1. Key skills
required for a Product Manager.
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Clear communication: A clear communication and clear
assignment of responsibilities as per the team strength is one of the most
important skills for a Product Manager. A PM is responsible to communicate
business requirements to Design Team for effective figma as well as responsible
for communicating the same to Tech Team for them to build the same.
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Domain knowledge: A Product Manager who has knowledge of
the domain or vertical for which the product is getting built adds enough and
more value to the actual product as PM understands the domain/industry trends
as a whole.
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Strategic thinking/ Business acumen: A PM with a strategic
thinking mindset or business acumen is more likely to prioritise things better
against the never-ending whirl-wind of day today urgent tasks.
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Customer empathy: A PM is required to put himself/ herself
into Customers’ shoes to understand his/her pain points or challenges. Once the
problem statement is understood, same can be worked upon and solution needs to
be implemented which is expected to impact Customers on scale.
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Technical knowledge: A PM needs to have some basic
understanding of technology to communicate with Engineers from the Tech Team
and to also understand technological constraints at time.
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Problem solving: A Product Manager should be focussed on
solving a problem at hand and coming out with solution which will impact masses,
i.e., something which is scalable.
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Time management: A PM should be able to work on multiple
projects/ products and stay organised to keep a better track of work or back
log at any given point in time.
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Team collaboration/ Leadership skills: A Product Manager
should be able to command respect and authority even without a title. He/ She
needs to coordinate with stakeholders from multiple departments & multiple
hierarchy. Trust is the foundation of all relationships and PM should take care
to build trust among his/her fellow team members/ stakeholders.
