I simply don’t want to move into Product Management. However after years in technology business consulting (quite non-tech though I do/know the talk well enough to fool most) what are my career options if not as a Product Manager? It seems like everyone is hiring for product 😒
Is an MBA the only solution to this unwanted career “progression”? Please help!
PS-Apologies to all the superb PMs out there - I’m not dissing your jobs...it’s just not for me, and I’m genuinely bewildered

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Implementations, Customer Success, Data Analytics if you know SQL. The natural switch out of tech consulting IS NOT to Product. People just like Product because it pays a lot

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Thanks for your perspective,SC. I’ve had my share of implementations and data analytics (not particularly interested in that either)... essentially I want to exit technology consulting. How does one switch to customer success per se btw? I’ve used voice of customer and user testing for analysis but outside of that?

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Program management, tech partnerships, tech sales gtm

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Thank you! Outside of RFPs, I’ve done little in sales... so how would one land roles in pre sales / partnerships or Biz Dev or even as an account director say?

Where are people hiring for product management? Point me to these companies 😂

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Haha. Well just set your LinkedIn search for product management (worldwide-mine is set for the UK) and you might be shocked at the number of jobs posted. Otherwise I’ve had recruiters reach out to me as well

Be careful because some CS roles are actually implementation + CS roles at startups. But really the only skill set (from what I’ve experienced) is being good with clients, being able to read reports, and run quarterly business reviews. Analytics experience is helpful but not required

Gotcha! Thank you :) not planning on applying to a CS role but I was curious

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