The PM Leadership Job—in 1 tweet

The role:
Make successful products via others & build self-managing teams

Key responsibilities:
Strategy+Vision
Product Editing
Meta-Execution
PM Coaching

Should spike on:
Empathy
Listening
Influence
Product Sense
Critical & Strategic Thinking

See for further reading and answers to the FAQs I've seen thus far

Meta-Execution is about setting up the goals, plans, frameworks & cross-org contracts that allow your PMs to execute better.

Key aspects of Meta-Execution:
Goal-setting
Prioritization
Decision-making & facilitation
Cross-org navigation
Progress tracking
Status communication

What is Product Editing?

I've adapted it from @rabois's general framing on Editing:
https://firstround.com/review/Keith-Rabois-on-the-role-of-a-COO-how-to-hire-and-why-transparency-matters/

Check out this thread for more on Product Editing for PM leaders: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1055736584429948928

For a PM Career Skills Map up to the CPO level, check out this thread: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1264621651909505024

For a comprehensive view of how to prepare & position oneself for a PM leadership role and an overview of the PM leadership role, check out this mega-thread (rope?): https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1055718652102594560

For even more material on Product Leadership (and Product Management in general), check out this recent meta-thread: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1278212797361303553

Back to the top tweet:
https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1284499367383035904?s=21 https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1284499367383035904