Hi, I’ve been working in professional services and pre-sales so far but I’ve been planning to make a switch to product management. Does anyone have any similar experiences or advice?

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I’ve gone through 4 years of consulting (tax/finance industries)+ 1 year of customer success at a tech company, and just recently made my shift to a pm role at a relatively large tech company.

Not sure how much help this would be but I did my best to highlight similar tasks/responsibilities I’ve done during my interviews. What I remember off top of my head are:
- creating roadmaps
- experience in project management
- implementing new features to a product while working with engineers
- compiling customer/ client feedbacks
- working with multiple cross functional teams
- prioritizing features/ conducting analyses

Its a tough battle but you have a chance. Good luck!

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I’m actually based in Asia (Japan) as well! What a coincidence haha
But yes it’s a bit more difficult since US/Europe is way ahead/ more popular for product management, so you’ll have to definitely work for it.

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