A Product Manager is the person who identifies the customer need and the larger business objectives that a product or feature will fulfill, articulates what success looks like for a product, and rallies a team to turn that vision into a reality.
Broadly speaking, a good product manager will spend his or her time on a handful of tasks.
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Understanding and representing user needs.
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Monitoring the market and developing competitive analyses.
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Defining a vision for a product.
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Aligning stakeholders around the vision for the product.
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Prioritizing product features and capabilities.
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Creating a shared brain across larger teams to empower independent decision making.