The Stepstone Group

During my initial quarter of working with a development team, I managed to push through an initiative that improved my main metric by 40%. I also saved around 2 months of development time for 2 teams by asking the right question at the right time. I work both in regular product setup, where I overlook my backlog and have significant input into product strategy. I also work to introduce best PM practices and coach other PMs as a part of our PM Operations division.

I've already proven myself to be an inspiring leader and a good meeting moderator. I use my PM content creator experience day to day to have a positive effect on my product and colleagues.

Senior Product Manager

Next-Gen Product Management

What does it take to thrive as a product manager in today's fast-evolving landscape?
The role of product management has changed dramatically, for the better. No longer defined by outdated principles, but by empowerment, collaboration, and the ability to adapt to emerging technologies like AI. Next-Gen Product Management provides the roadmap for product professionals to future-proof their careers and embrace the next wave of innovation.

Written by three seasoned experts: Teresa Cain, myself, and Diana Stepner, this book combines decades of experience with actionable insights and proven practices. Whether you're just starting your product journey or looking to reignite your passion for the craft, this book offers invaluable guidance for every stage of your career.

Inside, you'll find:

▶️The evolution of product management, from its origins to its modern-day challenges
▶️Strategies to break into the field, grow your skills, and rise to leadership roles
▶️Practical advice on using AI tools like ChatGPT, Amplitude, and Orai to streamline work and build ▶️smarter products
▶️Insights on fostering diverse, high-performing teams and navigating cross-generational collaboration
▶️Timeless frameworks alongside fresh, modern approaches to product development

What readers are saying:

"Highly recommended for newcomers and experienced professionals alike. The PM role isn't dead. It's evolving, and this book shows why." — Aatir Abdul Rauf, VP of Marketing at vFairs

"This book hits different. It's like upgrading from a used car to a rocket ship in your PM career. Packed with real, actionable insights—no fluff!" — Moe Ali, CEO of Product Faculty

Whether you're shaping your first roadmap or scaling into executive leadership, Next-Gen Product Management equips you with the skills, mindset, and tools to succeed in today's rapidly changing product world.

Get your copy today: https://www.amazon.com/Next-Gen-Product-Management-Future-Career/dp/1965428002/

Book Author

Alconost

I am a brand ambassador and promote the product and company so that more companies know about their great translation services. I help them with my brand and represent them on industry events.

Brand Ambassador

Great Product Manager - Practical Product Management course

My careful market analysis of the affordable segment of Product Management courses showed that they lack quality. Within a year, I launched a course that has now amassed 20,000 students and gathered 2000 reviews with an average rating of 4.6. 

This has also led me to become one of the top 20 biggest Product creators on LinkedIn, with around 87,000 followers. I have statements from 270 people thanking me for helping them land their Product Management position. I also provide Product coaching and consulting and create content via different means (blog, YouTube channel, etc).

Product Management Teacher

Microsoft

I looked over the Video Calling aspect of Skype. Being driven by goals set within my OKRs, I looked for the best possible candidates to include in each and every sprint. I shared my experience with teams and translated everything I learned over many years into successful updates and metrics growth. I aimed to bring the easiest, fastest, best, and most fun experience to every user of Skype! I'm most proud of releasing the new major iteration of the product's video meeting stage UX and vastly improving the mobile meeting join experience. I took pride in leading engaging Skype brainstorming meetings, which I then translate into ideas that eventually make it to relevant backlogs.

OLX Group

I led all of the product-related aspects of OLX’s new used cars business in Poland. I have ensured a successful go-live both in terms of the product being ready and having the right metrics and processes established.

I coordinated development requests with the remote teams, making sure that limited available capacity is always dedicated to the highest priority items. I used my start-up and corporate experience to help other departments operate more effectively during the launch period and during the early days of the business.

Product manager

I led an agile mobile application team and my product focus was to improve the engagement aspect of Stepstone's mobile apps. I successfully achieved that thanks to the correct choice of the right user stories from a well maintained, transparent backlog. They embodied a roadmap and strategy I established for my team. I was responsible for establishing the product impact hypothesis that I would later prove using A/B testing and analytical software tools. During my tenure, my team and I achieved an ROI of 250% and improved our main KPIs by at least 15%.

Product Owner

StepStone Services

I performed duties of a scrum product owner by organising backlog, preparing user stories and running scrum meetings in accordance with the sprint schedule. I also conducted traditional analyst tasks that included looking into results of A/B experiments, performing research and monitoring of KPIs.

Senior Business Analyst

idibu

I was responsible for ensuring that the development team was working according to the roadmap established during regular planning sessions. I performed research on clients’ requirements and competitors’ movements. Products of my authorship allowed Idibu to acquire its most valuable clients. I worked both on small and big projects, cooperating with clients and partners from different countries (such as Australia, France, USA and others). 

While coding company’s internal content management system (CMS) I learned the PHP and SQL skills that allow me to better communicate with developers. I was also successful in my previous roles in this company as project manager, client support manager and integration specialist.

Product Manager

- day to day customer care
- 1st, 2nd and rarely 3rd level of support
- designing custom solutions to improve clients experience and reduce the support levels, as well as carrying about any confused soul
- building up knowledge base articles and template replies
- coordinating with other members of the team for optimal work flow and customer care.

Support Manager

Akademia Językowa

I was a certified Calan method English teacher. I worked with different age groups from children to adults.

English Teacher

I am a resourceful and experienced Product Manager that, as Mark Twain suggested, never works, as this position became my hobby. I like to bring people together to create something great and help them become even better. I have been very lucky, being able to execute my career as I planned so many years ago and I am really proud to call myself a doctor. While still being an active Product Manager, I try to give back to the world of product management. My online courses have helped thousands to develop their skills and careers and I'm here to help develop yours as much as I can.

The bar for hiring PMs has totally changed. 

5 AI skills are crucial:

1) Prompt Library

If you are still writing out each promotion bespoke by hand, you are missing out on a world of productivity.

The most efficient PMs have prompts for:

- Drafting a PRD
- Giving feedback on a strategy
- Finding holes in a prototype
- Creating an LLM judge
- Analyzing experiments

2) Automations

You can’t just use a chat LLM and say you’re a proficient AI user. Top AI-using PMs use tools like:

a. Zapier or Airtable for automation
b. Lindy or Relay for AI Agent workflows
c. n8n or Cassidy for multi-agent systems

3) GitHub

The expectation of the modern PM is that you’re technical: that you can vibe code, contribute to open source projects, and know what a repo is.

A great PM Github has:

- AI prototypes
- AI context engineering like RAG & finetuning
- Tangible AI side projects

4) Side Projects

A few years ago, side projects were shunned. That has totally flipped now. The PMs with side projects actually perform better in the job market.

Things like the following win:

a. AI wrappers that make money
b. AI services with paying customers
c. Free AI tools with lots of users

5) AI Tools

It’s expected that you are trying out all the latest and greatest AI Pl tools. A few categories worth knowing well:

- AI dictation tools like Wispr Flow
- AI insights tools like Enterpret and Unwrap
- AI image gen like Nano Banana and Midjourney

Want to build these competencies?

Here are the resources to master each:

1. Prompt Library → https://lnkd.in/eyfUi8ZN
2. Automations → https://lnkd.in/e7bgmKyh
3. Vibe Coding → https://lnkd.in/e66DrW-h
4. Side Projects → https://lnkd.in/eakV3r4e
5. AI Tools → https://lnkd.in/eBNQPg6G

In 2025, every PM has to become an AI PM.

Do you need help to become a 2025 PM and become ready for your next Product Management position? Join Aakash Gupta's and my 10-week cohort training at www.landpmjob.com and secure your top product expertise (and salary bump) today! 

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P.S. Thank you, Aakash Gupta for an inspiring post that was the basis for today's publication :)

Dr Bart Jaworski

I will help you become the best Product Manager possible as a content creator, author, mentor, and instructor.

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