Lead Product Manager
- Align connected product opportunities across teams
- Resolve shared investment and outcome tradeoffs
- Coach product colleagues without assuming employment authority
Lead Product Manager
- 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.
Strategy3 abilities · 8 skills
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Keep choices commercially viableCoreAchievement
Compare product options using a proportionate commercial model and validate important assumptions with business and operational partners. Apply this to connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
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.
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.
5 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Delivery4 abilities · 9 skills
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Decide within constraintsCoreDemonstration
Own product decisions across difficult technical and risk tradeoffs and coach colleagues to involve specialists without substituting product opinion for expertise.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Ship and learnCoreDemonstration
Own delivery learning across connected product work and coach others to improve readiness and decisions after release.
6 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
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 connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · 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 connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Insight2 abilities · 6 skills
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Decide with insight and dataCoreDemonstration
Own evidence quality in product discovery and coach others to connect customer understanding with defensible product choices. Apply this to connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Measure and test assumptionsCoreDemonstration
Own trustworthy product evaluation and coach colleagues to identify misleading measures, weak comparisons and uncertainty in results.
4 skills · 1 practice task · 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 connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
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 connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
3 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 connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Collaborate inclusivelyElectiveAchievement
Adapt product discussions and decision preparation so different contributors can participate and challenge assumptions safely.
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 connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
People3 abilities · 7 skills
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Coach product peopleElectiveAchievement
Help a product colleague choose a development focus, arrange relevant practice and review evidence of progress.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Hire and shape product teamsElectiveUnderstanding
Explain how product responsibilities and fair selection inform team capacity decisions. Contribute observations within connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams; employment decisions remain with the responsible manager.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Manage product teamsElectiveUnderstanding
Explain a product manager’s employment accountabilities and the importance of independent product judgement. Contribute observations within connected product outcomes across neighbouring teams; employment decisions remain with the responsible manager.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
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