Nailing the transition from IC PM to Product Leadership

Steve Klein (twitter.com/stevenklein) talks with Josh Herzig-Marx (linkedin.com/in/joshuaherzigmarx) about the new things you’ll be expected to do when transitioning to a Product Leadership role, and how you can accel at them.

Listen later? Here's the podcast links

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zKS5ZLRz4ig5iayUm1af5?si=ecc5af46041b45df

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nailing-the-transition-from-ic-pm-to-product-leadership/id1646061444?i=1000597440994

Links

• Josh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaherzigmarx/

• Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com

• Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome

• Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg

• Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/

Show notes

(00:00) - Introductions

(04:32) - Why transitioning from IC to leadership is hard

(09:57) - Communicating the product vision

(17:44) - Building out a hiring process

(24:31) - Delivering feedback to direct reports

(29:37) - Career ladders

(35:15) - Prioritizing product work

(37:27) - Differences between an IC and a manager

(38:42) - How to get leadership on board for growing the product team 

(40:52) - Growth and promotions as a product manager

(43:30) - The important skill of delegating

(45:11) - Dealing with unclear ownership

(47:40) - Developing junior PMs into seasoned PMs