Principal Product Manager
A Principal Product Manager is a senior product manager who is at a most-capable employee.
- Example(s):
- a Principal Product Manager - Technical (PMT) at Amazon.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Director Product Management.
References
2021
- https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2081971/principal-product-manager-tech-ml-accelerator
- QUOTE: ... We are looking for a Principal Product Manager - Technical (PMT) who will work with teams across the Consumer organization to understand their business problems and where they apply ML to solve these problems. The PMT will leverage their deep product management expertise to work backwards from customer scenarios and identify the right opportunities to help us accelerate the ML lifecycle at scale, and innovate faster for our customers. ...
As a Principal PMT in the newly formed model accelerator and data infrastructure team, you empathize with our customers and define the problems we will solve. You work backwards from our customers to create a compelling product vision, and a product strategy that solve their business problems. You own the product roadmap and prioritize features to ensure your MVPs add value for our customers from day 1. You are responsible for managing the lifecycle of your products and work independently with engineers, scientists, and other stakeholders on delivering the right products. Your product requirements are concise, with clear, measurable success criteria. You are an effective negotiator, make smart trade-offs without sacrificing quality, and drive appropriate schedules. You develop product plans that have clear, measurable success criteria. You use data to influence our business strategy and technical priorities, and escalate when necessary, without damaging relationships. You keep all your stakeholders up to date on your products, upcoming capabilities, and future plans. You independently represent your products and the product team, and are comfortable communicating with executives as well as with business and technical stakeholders. ...
- QUOTE: ... We are looking for a Principal Product Manager - Technical (PMT) who will work with teams across the Consumer organization to understand their business problems and where they apply ML to solve these problems. The PMT will leverage their deep product management expertise to work backwards from customer scenarios and identify the right opportunities to help us accelerate the ML lifecycle at scale, and innovate faster for our customers. ...
2020
- https://theproductcompany.com/principal-product-manager/
- QUOTE: ... A principal product manager is a senior-level analyst and expert in product development. They are typically the voice of the customer, leading cross-functional teams to produce products that meet or exceed expectations. ...
2017
- (Cagan, 2017) ⇒ Marty Cagan. (2017). “Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love.” Second edition. John Wiley & Sons.
- QUOTE: ... To ensure a holistic view of how the entire system fits together from a business point of view (product vision, strategy, functionality, business rules, and business logic), we need either the leaders of the product management organization (VP product, directors of product), or a principal product manager. This person should regularly review the work of the various product managers and product teams, identifying and helping to resolve conflicts. For large‐scale organization]]s, some companies prefer this to be an individual contributor role (e.g., a principal product manager), but let me be clear that this is a very senior role (usually equivalent to a director‐level manager). Since the head of product is first and foremost responsible for building the skills of the product managers, a dedicated principal product manager is able to focus on the product itself and is readily accessible as a critical resource to all the product managers, product designers, engineers, and test automation staff. If you use a principal product manager for this, he or she should be a direct report to the head of product so that everyone understands the importance of the role and the responsibilities of that person. Whether this role is covered by the head of product or a principal product manager, this is a critically essential role for companies with large and complex business systems, especially with many legacy systems. ...