How is it even possible to go from consultant to FAANG PM? It seems like every role requires tons of technical skills and at least 5 years of PM experience. Yet, somehow, people have made it. How?

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It is possible if you’ve been a Product Manager in your current and previous roles. The work should align with FAANGs definition/expectation of PM and not Deloitte or your client’s definition of the role.

Folks who have made the transition to PM successfully either started in a PgM or Strategy Ops role and worked up their way to mirror PM work OR had solid PM experience prior to joining a FAANG.

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There are non-technical PM roles and product marketing is also common as well.

I’ve seen many people go Consulting -> Bizops/Strategy -> internal transfer to PM

Certainly easier based on what I’ve seen.

Sometimes client PMs/ POs drop the ball and we have to pick up the slack and pick up skills in the process

I had technical skills starting as a BTA at Deloitte

Great Product Managers typically make the commitment to know their business, customer, market and product, inside and out.

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