So how can we help someone get started in this world of product management? What can we do to make sure they’re flexing the right muscles? To set new PMs up for success, we have to give them actionable advice and tangible tasks that help them get their hands dirty within their first few weeks.
We’ve welcomed a few new PMs and APMs (associate product managers) to the team recently and have learned some useful onboarding lessons, made a few mistakes, and identified pieces of advice that have helped them hit the ground running. Here are nine key tips we share with new product management leaders at HubSpot:
While these slides cover the fundamentals for both existing product managers and new hires, they can't emphasize enough the most important lesson of all: learn fast. The only competitive advantage you have is your pace of learning. As Matt LeMay put it in "The Past and Future of Product Management," product needs people who “excel at adaptability and quick thinking — people who are lowercase-a “agile.”