Head of Product
- Set product function direction with company leaders
- Steward portfolio investment and product organisation
- Develop product leadership and review systemic outcome and risk decisions
Head of Product
- Abilities
- 17
- Core
- 8
- Skills
- 41
What the role expects
Each ability shows how far this role takes it: from Understanding, to Achievement in real work, to Demonstration, where you help others.
People3 abilities · 7 skills
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Coach product peopleCoreDemonstration
Own effective product development support and coach mentors or managers to adapt goals and feedback to individual needs. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Hire and shape product teamsCoreDemonstration
Own product organisation choices and coach managers to evaluate structure, selection and development against actual needs. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Manage product teamsCoreDemonstration
Own dependable product management support and coach managers to handle performance and organisational constraints fairly. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Strategy3 abilities · 8 skills
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Keep choices commercially viableCoreDemonstration
Own commercial product tradeoffs and coach colleagues to challenge model assumptions without treating forecasts as proven outcomes. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Prioritise opportunitiesCoreDemonstration
Own investment tradeoffs across connected opportunities and coach others to revise priorities transparently as conditions change. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Shape product strategyCoreDemonstration
Own connected product strategy choices and coach others to distinguish a coherent investment direction from a list of requests. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
5 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Communication2 abilities · 4 skills
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Align stakeholders on outcomesCoreDemonstration
Own alignment through contested product decisions and coach others to resolve expectations without concealing tradeoffs. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Explain product decisionsElectiveDemonstration
Own communication of difficult product choices and coach colleagues to keep evidence, uncertainty and commitments clear. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Insight2 abilities · 6 skills
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Measure and test assumptionsCoreDemonstration
Own trustworthy product evaluation and coach colleagues to identify misleading measures, weak comparisons and uncertainty in results. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Decide with insight and dataElectiveDemonstration
Own evidence quality in product discovery and coach others to connect customer understanding with defensible product choices. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Collaboration3 abilities · 7 skills
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Collaborate across the suiteElectiveDemonstration
Own dependable collaboration across product boundaries and coach others to resolve dependencies without assuming employment authority. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Collaborate inclusivelyElectiveDemonstration
Own inclusive product decision practices and coach colleagues to address participation barriers and unequal influence. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Weigh different perspectivesElectiveDemonstration
Own constructive resolution of product disagreements and coach others to examine whose needs the decision overlooks. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Delivery4 abilities · 9 skills
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Adapt to new evidenceElectiveDemonstration
Own the review of product assumptions and coach others to adapt commitments without moving success criteria to suit results. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Decide within constraintsElectiveDemonstration
Own product decisions across difficult technical and risk tradeoffs and coach colleagues to involve specialists without substituting product opinion for expertise. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Progress uncertain workElectiveDemonstration
Own progress through ambiguous product work and coach colleagues to balance investigation with responsible commitment. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Ship and learnElectiveDemonstration
Own delivery learning across connected product work and coach others to improve readiness and decisions after release. Apply this to the product function and company investment direction.
6 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
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