Learn the PM skills that make for a successful product manager. Make sure to highlight these skills on your resume
- Analytical Thinking - Communication - Technical - Empathy Skills - Data Analytics - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - UX Skills - Go To Market - Prioritization
Analytical Thinking – Product Managers need analytical thinking to build the right products
Communication Skills – Product Managers need communication skills to help sell the product vision and deal with partner teams.
Technical Skills – Product Managers don't require hard technical skills, but you need to know enough to work with engineering teams.
Customer Empathy Skills – PMs need to understand their customers to build the right things.
Data Analytic Skills – PMs use data to make decisions about what to build, and to track if you're successful.
Entrepreneurial Skills – PMs need to be the mini "CEO's" of their product. Each product is like a small business.
Leadership Skills – Product Managers need to influence and make decisions across many indecisive teams.
UX Skills – PMs need have a good UX sense to understand how the customer uses the product.
Go To Market Skills - PM's need to ultimately launch the product. You'll need the GTM chops for a successful launch.
Prioritization Skills – Prioritization is needed to figure out what to do first. It's so important, it's asked at every interview.