Hello Fishes,

Looking for advise on how to switch from CIO advisory to Product Management roles.

Tired of advisory as of now.

Recommendations for books, courses, certifications to start with.

Thanks

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Im on the same path. Want to switch from tech consulting to product management

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Same same. Seems like the dream for those with imposter syndrome and seeking better wlb

MBA

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You don’t need to invest £100k+ just to move to product management, honestly your roi would be better to just move down a few rungs on the ladder and take a junior PM role.

I will start by researching, reading material

There is a aspiring product bowl with tone of ressources

https://joinfishbowl.com/bowl_ouq4hv1pm3

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Where do you work/what area? I’d advise trying a lateral move into your digital consulting team then exit will be easier or going into industry to get proper delivery experience either as a senior BA or delivery manager. Otherwise you could apply for junior PM positions or PM in government which are slightly easier to get into.

Try and align to some kind of business analyst role internally first then move, a lot of those roles responsibilities overlap. Get involved in pitches to show how you can identify value and contribute to prioritisation/roadmaps. Join webinars of product managers from tech companies (lots on LinkedIn). Take a product management course (general assembly do one). Find a mentor.

Ex-product manager here. My advice would be to join a bootcamp course on Product (e.g. DataCamp or similar) and then apply for PM roles at a startup, since hiring criteria tends to be much more lax. Otherwise, MBA.

Thanks

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