👋🏽 About me
Experienced product manager with a background in SaaS, consulting, and sales
Deep user empathy and owner mentality
Technical(ish); proven execution skills; strong product-sense
👀 What I’m looking for
Looking for… | Not looking for… | |
Role | * Remote or optional in-office
* Product Manager
* Individual contributor | * Hybrid / In Office
* Product Owner, Product Development Manager, Scrum Master, Project Manager
* People manager |
Company | * Series B+ startups; well funded (ideally)
* SaaS | * Seed & Series A startups; less than 1.5y of funding/runway
* Consulting; |
Culture | * Yes& philosophy
* Ethical, operate in good faith, mindful
* Lets try this; experimentation culture | * It’s not my job attitude, handoff culture
* Win at all costs, cutthroat, authoritarian
* We’ve always done it this way: business as usual culture |
Team | * Works well async
* Assigned eng & UX counterparts
* Agile pod within +/- 3h time zone | * Meeting heavy culture
* No assigned eng & UX counterparts
* Agile pod dispered across international time zones |
Leadership | * Has problem/domain expertise
* Empathetic, good listening
* Strategic, can articulate vision/goals | * Outsources problem/domain expertise
* Iron-fisted, emotionally volatile
* Too tactical; seeks constant status updates |
Product | * Customer facing
* Solves a meaningful user or market problem | * Internal; backend; shared services
* Commodity; does something slightly better or differently than others |
Industries | Anything else that is not → | * FinServ, Healthcare, MFG, Pharma, Telecom, Utilities, Auto
* Any heavily regulated industry |
💪🏽 What I love doing / what I’m good at
E2E Ownership | Playing a role at every stage
- I love the research, design, build, deploy, and GTM phases of product launches
- I’m good at driving projects from start to finish because I feel accountable for every piece of it
Grokking | Building deep understanding tactically, technically, & strategically
- I love getting in the technical weeds, exploring the bigger picture, and tying it all together
- I’m good at executing because I can go low or go high
Empathizing | Understanding users & team members
- I love understanding people and how to solve their most meaningful pain points
- I’m good at solving team & user problems because I care about what matters to them
Solutioning | Organizing, aligning, & problem solving
- I love problem discovery, brainstorming, and synthesizing ideas
- I’m good at working with ambiguous problems because I can think critically and creatively
🎯 Short & long term career goals
Theme | Short term | Long term |
Role > Level | PM → Sr. PM | Principal PM → TBD |
Company > Size | Startup, <1000 people | N/A - Seeking stability |
Company > Culture | Growth, collaborative, fun | Work / life balance; mission-driven |
Skills | Technical, execution | Domain / Industry., Strategy, SME |
🙅🏽♂️ Must-nots / dealbreakers
4M Framework | Market, Mirror, Management, & Money
Management
- I want to feel inspired and energized by leadership
- I must not be at the mercy of an authoritarian or ruthless C-suite
- Example: I must not be yelled at, have my character attacked, or see leaders disparaging employees (or competitors).
Mirror
- I want to feel proud of what I’m contributing to
- I must not feel ethically conflicted or ashamed of what I’m building
- Example: I must not be exploiting poorly informed users with bad product
Market
- I want a big (enough) TAM that can be captured
- I must not serve such a niche area that it pigeonholes me into a narrow specialty
- Example: I must not work on software that can only be used by <X,XXX customers. In the US.
Money
- I need enough to live in the bay area, pay a mortgage, max out my 401k, and save for my kid’s college education.