PM 🐠, is there value-add in bringing on a ‘freelance’ or ‘project’ based Associate Product Manager (mostly at a startup or nonprofit)? I’m currently in a strategy role, but looking to gain tangible PM experience by essentially working for free as an APM. What are some reasons such orgs would be open to bringing me on vs not?

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A project based PM is not really a thing. The main reason being that you develop expertise over time in an area to help make better business decisions.

I'd would suggest you get the experience and position it as PM experience. In the meantime do the interview prep work and get interviews for companies like Amazon, FB and Google which have strong APM programs instead. Why not get paid for what you do.

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I’d be staying at my current firm, and essentially work on the APM role 10-20 hours/week at nights and weekends for 4-6 months

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