Currently work in a B2B product team and would like to step up into into a Product Manager role in 1-2 years. I am trying to come up with some objectives to achieve during this period and wondered if anyone who has been on a similar journey has any recommendations?

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A couple of thoughts: take the time to really learn and understand everything you can about the industry / businesses you are serving, the current product objectives and roadmap, and current features/issues. Scan what your competitors are doing. Some of this is online research you can do on your own but you should also be asking questions, taking people “in the know” out to coffee, reading support tickets, etc.

There’s always more product management work than there is bandwidth. Offer to create a needed deliverable, or to own part of a roadmapping prep.

Make your ambitions known. Tell everyone you work with that you want to become a product manager, and that you are working on the steps to get there. So many people assume that quiet hard work will be recognized, but that’s unfortunately not the case. Be vocal about what you’d like to achieve, and get buy-in / help to achieve it.

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