Uber - Product Operations

Apr 15, 2020 68 Comments

Want to move to product management. Have been interviewing for Senior PM Operations at Uber. Do most people from here transfer to PM roles at Uber?
1. What is hierarchy for Operations compared to PM?
2. What are salary levels compared to PMs?

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  • Uber / Eng
    Hotwheelz

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     Hotwheelz
    It's an Ops role. Huge step down from PM. And salary will be peanuts in comparison. Shoot for a PM role or find another company.
    Apr 15, 2020 15
    • OP
      Thank you so much for all your comments. Truly appreciate. Looking from the long-term perspective, seems like moving to Product Ops from consulting at Uber may be my best bet. I can network and transition or apply for PM roles post my first year. @real_$P - since you went through the process, would it be possible for me to connect with you and get more insight?
      Apr 20, 2020
    • Amazon / Eng
      Trough

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

       Trough
      Agree with realโ€™s comments above. If you intend to switch roles, I can tell you that Amazon is one of the easiest companies to do it at. We have plenty of Product Manager roles (some maybe not core Product but still tagged as Product roles). You can join in an analytics role, prove yourself on the team and work out a plan with your manager to transition to a Product role, all on the job. I have seen people do it within a year of joining
      Apr 20, 2020
  • Uber
    ๐Ÿฆพ๐Ÿฆต๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿค›๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿฅ–+

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    ๐Ÿฆพ๐Ÿฆต๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿค›๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿฅ–+
    There is no Senior PM Operations at Uber. Are you interviewing for Operations, Product or Product Operations? Moving into Product Management from a different function is a nightmare that requires you to accept going down one level (or more), and going through a PM academy that takes 6+ months. Whoever here says โ€œlots of people have transitioned from X to PMโ€ is lying shamelessly. Ask to speak with people who did this transition, they are few and far in between.
    Apr 15, 2020 4
  • Uber
    pfbeyxujdb

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    pfbeyxujdb
    Internal mobility at Uber is a lie. Donโ€™t count on getting into the PM academy program.
    Apr 15, 2020 9
    • Uber
      #muga

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      #muga
      PM roles typically have more supply than demand, so PM roles tend to be harder to get at all levels.

      @vkgdky Iโ€™ve seen DS to PM and DE to PM. Both were on data related teams to begin with (think XP, dashboarding, etc.) and became PMs of data products.

      I havenโ€™t seen a PA to PM but that is likely due to PA being a relatively newer role.
      Apr 15, 2020
    • Uber
      vkdgdy

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      vkdgdy
      Thanks muga appreciate it
      Apr 16, 2020
  • Uber
    gatherer

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    gatherer
    (Iโ€™m assuming you mean Sr Product Operations as PM operations is not a role)

    Yes. Lots of people have done the transition from Product Operations to PM.

    You can work in Prod Ops for a year, then apply to the Product Manager Academy (a training program for people at Uber with no prior PM experience). You will be re-leveled based on your interviews and background. This means that while you may be an L5 Product Operations Manager, you could go into the PM Academy as an L3 PM.

    Then at the end of the program (six months), you will either be given your role as a PM in the current level, given your role as a PM in a different level (could be up or down), or given 60 days to find a new position at Uber.

    For people that really want to do PM, I think itโ€™s a great program and product operations is a solid jumping point.

    The advice Iโ€™ve been given from those whoโ€™ve done the program is to be very picky about which manager you apply to report into. They will make or break the experience.
    Apr 15, 2020 11
    • Pushpay
      batw0man

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      batw0man
      Wait what? If you go into the academy you risk getting fired after 60 days? Can you explain more?
      Jan 10, 2021
    • Dell / Product
      bealchemis

      Go to company page Dell Product

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      Dell EMC, Nokia
      BIO
      I'm working at a tech giant, not FANG as technical program manager
       bealchemis
      What does product manager do ? ?
      Crosfunctional, run daily business operations around product like SKU management, GTM operations, sales enablement?
      Jan 11, 2021
  • Cisco
    39fkf

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    39fkf
    What does product ops at uber do?
    Jan 11, 2021 7
    • Uber
      TheOpsGuy

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      TheOpsGuy
      I can answer:
      From product pov, ProdOps owns the launch and post launch analysis, along with the initial research during PRD stage. It also co-owns the product roadmap with the PM. Of all stages of prod dev, it is least involved during interactions with designers.
      From Ops pov: it might co-own any of the relevant metrics (like funnel, engagement etc) and is not involved in day to day ops and revenue generation activities
      Feb 3
    • Uber
      brrrrrttt

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      brrrrrttt
      Product ops own post launch and adoption metrics for internal tools. It doesnโ€™t own product requirements gathering and doesnโ€™t own strategic direction.
      Apr 4