What Does a Product Manager Do? (2024) 🔍

Are you curious about what a product manager does? In this video, we'll delve into the world of product management and learn about the day to day responsibilities that come with the role. As a bonus, we’ll also look at three different job ads for product management roles, and explain exactly what the hiring managers want to see in your applications!

Zoë Canaras, CareerFoundry’s Senior Product Owner, will share her experience and insights on what it takes to excel in this role. From developing a product roadmap to collaborating with cross-functional teams, we'll cover it all!

If you're looking to transition into a career in product management, be sure to check out our main product management career change program - https://bit.ly/BecomeAProductManager
Our program is comprehensive and designed to give you all the tools and knowledge you need to succeed in this dynamic field.

Or get a sense of whether product management might be for your with our free short course, you can sign up here: https://bit.ly/ProductManagementShortCourse

You can also find more information around the topic in our comprehensive article on our blog - https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/product-management/what-does-a-product-manager-do/

In this guide, we’ll cover the following key points:

00:00 - Product Management career
01:10 - What exactly is Product Management?
01:53 - Skills required for a Product Manager
02:16 - How do you understand the user needs as a Product Manager?
02:53 - The importance of managing the product life cycle
03:36 - Getting together different teams throughout the product life cycle
04:48 - The value of researching job ads
05:11 - Job ad review #1 - Hubspot - Associate Product Manager Co-op
07:37 - Job ad review #2 - TripAdvisor - Associate Product Manager
10:37 - Job ad review #3 - Uber - Product Manager - Checkout Platform
13:37 - How to get started in Product Management, and your next steps

Thanks so much for watching!

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