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Senior product role in top tech companies. 
Run a substantial product or a product line with multiple products
Consists of business analysts, sales and marketing, engineering 

In this role, PM owns product portfolio. 

Example: 
Uber: Multiple components on Driver team --> Multiple group PMs

Key responsibilities: 
- They write vision doc
- Building relationship with execs
- Motivating and guiding your team 
- De-facto leader of product team, tells the team what to build next
- Go to person about the domain, expected to know everything about the product line. Supposed to know what happened last quarter or happening in next quarters
- Responsible for product principles - why behind what we build.
- Involved in hiring PMs and engineers
- Identify stretch opportunities for fellow PMs
- Managing resources, budget and timelines
- Timelines, roadmaps, keeping executive stakeholders updated
- Narrow down product focus and vision and then repeat it 1000 times to your team, execs, reviews and everywhere else
- Maintaining optimism and consistency over time

[[Lisa Tomlin#On Group PM processes]]

### Ways to differentiate yourself for senior roles
1. **Strategic Thinking and Vision**:
    - **Market Insights**: Deepen your understanding of market trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies. How can you position the product strategically?
    - **Long-Term Vision**: Articulate a compelling vision for the product that aligns with Atlassian’s overall strategy.
2. **Leadership and Influence**:
    - **Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Highlight your ability to work with diverse teams—engineering, design, marketing, etc. How do you rally them around a common goal?
    - **Stakeholder Management**: Discuss how you’ve influenced executives and gained buy-in for complex initiatives.
3. **Product Strategy and Roadmapping**:
    - **Multi-Year Planning**: Showcase your experience developing multi-year product roadmaps. How do you balance short-term wins with long-term vision?
    - **Business Acumen**: Understand the financial impact of your decisions. Can you build a compelling business case?
4. **Customer-Centric Mindset**:
    - **Deep Customer Empathy**: Share stories of how you’ve truly understood customer pain points and translated them into successful product features.
    - **User Research**: Discuss your methods for gathering customer insights—interviews, surveys, usability testing, etc.
5. **Technical Fluency**:
    - **Platform Understanding**: For a senior role, dive deeper into technical aspects. How do APIs work? What architectural decisions impact scalability?
    - **Integration Strategies**: Given your focus on platform strategy, be ready to discuss integration challenges and opportunities.
6. **Innovation and Risk-Taking**:
    - **Innovative Solutions**: Describe instances where you’ve taken calculated risks to drive innovation. How do you balance experimentation with stability?
    - **Learning from Failures**: Be open about past failures and how you’ve turned them into growth opportunities.
7. **People Management (if applicable)**:
    - **Mentoring and Coaching**: If you’ll manage other PMs, discuss your approach to mentoring and developing talent.
    - **Conflict Resolution**: How do you handle disagreements within your team or across functions?

Remember, as a Senior Principal Product Manager, you’re not just solving product problems—you’re shaping the organization’s direction. Emphasize your strategic mindset, leadership abilities, and passion for driving impact.