From Vision to Reality: A Journey into Product Management Careers

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This article will discuss how a product manager operates, the variations between different careers, the product management qualities that will make you a great product manager, and a possible career path for a product manager.

What is Product Management?

A product manager defines what success looks like for a product, identifies the consumer need and bigger corporate goals that a feature will address, and rallies a team to make that vision a reality.

The first product managers were hired for this new position in the 1930s due to a memo Neil H. McElroy wrote while working at Procter & Gamble. These so-called «brand men» would have exclusive responsibility for a brand, including client relations and sales and marketing. To develop a successful product, product management is now a multidisciplinary position that integrates strategy, design, leadership, and marketing.

What Does a Project Manager Do?

While that is a good start, let's look more closely at the duties that a product manager is supposed to perform:

• Identify the needs of the client
• Describe the goals for new products.
• Construct and improve the product framework.
• Establish the product's vision.
• Work within a cross-functional team and with the product team.
  

These are just a small portion of the duties that a product manager is responsible for.

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