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Your next product manager might be… a designer? In smaller teams, multi-skilled hires are a huge advantage. It means people can jump fluidly between 2+ “roles” to fill in gaps and move faster. As someone who’s moved between design & PM, having both collapsed into one role at OpTech.ai has meant iteration cycles between product and design are instant. Write the docs → design the thing. In my product design agency, I also hired for specific combinations of designers with great client management, or product managers with exceptional ability to go from vague brief to wireframe. Where have you seen this to be the most effective in your teams? (Repost, previous one got deleted somehow...)

What does a Product Manager *actually* do? 👀 This can look immensely different depending on the product and company that you work with. Let me take you behind the scenes of a week as a Product Manager at Care Rockets 🗓 🔹 Monday: We kickstart the week with our daily standup, followed by the weekly with #UXDesign. From refining design concepts to discussing lately uncovered user problems, prioritizing concept work, and recruiting users for interviews - it's all about setting the stage for a productive week ahead. After some backlog grooming, I finish my day meeting with HR Care Rockets to discuss updates for #Hiring for the new Jr. Backend Dev position in my team. 🔹 Tuesday: Midway through the current sprint, it's time to review our progress on #SprintGoals, plan for the next sprint, and review the implementation of user stories to approve them for release. Then I tune into insightful Product People Livestream recordings on YouTube on the Transformed Product Operating Model by Silicon Valley Product Group and Navigating the #DigitalServicesAct as a PM to stay up to speed on current PM topics. 🔹 Wednesday: In the morning I run a user interview and collaborate with the #Marketing team on their content strategy for users. In the afternoon, I meet with the #CustomerSuccess lead to learn about the latest customer feedback and review the upcoming sprint planning with stakeholders from CSM, Growth and Sales. 🔹 Thursday: The day is all about alignment. In my weekly with our #Tech lead, we discuss bugs, tech debt, and resolving blockers. In our #ProductTeam weekly we dive into product analytics, our ongoing product discovery and A/B tests. Plus, there's always time to give feedback to our Marketing team for crafting engaging newsletters. 🔹 Friday: Wrapping up the week by setting next personal development goals with my manager. We run another user interview and I meet with the #SEO manager to prioritize support requests to the Product team. In the afternoon, we interview a candidate for our open Dev position and I run a 2-hr strategic workshop with management to discuss a cost-benefit analysis of our core product offering and potential ways to adapt it for better scalability. And finally, ending the week with some team bonding over Mexican dinner and Margaritas 🎊 At Care Rockets, every day brings new challenges and opportunities to innovate. I'm proud to be part of a team that's dedicated to creating exceptional experiences for our users. #ProductManagement #Innovation #TeamWork

If you’re bringing in a part-time Product Manager or Designer, start them off the right way. Here’s a critical piece: Set clear, time-boxed outcomes. Aim them in a direction, and they’ll start moving from day one. Learning, executing, delivering. No endless intros. No getting caught up in all the internal gosip and stuff. You don't invite your garbage man to join your family, but they get critical work done for you. Just getting to work. Full-time hires help define the area. Part-time hires already have the direction—they’re there to fill in the gaps. With focus, clear outcomes, and less noise, you’d be surprised how much impact a part-time expert can have. #parttime #fractional #product #design #productmarketing

PMs have been facing an existential crisis. It started with the tech layoffs and got worse when Airbnb eliminated the traditional PM role. In the face of AI, is product management dead? Too many PMs have asked me: Did I pick the wrong career? Danny Martinez and I come to surprising conclusion. Yes, AI will permanently change every role in product development -- PM, engineering, design, data, user research, marketing, and more. But, these productivity gains will not be evenly distributed. The entire engineering workflow is being accelerated by AI-amplified tools. In contrast, AI tools have had a more limited impact on product and design work. So what does that mean for the PM role? Many companies hire to a PM-to-engineer ratio. Often, 1 PM supports anywhere from 4 to 10 engineers. If those engineers deliver many times faster, we'll need more PMs to support those more productive engineers. The PM to AI-accelerated Engineer ratio is just one reason by PM will be more critical in the future. We go deeper in the Substack article linked int he comments. 👇 I see a bright future for product. I believe product management takes on an even more central role — and we'll see demand for what only the most senior and skilled PMs and product leaders can deliver today—deep product sense, rigorous strategic thinking, analytical decision-making, and the ability to build, lead, motivate, and align teams.

500 applications in a week 🤯 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 👉 The market is crowded, a lot of folks are looking for new positions. We noticed it almost a year ago; it's even more visible now. 👉 Full remote positions are still highly attractive! Many companies started to apply "Back to the office" policies which reduce their employees' retention capacity. 👉 In the current financial context where efficiency is key, I've heard too many stories of Product Managers being micro-managed and not autonomous in making decisions. I'm not surprised to see many of them looking for new opportunities. 𝗗𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲? Yes, but be aware that there are a lot of candidates in the process, do not expect too much 🙏 https://lnkd.in/eTTqYA62

🚀 Calling All Software Engineers! Let’s Innovate Together! 🚀 Hello #LinkedIn community! 👋 I’m thrilled to connect with fellow software engineers who share a passion for cutting-edge technology and disruptive solutions. 🌟 As an entrepreneur and tech enthusiast, I’ve been brewing an exciting software concept that has the potential to revolutionize the all-in-one Saas industry. 🌐 🌐 Why You Should Care: Innovation: We’re pushing boundaries and redefining the status quo. Impact: Our solution addresses certain elements that I have personally encountered in my technical and online journey. Collaboration: I believe in the power of collective genius. Let’s build something remarkable together! 🙌 Why Connect with Me? I’m actively seeking feedback, collaboration, and potential co-founders. If you’re a software engineer, UI/UX designer, or just someone who loves tinkering with code, let’s chat! 🤝 📩 Reach Out: Feel free to connect, drop me a message, or comment below if you’re curious to learn more. Let’s ignite creativity and turn this idea into reality! 🚀 #SoftwareEngineers #TechInnovation #StartupIdeas #Collaboration

DVA is not associated with this job posting Staff Product Designer, Member Experience https://lnkd.in/gBi_eAqH What You’ll Do: Design and build new AI experiences for Netflix product features. Identify and define product opportunities and create elegantly simple solutions to complex problems. Drive a human-centered design process for defining and executing features from concept to launch. Clearly communicate design rationale and iterations to partners and stakeholders. Articulate a vision and contribute to strategic decisions around the future direction of what it means to design AI-powered member experiences. Collaborate with a cross-functional team spanning consumer research, data science, product management, and engineering to test, iterate and launch features that advance our mission to connect members with the best Series, Films and Games. Learn and explore the fast-evolving technical landscape to solve member problems. Provide systems thinking for large-scale design systems, both strategically and tactically. Employ storytelling to present a vision to create a shared understanding of the UX strategy with the broader team. Apply big-picture thinking to break down ambiguous opportunities into an actionable roadmap. Champion our members and a global-first mindset. Give and solicit feedback in order to continually raise the bar for quality and craft. Embrace our culture of experimentation and A/B testing. #employment #jobs #hiring #job #jobsearch #recruitment #career #work #careers #recruiting #nowhiring #resume #jobhunt #business #jobseekers #hr #jobopening #staffing #humanresources #jobseeker #hiringnow #interview #recruiter #jobsearching #vacancy #covid #education #jobinterview #jobopportunity #employmentopportunities

🌟 Exciting Portfolio News! 🌟 Our cutting-edge health and climate portfolio companies are on a mission to change the world. And now they need you 🫵 We're calling on our incredible network to join forces and support these trailblazers as they drive meaningful change 🚀 TL;DR - Seeking 1️⃣ Pilot partners with operational expertise in desk-less teams 2️⃣ Busy parents and carers to join a pilot to reduce overwhelm 3️⃣ Founding Product Owner for a teenage mental-health startup 4️⃣ B2B Climate/Financial platform urgently hiring senior engineer, product Designer + climate expert More details below 👇 🚀 Tokens of Appreciation is changing the way staff invest and own assets by interjecting and amplifying the moments they show up at work, a token of appreciation at a time. As TOAP forges ahead on the mission to re-invent workforce engagement and performance, they have recently launched the TOAP pilot program and are looking for Pilot partners. If you work in operational teams, managing desk-less workers such as delivery drivers, warehouse operatives and other zero-hour staff, get in touch using the link in the comments. ------------------------ 🚀 Our Time HQ is transforming the way overburdened individuals manage their daily lives. Now they are seeking busy parents and caregivers as pilot partners to share feedback, join co-creation workshops and help us reduce overwhelm! Emails to hello@ourtimehq.com ------------------- 🚀 speek equips parents to break the cycle of teenage self-harm, rethinking how mental healthcare is delivered to families. They are building products for parents caring for a young person struggling with serious mental illness. Now they are recruiting a Founding Product Owner. Apply via their LinkedIn page! ------------------- 🚀 Unibloom is building the best B2B collaboration Climate and financial platform, empowering sustainability teams to reach their sustainability and business targets. They are now urgently hiring  (1) Senior full-stack engineer hire  (2) Product designer with Figma expertise  (3). Climate expert with FLAG, SBTI, circularity and biodiversity as expertise Email your interest to careers@unibloom.world. #healthtech #climatetech #venturefunding #venturebuilding #innovation

It's usually one great of of a ride, all seasons of the product awareness,sales, ,promises to the customer and the board. Quite a learning journey. #productmanager #ceos #marketing #sales #entrepreneurship

Why most developers don't ask "unnecessary" questions about goals or the impact of new functionality on the business during meetings? From my experience as a product manager, developers who ask the right questions about: - clarifying goals - user experience - share their non-technical ideas, receiving salary increases and promotions! The problem is that less than 10% of developers have asked product-related questions throughout my entire career! Developers, I'm curious, do you ask product-related questions during meetings? If not, why? #ProductManagement #SoftwareDevelopment #TechCareers #BusinessImpact #CareerGrowth #TeamCollaboration #DevQuestions