Product Management Leadership Essentials
9.4
(11 ratings)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
For product leaders... we'll dig into organizing teams; working with exec stakeholders; adding value; and boosting visibility of PM wins
Hosted by
Rich Mironov
40-year Silicon Valley mentor, author, and product veteran including 6 startups
Course overview
With a small group of your PM leadership peers, we'll dig into tough organizational and exec communications issues and share real-world experiences. You'll gain/share insights and techniques/skills around:
- Understanding how product adds value,
- Leadership-level role vs. IC work
- Managing priorities and buy-in with sales/marketing/other execs who rarely agree with each other
- Boosting visibility for product work and wins, being seen as the heroes we (often) are
- Organizing product-engineering-design teams, boosting team morale and effectiveness
....that will make you a better leader, executive, and mentor.
For current product leaders
01
Audience is *current* CPOs, VPs of Product, and Directors who are managing teams of product managers (and perhaps POs, designers, analysts)
02
Focus is on PM leadership challenges, working better with other functional execs, understanding organizations, why GTM folks do what they do
03
This will be a safe space to talk about real issues, practical approaches and C-level challenges that many of us face
What participants have said
"Thanks for consistently enlightening us with unparalleled product wisdom and actionable insights!"
This class had the clear exec language and exact sound bites I needed to help convince leadership of the potential financial impact of key efforts, and limited expected value of others.
"An excellent course for seasoned product leaders: discussing key topics and issues that we deal with every day."
"There was tremendous value in the peer discussions and group exercises - this cohort-based course delivered!"
"Packed with insights. This course has helped me frame where I need to grow as a product leader, plus how to help people under me grow."
"Insightful, pragmatic: we navigated real challenges of product leadership. No BS or silver bullet - just sharing decades of experience."
"Content is spot on, Rich is a great coach/teacher/facilitator, and the flow during class was great."
Product Management Leadership Essentials
Meet your instructor
Rich Mironov
CEO & Smokejumper CPO
Rich is a 40-year veteran of Silicon Valley product management, including six startups. He coaches product leaders, helps design software product organizations, and sometimes parachutes into software companies as the interim VP Products or CPO. He founded Product Camp, has been blogging about software product management since 2002 and wrote "The Art of Product Management."
Join an upcoming cohort
Product Management Leadership Essentials
Oct-Nov
$1,400 USD
Dates
Oct 30—Nov 20, 2023
Application Deadline
Oct 27, 2023
Course syllabus
01
Organizing Product+Development+Design teams
- Product waste, distance, and first principles
- What do product managers actually do, and how do we add value?
- What's a product or maker team? Who's on/in it?
02
Managing Priorities and Buy-In With Sales/Marketing/GTM Execs
- "Money stories" and the language of executives
- CEO exercise
- R&D portfolio pies, chocolate cake, and trade-offs
03
Merchandizing Product Wins / Creating Internal Visibility
- Why this is critical for product leaders
- Merchandizing for different audiences
- Virtuous THANK YOU cycles
04
Leadership and People Challenges
- Leading vs. individual contributor work
- People management cases
- AMA
Course schedule
2 hours per week plus a little prep
Mondays
8:00am - 10:00am Pacific
We'll have four 2-hour sessions on Oct 30, Nov 6th, Nov 13th and Nov 20th at 8am - 10am Pacific.
That's 11am - 1pm Eastern and 16.00 - 18.00 (or 4pm - 6pm) GMT.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
We'll meet live via Zoom. A small cohort of your peers means lots of real-time discussion, laughs, honest sharing, and maybe a little PTSD.
Learn with a cohort of peers
We'll have frank and unfiltered conversations about real product leadership issue. You'll get great insights from your peers as well as from Rich.
Frequently Asked Questions
We'll record the sessions (ONLY for participants!), but you'll get the most out of attending live.
I work full-time, what is the expected time commitment?
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Join an upcoming cohort
Product Management Leadership Essentials
Oct-Nov
$1,400 USD
Dates
Oct 30—Nov 20, 2023
Application Deadline
Oct 27, 2023