A Path to Head of Product

Be the first and get ready for a totally new ball game

There aren’t a ton of product positions out there. You only need one to be part of a functional scrum team, unlike the 5–7 positions that are filled by engineers. There are even fewer leadership roles in product.

So how the hell does an aspiring young Product Manager find their way to leadership?

My path was to circumnavigate the slow, internal climb and horizontally move between companies to become the first Product Manager somewhere, and it’s now paid off.

My other strategy involved letting go of everything that was prescribed to me as a contributor in Product Management, and start flexing what it would take in Product Management to become a leader in that role.

So let’s break this down to accelerate your path

Be the First

Look for the right conditions with Horizontal Movement

Horizontal movement to become the first Product Manager is a fast track way of becoming a leader in Product Management.

I’ve being doing Product Management now for 7 years, I’ve worked with 4 companies across 3 different sectors (Insurance, Transport & Fleet Management, Fintech), and it was…