💪 First days at new Product Management job

What to do in your first days as a product manager

Starting a new product management job can be exciting and intimidating at the same time. You’re excited because you get to work on a new product and solve fresh problems. You’re intimidated because everything is new, and you have a lot of learning to do. If your new company does not have a good onboarding approach, you may initially find yourself with little to do. To make sure that doesn’t happen, here are some suggested plans for your first quarter in a new PM role.

Your first 30, 60, 90 days as a Product Manager. Your first 90 days as a product manager can feel overwhelming. A commonly repeated phrase is that it feels like you're drinking from a firehose. But what should you do in your first 30, 60, or 90 days as a product manager to set you up for success? Your first quarter can really set the rhythm for many months (or years) to come. The folks at Exponent provided this checklist of tips & tricks for success in your new role.

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How to nail your first 90 days as a product manager. Whether you are an experienced product manager starting a new job or an entry-level product professional, your first 90 days are critical. Not only do they allow you to make a great first impression — and the first impression lasts — it’s also the time when the expectations of you are lowest. You’ll also have the most free time and capacity that you’ll ever have. Bart Krawczyk explains how to make the most out of your first days as a product manager in a new company.

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Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day was yesterday – and every year when it comes, I’m reminded of two things:

1. It’s pretty wild that we trust a groundhog to predict the weather for the next 6 weeks.
2. Bill Murray is one of the best comedic actors ever.

Of course, Bill Murray is the star of the movie, Groundhog Day, which is a timeless classic that reminds us that every day is a new opportunity to improve – as the character that Murray portrays has to re-live the same day over and over again until certain things are resolved. 

Let’s be honest – sometimes, being a Product Manager can feel like we’re a part of that movie. It’s not that every day is exactly the same. But sometimes, we can get stuck in a rut where we’re going through the motions. It feels like our actions aren’t going to make a material difference. No matter what we do, we think the end result will be the same. If that’s the case with you…

THEN SNAP OUT OF IT! 

The beauty of our role as Product Managers is that we really do have the ability to make a big impact. That impact isn’t just on our product, we actually have the ability to make a real difference in our customers’ lives.

It’s totally normal to sometimes feel like you’re going through the motions. But if you feel like you haven’t been making that difference you’ve been wanting to make lately, use today as an opportunity to think about how you can. Right this moment, pause and think to yourself, “What’s one thing I can do differently today in order to make a real impact?”

Yesterday may have been Groundhog Day, but let’s think of today as Opportunity Day. 

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Sometimes, the people who would benefit most from attending conferences may not be in the room — and we want to help change that for the upcoming European edition of INDUSTRY (Dublin, Ireland - March 20-22, 2023). 

We are pleased to continue to work with Balsamiq for the fifth year to offer a scholarship program to help product management professionals who otherwise may not attend this conference due to financial constraints. This year, we’ll be awarding thirty (30) scholarships for General Admission passes to attend.

First 90 days in product management career. So, you just got your first product management job. Congratulations! Your first three months in a PM role are the most challenging and also the most educational as you’ll be learning about what works and what doesn’t by unlearning things, starting from scratch in a new product org and sometimes a new product market and a different set of users that you now have to develop empathy from scratch. Mahima Arora shares pointers on how to best set up for success during the first critical 90 days of you joining a company.

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Your First 30 Days as a Product Manager. It’s official—you just landed the Product Manager role at your dream company, and your first day is just around the corner! You’re excited but anxious at the same time — excited at the new opportunity and what’s in store for you, but anxious at the thought of being a new hire in a new environment that what you were used to. There is so much to learn, but what do you do first and where do you start? Bianca suggests a plan that will help you get through your first days.

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A Product Manager’s First 90 Days. About half of the Product Managers Anthony Murphy coaches seek support with either finding a new role or they have recently started a new role. So he shared how he approaches the first 90 days based on his experience through both starting new roles, onboarding Product Managers and the dozens of Product managers he’s coached through their first 90 days. Although primarily based on my experience in product roles, much of this is transferrable to starting any new role.

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