Masterclass: Managing Your First PM

Every month, we record a paid class on PM best practices, where our lead instructor Clement covers weeks of product knowledge in 90 minutes or less. This month, we discussed how to manage your first PM as a newly-minted product leader.

In this recorded class on managing PMs, we covered:

• Why managing product managers is uniquely challenging vs. managing other functions

• The problem with traditional “top-down” management mindsets

• How you should structure your relationship to your PM direct reports

• Driving aligned product thinking across your team

• Five crucial conversations to have when kicking off your managerial role

• Three systems for managing the performance and growth of your PMs

Here’s a preview of 4 of the slides from this class (23 slides total):

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As a product manager, you’ll continue to be exposed to novel situations that demand prior expertise. Rather than attempting to learn on the job, you’ll be much more effective if you come in with battle-tested frameworks at the ready.

Remember, you can typically expense professional development investments so that you don’t need to pay out-of-pocket!