Product Management role at Apple
What is the product management role at Apple like? How does it differ from Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, or Google? I am looking to understand the role and culture of Apple. Do PMs lead product design or are they more focused on marketing and product strategy? Do engineering teams respect PM guidance or they ignore it and tend to go their own way? Also, how do Program Manager roles compare with Product Manager roles at Apple? Any light you can shed will be appreciated. #pm #product #productmanager #apple #amazon #microsoft #google #meta
Bad question
Look for discussions on product manager vs Engineering Program Manager (EPM) that will help you
I thought EM mostly the one driving products?
Definitely not
Goldman isn’t tech. I’ve worked there and I don’t think you realize how different the tech world is. EMs definitely drive a lot of product.
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It is well described in “Cracking the PM Interview”, including the difference between roles and politics.
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In case he doesn’t i do
With the direction my QQQ shares have gone, that def tracks
Apple folks, any input on aiml org? I’ve searched blind posts but haven’t heard much about the culture and overall org
What do you want to know?
Culture , org leaders and work ethic, growth paths.
Apple doesn’t have true product managers. Their product managers are more like program managers focused on feature development and execution process. There is little to no strategy work, as big ideas come from senior leadership.
I’ve read in other blind posts that aiml pms get to do real product work. Is that untrue
Largely agree with Amazon above. I was at Apple for 10 years and their PM isn’t the traditional PM I see now at Meta and other companies. At Apple, senior leadership across Eng, Ops, and Marketing make all the decisions for product features/strategy. PMs and EPMs play a narrow role depending on their area like they might provide the schedule analysis, cost impact, etc. that gets rolled up the leaders. Marketing has a much broader role at Apple that covers a lot of the typical PM work
Geez.. this takes the win as the most unhelpful comments section on blind.
Lol literally
Search some. Lots of discussions here about it already.
Link to discussion?
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