“A manager's job is to get better outcomes from a group of people through purpose, people, and process — the why, the who, and the how.”
Why Julie is the canonical The Product Manager
Former VP of Product Design at Facebook, where she helped shape products used by billions, and author of The Making of a Manager. A canonical voice on turning product and design vision into shipped decisions.
The The Product Manager owns the what and why of a product — translates between users, business, and engineering. See the role on the 23-role map →
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