When do you need a Technical Product Manager vs a Product Manager?
1 Answer
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Director of Product Management • July 20
In general, you need technical product managers when the PMs need a deep technical understanding. In most cases, this is because the customers of your product are technical.
PMs who aren't technical will be unable to effectively manage a product whose customers are technical folks like developers. There can be situations where your direct customer might not be tech folks, but the product is sufficiently complex and the PM needs to understand enough of the product to be effective.
859 Views
Related Ask Me Anything Sessions
Workiva Vice President Of Product Management, Chris Omland on Technical Product Management
Salesforce Senior Director of Product, Einstein AI, Deepak Mukunthu on Technical Product Management
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Director of Product Management, Devika Nairon Technical Product Management
Related Questions
What skills or background should aspiring technical product managers consider?What metrics do technical product teams look at to define success? Which do you find to be the most important?How do you manage multiple stakeholders and how do you prioritize them?What role should a technical PM play in UX or workflow design? What are best practices for working with a UX team?What has been your biggest challenge working as a TPM?What methodology do you utilize or recommend for organizing or prioritizing features?