I have 15+ years of CRM product development (at SAP Labs) and technical consulting experience in SAP. Managed large SAP projects. Looking for a change in career and goal is to land in a TPM role. Do you think I need get an MBA ? May be a certificate from a reputed school ? Any suggestions to reach my goal will be highly appreciated.
A CS degree would be more helpful than an MBA for TPM. Certificates arent worth much. Are you willing to do something entry level as a TPM? Also I would aim for starting out at a lesser company. Hard to get into FAANG as a TPM unless you are a senior TPM, engineer or manager/director somewhere else.
Thanks. I have a EE degree and last 15 years were in IT. I am fluent in SDLC and technical aspects in CS. Have not done a lot of coding in the past 5 years. My current role is an Engagement / Program manager overseeing a portfolio of SAP projects at a Media client. Yes, I am willing to start as an Entry level PM.
With that kind of experience I would recommend trying to get into SAP or maybe Salesforce as a TPM. From there you could hop to a FAANG after a few years if you are good, though you'd likely down level again.
If you saw some of the tpms at Amazon, you’ll wonder how they even got the job....
Apply for a job, and then crush the interview. Read “Cracking the PM interview” by McDowell
There's "Divide and Conquer" too
Wrong PM 😛