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This week marks the festival of Uttarayana (“moving northward”) or Makar Sankranti, celebrated in different parts of India under different names, which has always meant something special to me.

Growing up, it meant sesame laddoos in the kitchen, kite flying (after many attempts 😅 !) on the terrace, family and neighbors hanging out together in sweaters, and that unmistakable feeling that winter was slowly giving way to slightly longer, brighter days.

The sun beginning its northward journey wasn’t something we talked about explicitly — but you could feel the shift. (If you live in Canada or New York or a much colder part of the world 🥶 , and aren’t feeling that shift 😉, I feel you, hang in there! )

I’ve been thinking about that kind of shift lately.

Not the loud, dramatic resets we often chase — but the quieter ones. The moments where direction matters more than speed, and intentional choices matter more than having perfect clarity.

That’s the energy I’m bringing into this newsletter going forward.

I’ll be using this space to share ideas, frameworks, and real patterns I see in my work with senior product leaders — especially around decision-making, influence, and leading through ambiguity.

Consider this a small but steady northward move — in how we think, decide, and lead.

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PM Insight of the week

💪 How you talk about failure says a lot about you as a Product Leader.
Failure is inevitable in fast-moving product roles. What matters isn’t that something failed — it’s the story you tell about it.

The story you tell yourself.
The story you tell your team.
And the story you tell interviewers or senior leadership.

Hiring Managers aren’t looking for perfection. They want to see that you can learn quickly, regain momentum, and lead forward with stronger judgment.

How this shows up on the job

• You take ownership without blame

• You extract clear learnings and pivot when needed

• You help the team recover, and move forward

How this shows up in interviews

• You frame failure as a decision and learning moment

• You highlight judgment, tradeoffs, and growth

Ask yourself

• Can I explain why the decision made sense at the time?

• Do I clearly articulate what changed afterward?

A common mistake I see:
PMs either have no failure stories — or they choose one that makes the failure the headline. Interviewers care less about the setback, and more about how you thought, learned, and moved forward!

Who’s hiring (job posts from my network)

Curated list of live roles from hiring managers & recruiters in my network:

• Videoamp – Hiring a Principal PM for Ad Planning in NYC → HM Post

• ZScaler – Hiring a Principal PM, Platform UX in San Jose → HM Post

• Amazon – Hiring a Principal Tech. PM, Live/FireTV in Germany → HM Post

• Change.org - Hiring a Principal PM, Growth → Linkedin Post

• Cedar - Hiring a Principal PM, AI Personalization in NYC → Recruiter Post

• Zillow – Hiring a Sr PM, Quote-to-Cash, Remote → HM Post

• Dandy – Hiring a Sr PM, Implants in NYC → HM Post

• SimplePractice – Hiring a Sr PM, Clinical Communications → HM Post

• Walmart Global Tech – Hiring a Sr and Staff PM → HM Post

• ZScaler – Hiring a Principal PM, Platform UX in San Jose → HM Post

• Etsy – Hiring a Sr PM, Machine Learning, Ads in NYC → HM Post

  📍 More roles? Check out trueup.io/jobs.

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