I’m a PM in healthcare with no tech background, what do I need to do to break into PM roles in tech industry? (For non-tech roles). What technical skills would I need?

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You’ll get paid more as a PM in healthcare tech. ‘Y background is in tech and healthcare tech. You say you’re already a PM in healthcare? What types of projects do you manage in healthcare that are non-tech, construction?

The biggest thing is understanding how applications interact with infrastructure such as storage, general networking, secure connections with certificates since many systems are SaaS based, authentication, HL7 interfaces, etc.

If you don’t have a tech background I just spoke another language from your perspective. With no tech background I don’t see you getting PM roles in a straight up tech company, like NVidia. You’d have a much better of shot at transitioning to technical projects within healthcare. Get your experience there. When there are concepts being discussed you don’t understand use AI to learn about it, and maybe pick the brains of the technical resources.

From there you could transition to the vendor side. Implementing systems for healthcare tech companies. There’s good money in that.

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Basic sql, understanding of db architecture, Microsoft visio, to name a few

Thank you! Do you know how hard it is to get into PM in tech for non tech roles?

Hey there! This is a great article that will tell you everything you need and he breaks down each skillset needed by what kind of PM you want to be.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ask-dave-002-what-skills-do-you-need-product-manager-david-wang-2syec?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

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You need to masterful at the soft skills (negotiation, communication, executive presence) and then familiar with technical writing and project management.

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There are a couple of skills you need to acquire, as the others have commented. But prioritizing is important. Which ones are easier for you to knock off the list.

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