Comments on: Product Manager Role Definition http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/ Software product success. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Scott Sehlhorst Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:02:19 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/#comment-57790 Answered in email. Thanks, Kamalnath for joining us here at Tyner Blain. Answered in email. Thanks, Kamalnath for joining us here at Tyner Blain.

]]> By: Kamalnath Rao http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-57786 Kamalnath Rao Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:22:32 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/#comment-57786 dear sir, I am taking up a position as Product Head. May I request for your guidelines to be successful. Best Regards, Kamalnath dear sir,

I am taking up a position as Product Head. May I request for your guidelines to be successful.

Best Regards,

Kamalnath

]]> By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-56137 Scott Sehlhorst Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:12:59 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/#comment-56137 Good luck in the hunt Mike, and thanks for reading and asking! My experience has been that head-hunters and word-of-mouth are the most effective ways to find someone good. Good people are more likely to be happy and focused on their current products, and I would expect that larger percentage of good product managers to not be actively looking / posting a resume. There are exceptions, of course, and timing - a great product manager may have a company fail/downsize/merge underneath her, but she won't be on the market for long. I wish there were a place where we all hung out - hopefully Tyner Blain is becoming that - but we've got a lot more growth to achieve that - we only have a couple thousand page views a day right now. Good luck again! Scott Good luck in the hunt Mike, and thanks for reading and asking!

My experience has been that head-hunters and word-of-mouth are the most effective ways to find someone good. Good people are more likely to be happy and focused on their current products, and I would expect that larger percentage of good product managers to not be actively looking / posting a resume. There are exceptions, of course, and timing – a great product manager may have a company fail/downsize/merge underneath her, but she won’t be on the market for long.

I wish there were a place where we all hung out – hopefully Tyner Blain is becoming that – but we’ve got a lot more growth to achieve that – we only have a couple thousand page views a day right now.

Good luck again!
Scott

]]> By: Mike http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-56134 Mike Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:52:53 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/#comment-56134 Where do I find you talented product management people? We search online through a variety of sources, job boards, Monster, Dice. Is there a "best place" to find good product managers who might be interested in a hardware/software company in Connecticut? Contact Carrie Pazda at Carrie.Pazda@gerberscientific.com. Where do I find you talented product management people? We search online through a variety of sources, job boards, Monster, Dice. Is there a “best place” to find good product managers who might be interested in a hardware/software company in Connecticut? Contact Carrie Pazda at Carrie.Pazda@gerberscientific.com.

]]> By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Scott Sehlhorst Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:51:42 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/#comment-796 Hey Deepak, thanks for the comments (and continued reading!). Sounds like your company has a pretty rational approach. And I definitely agree with you about #2 - the hard part for me is that I grew up in a consulting/development/presales/design environment, and really like that stuff. So I have to make a concerted effort to put it all in the right 'bucket'. Scott Hey Deepak, thanks for the comments (and continued reading!).

Sounds like your company has a pretty rational approach. And I definitely agree with you about #2 – the hard part for me is that I grew up in a consulting/development/presales/design environment, and really like that stuff. So I have to make a concerted effort to put it all in the right ‘bucket’.

Scott

]]> By: Deepak http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Deepak Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:22:41 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/04/09/product-manager-role-definition/#comment-793 In my company 1,2,4,5 are the main responsibilities with heavy involvement in 6. You are right in splitting #2 up into two distinct categories. While a product manager can contribute to R&D design, IMHO, the product managers job is to validate designs with the customer base. Being a product manager was a very satisfying experience. I recommend that any technical person with people skills and a penchant for communication try it out. In my company 1,2,4,5 are the main responsibilities with heavy involvement in 6. You are right in splitting #2 up into two distinct categories. While a product manager can contribute to R&D design, IMHO, the product managers job is to validate designs with the customer base.

Being a product manager was a very satisfying experience. I recommend that any technical person with people skills and a penchant for communication try it out.

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