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What’s new from Coach Pri?

• Save the date - Friday Nov 8th - kickstarting Monthly ‘Product-with-Pri’ in-person Community Meetups! 😅 

  We’re organizing our very first community mixer next month, right here in Berryessa, San Jose! Capacity will be limited (~30 people). We will have a roundtable discussion/Q&A on a specific PM-relevant topic (~30 minutes), with open networking afterwards. More to come on this!
  
  My goal/vision for this is simple - building real-life connections, and learning together as a supportive, fun PM community, in a safe, respectful environment.
  
  🤠 If you’re interested to learn more, join this event, or volunteer to help - reply back with the word “networking” and I’ll make sure you stay updated about this!

• Reminder - Friday Oct 11 (12 -1 pm PST) - Meditation Workshop for PMs: It takes more than just a great resume and PM or Interview skills to succeed in today’s job market - it takes resilience & mental strength!

  
  🫶 Our guest will be Marni Heinz - former sales exec at Salesforce, a certified coach, and meditation instructor trained with - Tara Brach & Jack Cornfield! Marni will lead us through a guided meditation on a topic which is so relevant for all product managers!
  
  💥 Register here (limited seats)!  

Product Management News & Industry Trends

• AI wins the Nobel Prize: Winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics are machine learning pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. While building neural network based models for image and music recognition at Columbia University in 2004, I always thought of AI as Mathematics(it was more Predictive AI at the time, not Generative AI). So if you’re like me and wondering where the Physics part comes in - check out the full article. 
  
  Or, if you just want to get a laugh out of the irony of it all - how the professor struggled to believe his call from the Nobel committee in Sweden was real and not a deep fake 😂 - check out this tweet.

• Impact of AI on the PM job: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how AI will impact different aspects of a PM’s day-to-day job. I’ve even proposed talks and podcasts with some collaborators on this topic.
  
  Here’s what I see coming: The so called “hard skills” of PM-ing (Product Strategy, Vision, Design, Roadmapping, PRD etc.), will be largely performed or heavily facilitated by AI, whereas the so-called “soft skills” - i.e. negotiation, building cross-functional relationships, and giving critical feedback (if you’re a leader) will become more “human-centered”.
  
  So - if you’re thinking of investing in your career and skills, pick a program that covers both - the “hard skills” and the “soft skills”, and build your EQ as much as a your IQ, so you can be ready for the future 😁 
  
  This is why I keep talking about mindset, self-care, emotional intelligence, and more, because I know this will help differentiate you as a great PM! And, this is why I’m including mindset skills in our 8-week coaching program 😉 I want clients like you to succeed not just in 2024-2025, but be ready for the next 5-10 years. And, it turns out Lenny agrees with me!

Who’s hiring in my network (HM Linkedin Posts!)

I know that looking for a job is hard! So here are specific links to hiring manager or recruiter posts from people in my network, that give you an insider’s edge while applying..

 🔥Wow - The PM job market is on fire! Lot’s of growth happening, and many exciting PM roles are open at all levels - you just have to look - IN THE RIGHT PLACES, and apply through THE RIGHT CHANNELs! And also - make sure to put yourself out there on unique/new job boards, and through both remote and in-person networking events, and do not limit yourself to Linkedin and Indeed! 😅 

• William Web, a consultant for a head-hunting firm Candela Search has just kicked off an exciting hiring effort for an iconic and very recognisable $15B+ retailer who are in a period of significant growth. There are almost 10 open roles, mostly at the GPM level and a couple of director level - reach out to him directly if you’re a good fit 😁 

• Duolingo is hiring a Director Director of Product Management.

• Airbnb is hiring a Platform Lead, for Support Products, again, happy to introduce you to someone in my network if you think you’re a good fit.

  Tip: If you’re looking for GPM and above level roles - you can follow Marc Barsela on Linkedin.

• For the auto industry - GM is hiring right here in Mountain View for Sr Group PM role - Commercial SW Platform. The HM’s post is here.

• If FinTech is your jam, and you love Product Design, then Mercury is hiring #remote within USA 🇺🇸, Canada 🇨🇦: VP of Design, Group Product Design Manager, and Staff Product Designer roles are open. The HM’s post is here.

• Infrastructure Security company A10 is hiring for 2 Principal PM roles. The hiring manager’s post is here.

• Palo Alto networks is hiring for a Principal PM role. Here is the HM’s post.

  In addition to New York, SF, SF Bay Area and Austin, Seattle is also experiencing hiring growth if that’s where you are.

  Check out this job board for more open roles.

  Want a list of more job boards?

  Reply back with the phrase “job boards” and I will send it your way!

PM Career & Interview Tips of the Week!

💥 We are in week 6 of the PM Level-Up Group Program - and our topic of the week is Product Success Metrics!

🤓 Here are some themes of PM Interview questions that appear on this topic:

• Defining success metrics for a product

• “Root cause analysis (RCA)” or “Metrics Debugging” questions.

• Two success metrics going in two different directions (contra-indicators)

• Making a product-related decision (based on success metrics)

• Evaluating trade-offs (use metrics to evaluate the trade-offs)

🔥 Here are my 5 tips as a PM Coach to help you stand out in your product success metrics interviews:

1. Clarify upfront what stage is your product is in

2. Define which steps in your user journey does value realization happen, and set success metrics for those areas

3. Be aware of different kinds of metrics - leading, lagging, counter, vanity and proxy metrics!

4. Don't forget to define counter metrics!

5. Stay curious - instead of making assumptions, ask intelligent questions to the interviewer that demonstrate you can think like a great PM!

👉️ Here is a short video with tips on how to ace your product success metrics interview questions!

I noticed there was an incorrect link last week for the video on how to answer PM questions so that you don’t get down-leveled (sorry!) - so, here’s the correct link!

💥 What are your biggest challenges in answering Product Success Metrics Interview questions?

Whenever you’re ready, here are 2 ways I can help…