A deep dive into hiring product managers: Insights from product experts

Jan 10, 2024

Insights on hiring top-notch product managers and tips for candidates in the competitive product job market. Qualities to look for when hiring, importance of compelling storytelling, approaching the hiring process, listening to the whole team, and future questions in hiring product roles.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Hiring for Product Roles

01:43 • 9min

Narrating the Impact: Importance of Compelling Storytelling

10:38 • 1min

Approach to Hiring Product Managers

12:08 • 9min

The Importance of Listening to the Whole Team and Being Guided by Evidence

20:53 • 2min

Insights and Future Questions in Hiring Product Roles

22:42 • 2min

In this exclusive episode of The Product Experience podcast, we bring together a diverse panel of product experts from around the world to share their invaluable insights on the essential aspects of recruiting top-notch product managers. Additionally, we delve into actionable tips for candidates seeking to distinguish themselves in the competitive landscape of the product job market.

Join us for a compelling discussion featuring Mel McVeigh (VP Digital Product, Condé Nast), Namrata Sarmah (Chief Product Officer), Itamar Gilad (Product Coach), and other industry luminaries.

Featured Links: Follow Lily on LinkedIn and Twitter | Follow Randy on LinkedIn and Twitter | 'Hiring and Developing Product Managers' feature at Mind The Product | Guests included in this episode: Mel McVeigh, Lucie Buisson, Dinushi Pieries, Alex Watson, Hoang Nguyen, Ben Foster, Tobias Freudenreich, Itamar Gilad, Kax Uson, Namrata Sarmah, Kirsten Mann, Amy Wagner

Our Hosts
Lily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She’s currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She’s worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.

Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury’s. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group’s Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He’s the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager’s Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon’s music stores in the US & UK.