Career options for new mgr of PMs

Workday
loptop

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loptop
Mar 5, 2019 6 Comments

Hello reader -

Would love to get the take of others who have gone from IC to mgr early in their career.

Background:
- 3.5 yrs in PM (<6 yrs total)
- ex consultant, soft skill/ strategy heavy
- tc 340
- currently early into managing large team of PMs

my take so far: enjoy the team lead stuff, area strategy, etc - but execution on roadmap is so slow at a big company like WD (dependencies, resource constraints, etc).

So far finding minimal luck at other brand names, maybe due to lack of technical skills, MBA or large product launches.

Thinking about shifting to IC at small-mid startup to build additional product experience.

Any thoughts? Should I ride out a bit longer to level up more? Anyone else jumped from large company to startup and felt it was worth the jump experience wise?

Thanks!

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  • Indeed / Other
    CDwY37

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     CDwY37
    Depends on your long term goal. From an outside perspective workday is doing really well and just at the beginning of fast growth. I’d stay and grow with the company for financial and promotional opportunities. also, is slow execution related to the nature of 2B business?
    Mar 5, 2019 2
    • Workday
      loptop

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      loptop
      OP
      Long term goal is to continue work in product team lead capacity, ideally owning P&L and full stack team. Concerned at this pace I’m going to have very few milestone under my belt relative to the title I’ll end up with. I feel pace is mostly due to tech stack, very little due to B2B.
      Mar 5, 2019
    • Indeed / Other
      CDwY37

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       CDwY37
      What milestones are needed for your long term goal? In my company, it’s more cross-team impact. I’ve heard for other companies, international experience matters too. Is large product launch one of the must-haves at WD?
      Mar 5, 2019
  • Lyft
    goboeee

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    goboeee
    Ride it out.
    Mar 5, 2019 1
  • Walmart.com / Eng
    lore

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     lore
    $340 is a great PM comp for your experience. Only maybe F or G would pay higher
    Mar 5, 2019 0