmap Recently Funded Startup of First PM Hire (💰💰💰) Automotive Product Leader (ie Head or Director of Product Management) I have a resume template for each type of product manager role in Skool! https://lnkd.in/gtQjCfUH See you in Skool.  https://lnkd.in/gtQjCfUH Don’t be late to Skool.  https://lnkd.in/gtQjCfUH PS Are you curious how my team is able to get to these roles as fast as we do? You can find out the hack in Skool! https://lnkd.in/gtQjCfUH Don’t be late to Skool! https://lnkd.in/gtQjCfUH #productmanagement #productmanagementcareers #productmanagementjobs #speedtolead

A product manager directly influences the productivity of 5-8 engineers, 2-3 designers, and 6-10 program managers/ops folks. But oddly, it’s really easy for a mediocre PM to survive for a long, long time. It is not just product managers of digital products and it is not just in tech companies, either. Why is that? Share your thoughts below.

Ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｏｗｎ ａ ｐｒｏｄｕｃｔ？🤔 Jacqueline, one of our product owners at #SmartInfrastructure, shares some insights into her job. Does that sound interesting to you? ⭐ Check out our open positions 👉 Link in the comments #SiemensCareers #TomorrowWithUs #ProductOwner

Megan Saunders from Capital One just posted for a Senior Associate, Product Management opening on their team. I am going to start posting less product manager roles on LinkedIn and start moving these posts over to Skool and this is because I am getting blown up by hiring managers telling me to stop posting jobs they are posting on LinkedIn. This didn’t make any sense to me until I started speaking with more hiring managers about how their inbox is blown up with just horrible messages. My mission is to help as many aspiring and experience product managers land their next product manager role, but y’all have to help me out by sending better messages. Sending a generic, “I am interested” or “I applied” or “did you get my application” offers no value and it won’t help you land your next product manager job. If anything it’s only leaving a negative or at best forgettable impression to somebody who just might be your future boss. So do yourself a favor and steal my message templates in Skool, follow up, and have real conversations with hiring managers. The biggest mistakes product managers are making beyond sending out bad messages is not following up. There is reason why we have included 8 follow up slots on the Airtable and that because you NEED to follow up with your applications. You already spent the time applying so you might as well maximize your list until you get a definitive rejection, because you are only one application and one interview away from landing your next product manager role. PS Stop overlooking the smaller companies and apply to them. Seriously! I usually get 3,000 to 6,000+ impressions when I post a product manager job for a bigger company; but I only get 900 impressions when I post for roles at companies nobody has heard of. There is nothing wrong with those companies and I challenge you to interview with them. God knows you need the practice. If you want other people to give you a shot, then you need to give companies a shot too. You want hiring teams to start treating you like a like human instead of a number, then stop applying and interview for product managers like they are another number. Your vibe attracts your tribe. #ProductManagement  #WhatBadEconomy #GameHasBeenElevated #EverybodyIsOutOnTheTake

DVA is not associated with this job post. Principal Platform Product Manager, USA https://lnkd.in/g-aRc7et What you’ll get to do... Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, and Engineering to identify and design flexible Platform Capabilities that can be used by other Engineering teams to construct products that meet customer and business needs. Serve as a technical Product Manager for backend Platform Capabilities; working closely with Engineering Managers to build and launch these capabilities. Build a 3+ year roadmap for Platform Capabilities that includes project plans, requirements, dependency maps, and cost models. Guide other Engineering teams through technical adoption of the Platform Capabilities you create. Communicate progress of Platform Capability adoption to Leadership through written and in-person updates. Drive continual improvements in functionality, ease of use, performance, and cost; use experimentation and data to guide your decisions. #remotework #entrepreneur #digitalnomadlife #coworking