Lenny's Newsletter - Product management career ladders
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Career ladders (a.k.a. leveling frameworks, career tracks, competencies, etc.) have long been secretive and mysterious. I’m not totally sure why. I don’t see how sharing these publicly gives anyone a competitive advantage, and every new company ends up scratching their heads and coming up with something new. Why do we do this to ourselves? It’s especially painful for product management—a role that is already so inconsistently defined and evaluated. Let’s change this. I’ve collected dozens of career ladders from all of the big companies, and though I’m not at liberty to share them fully, below, I’m going to share the high-level frameworks of how 20+ large companies structure their PM role:
If you’d like to contribute to this effort by adding your company, or fix a mistake (I’m sure I got something wrong), please DM me or leave a comment. Takeaways from reviewing these career ladders
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