Optimizing Your Job For Your Life: Designing Your Ideal Job

In this episode of the Intentional Product Manager Podcast, host Shobhit Chugh takes you deeper into Principle Two of the Intentional Job Search system: designing a job that fits your life, rather than squeezing your life into a job.

Instead of chasing roles that look good on paper, Shobhit shares eight powerful outcomes that define a truly great job and career. You’ll learn how to spot opportunities that give you:

• A fulfilling, energizing week
• Work that amplifies your natural strengths
• Growth in your career capital
• A manager who truly supports you
• A culture free from drama and politics
• Compensation that matches your real value
• Continuous learning and development
• A compelling narrative that expands your future options

Through real-life success stories, you’ll see how product managers transformed their careers by focusing on these outcomes and how you can do the same. Shobhit also shares practical tools, from the right questions to ask in interviews to the mindset shifts that help you confidently say “no” to the wrong opportunities and “yes” to the right ones.

This episode will challenge you to rethink how you approach your job search and career design, so you can make clear, intentional choices that align with the life you want.

Episode Breakdown
00:00 – Welcome & Introduction
00:20 – Why your job should fit your life
01:18 – The 8 outcomes of a truly great job
04:37 – Success stories: how PMs applied this principle
06:21 – The power of saying no
06:45 – Questions to ask in interviews
09:24 – Shifting your self-talk & mindset
11:18 – Takeaways & next steps

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www.intentionalproductmanager.com