Has anyone here moved from a product lead position to a director of product or VP of product position? What were the 2-3 things you focused on when recruiting that helped you with this pivot?

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I’m somewhere around this jump and interested in other answers too - I’m managing a few products and have several product managers working for me.

Currently I’m focusing on:
- how well do I coach my direct reports and teach them to be great product managers in their own right rather than directing them in tasks
- how well can I create a product strategy and communicate it to others (I knew I had nailed this when I had 3 weeks off and one of my PMs on my return walked me through the things she would have escalated if I’d been around but then explained how she used the strategy to guide her decision without me)
- managing senior stakeholders, including communication skills, clarity, distilling complexity etc
- general line management as I now directly or indirectly manage a much larger number of people.

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PM1 - sounds great. Are you hiring?

Would love to know about this too, currently a group PM and the jump to director just seems so far.

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