I'm looking to move from consulting to tech strategy or product management roles. Any guidance/ thoughts/ comments on how to navigate? I have a background in analytics, operations research from Columbia University. Happy to share more info!

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I'm in the middle of this right now. Do you have any tech strategy or PM experience? How many YOE? Analytics and OR background is good for PM and will help on interviews, but only if you have <5 YOE. Real world > academics, especially for PMs. Tons of Silicon Valley startups are opening up remote PM roles. If you want to stick in enterprise, most market-leading corporations have established or are establishing solid PM organizations (eg FAANG, Salesforce, Adobe, Capital One, etc etc etc). Go to Product School events (ProductCon) and network/ping people on Linkedin. Toptal has a Product Management vertical, and some clients are looking for contract-to-hire PMs. Let me know if you have any other questions, I've been planning and making this move for the past year or so.

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Thank you - this is super helpful.
I have some tech strategy exp and yes my academic background is in analytics & OR. I have around 1.5 YOE in total. I am an international student so some contract-to-hire positions are out of scope. I shall look up the product school events. Do you have any leads or different methods of getting in touch with these startups or enterprise roles?
I have heard from a few people (while networking) that I have less exp to transition into the industry from consulting. Happy to chat with you further in DM if you're fine with it.
Thank you once again!

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