Tech Strategy & Product

I recently launched an e-commerce website focused on fashion and lifestyle products. One of the biggest challenges has been building trust with new customers and competing against established brands.

For those who… more

Ex-McKinsey EM, week 1 as a Director at a SaaS company.
My hiring manager was let go before I started, my projects got absorbed by a peer who won't hand them off, the SVP is hands off, and a new VP joins… more

Are labor market tests successful these days for PERM in big tech?

I'm a program manager & want to expand my career surface area by becoming more technical.

Many people say technical program managers don't need to know how to code, but need to understand it. I'm tryin… more

Managing a team while still doing a chunk of individual contributor work because of staffing gaps is getting old fast. It feels like two roles with no clear line between them. At what point do you sto… more

I’m early in my career and trying to decide whether to specialize in one area like cloud or stay broad across different strategy projects. Right now I touch a bit of everything but don’t go deep anywh… more

I’ve been offered a path into Product Manager, but I’d be giving up the part I’m strongest in which is data and analysis. It feels like starting over in a different skill set. Do you take that kind of… more

I’m 2 years in and starting to feel like I’m mostly executing on other people’s ideas instead of actually shaping direction. My manager says strategy comes with time, but I don’t see when that shift h… more

I’m being told I need to be more strategic to move up, but most of my time is still spent on sprint work and unblocking the team. If I step back from that, things slow down and it reflects on me. How … more

Leadership asked me to recommend whether we should build a capability in-house or buy a vendor solution, and I know whichever option I choose will upset one group internally. The build option helps lo… more

I’m being asked to build a 2-year roadmap, but priorities have already shifted 3 times in the last 6 weeks depending on which exec is involved. It feels like anything I produce will be outdated quickl… more

Customer interviews say one thing, usage data shows another, and both sides feel confident in their interpretation. The team is split on which direction to follow for the next iteration. When qualitat… more

We have 3 dashboards showing slightly different versions of the same metric, and leadership debates which one is “right” every week instead of making decisions. Each dashboard is owned by a different … more

We launched a feature 3 months ago that leadership pushed hard, but adoption is sitting under 10% and sales rarely mentions it. Everyone still talks about it like a success because of how visible the … more

I am on a project where the client keeps asking for a long-term roadmap, but internally they still change priorities every week depending on who spoke loudest in the last meeting. It feels impossible … more

We spent months building a feature because leadership believed it would help close bigger clients, but now sales barely mentions it in calls and adoption internally is lukewarm too. The uncomfortable … more

A stakeholder keeps bringing new ideas after priorities are already set, and every suggestion comes with some version of this should be quick. None of it is huge alone, but together it keeps shifting … more

My background is mostly internal strategy work, and I’m realizing that external-facing strategy roles often seem to favor people who came from consulting. I can do the work, but I’m not sure if that g… more

A lot of people I work with have MBAs or consulting backgrounds, and I’m starting to wonder how much that matters if I want to keep moving up in strategy. My work is strong, but I notice certain backg… more

A lot of my week now is spent trying to separate urgent requests from things that are just coming from whoever has the most visibility internally. The hard part is both get framed as equally important… more

I’m noticing how often roadmap conversations become debates about what leadership already promised externally instead of what the team thinks should happen next. By the time product gets involved, par… more

Our leadership team keeps bugging us for long-term product strategy, meanwhile we are drowning dealing with nonstop requests from sales and customers. It feels like we’re always reacting instead of b… more

My boss got an attitude with me today because he asigned the a group to the development of an offering , the same group that’s already working on another offering. I asked about capacity and got "… more

Something I’m struggling with is how much influence product should have over prioritization when engineering capacity is tight. Right now engineering pushes for technical cleanup while product is push… more

Anyone have a good Consulting-to-PM resume? I did real PM work at Deloitte but had consulting titles. Really struggling with framing it right on the resume to get PM interviews. No shame in calling my… more

Hi all,

I’m looking at transitioning from IT project manager to senior product owner in finance, banking to be precise. It’s more about using consumer data to understand and recommend personalised products to cust… more

What signals actually tell you a company has realistic expectations for a role? An interview process so far has described the job as both strategic and highly executional with tight timelines. It soun… more

I’m noticing how much product decisions are shaped by whoever argues most convincingly in meetings rather than actual user evidence. Data exists, but narrative wins. It makes outcomes feel political. … more

Half my work now is translating between leadership vision and what teams can realistically execute. Both sides think the other is the blocker. You end up in the middle constantly. It’s exhausting medi… more

We keep talking about prioritization, but nothing ever actually gets deprioritized. New things just stack on top of old ones. The roadmap becomes a list of everything. I don’t know how teams actually … more

Does industry really account for huge PM salary gaps at the same level? Two offers on the table differ by about 35k base between fintech and education tech. Scope and seniority look nearly identical. … more

MBA student who just got a Product internship offer at Capital One. End goal post grad is big tech PM. How “respected” is Cap1 in this regard? Is it a real product culture? Debating series C/D startu… more

Selling RSUs to pay taxes - turns out we have a huge tax bill this filing season. So looking to sell RSUs to get some liquidity. Do ppl typically sell on Morgan Stanley or transfer to a different plat… more

Any tech folks out there interested in business and want to meet or chat? Preferably in NYC area

I'm a PM in big tech for the last 4 years

CLIENT RETENTION

Retaining a client is skill on its own which most businesses overlook.

Anyone can get a new client, it is an exciting feeling. But how about keeping them ; that's where the real business act comes into pl… more

What’s the product culture like at C1? Currently an MBA student weighing a PM internship offer.

Would it help set me up for FT PM recruiting at more traditional tech? I’m coming from an MBB background

Has anyone done PMI-CPMAI certification? Is it valuable?

AWS is awesome, training is extensive and the cultural environment is friendly and inviting. Such a pleasure to work here.