The Technical, Business and UX Skills Every Product Manager Needs

What skills does a Product Manager need at Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, etc? Here's my perspective on what skills are needed to succeed that these companies with examples and explanations of each category. Hope this helps!
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:11 - What is a Product Manager
1:11 - What technical skills does a PM need?
6:58 - What business skills does a PM need?
9:56 - What UX/Design skills does a PM need?
12:18 - Summary & Outro
A few skills I missed in the video (Thanks Cesar and Cyrus!):
- Accessibility - Remember the importance of making your products for a wide group of people which might use your product using different inputs and outputs.
- Importance on EQ - When working in a large company, politics come into play and having EQ can be beneficial so thrive in that environment.
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  • @laibashahid5442
    @laibashahid54424 ай бұрын

    The video I just watched is hands down the best for understanding the essential skills a PM needs. It's truly incredible.

  • @sositttaa
    @sositttaa Жыл бұрын

    Liam I can't stress enough how informative and thorough your 12:51 minute video was! I got more insight on specifics of the PM role then an 11 hour course I took on becoming a PM! Looking forward to watching your other videos. Thanks again, and you rock!

  • @tigerrx7
    @tigerrx710 ай бұрын

    1. Yes! Please don’t use AI buzzwords if you don’t understand them. Senior PMs will suss you out and question your motives. 2. ALWAYS ask your engineering lead for an architectural design diagram, a functional flow diagram, and a data flow diagram. Could be all-in-one. And understand it fully!

  • @AlexNiedt

    @AlexNiedt

    8 ай бұрын

    #2 has been an absolute lifesaver for me

  • @Atman81
    @Atman812 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your channel, truly useful and love it that you aren't trying to sell yourself or anything else here! Could you please do a video on how to approach product teardown? There are a lot of content however I think your thought process is quite structured and succinct.

  • @Thelarryyy1
    @Thelarryyy12 жыл бұрын

    Hi Liam. Thank you so much for all the information. I’m currently in tech sales looking forward to become a pm later and your videos are very helpful.

  • @testshow9381
    @testshow9381 Жыл бұрын

    This is awesome Liam! Cursing myself for not finding this channel in these many years.

  • @misterhanwee1030
    @misterhanwee1030 Жыл бұрын

    This is so much nuggets. I love how you break it down clearly!

  • @ashleyschuurman4211
    @ashleyschuurman4211 Жыл бұрын

    I found this shockingly helpful as someone with no specific education in the realm of product ownership, but who has managed to land there in our growing startup. I’ve got a good to-do list to make sure I’m growing into the role!

  • @trangthuy6559
    @trangthuy655911 ай бұрын

    I love your video! straight to the point, easy to understand without buzz words and very practical!

  • @jyotsnap5713
    @jyotsnap5713 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Liam! Your videos are super useful and informative.

  • @nachopenalver9471
    @nachopenalver94712 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Exactly what I needed. Perfect timing! Keep it up bro, you rock 💥

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for the support!

  • @grvsha
    @grvsha8 ай бұрын

    Thank you Liam. Gotta watch this video everyday for a month :)

  • @carlosmeneses4495
    @carlosmeneses4495 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Liam, I am a product manager and found your videos very helpful. Looking forward to more content!

  • @sergeyeremenko2330
    @sergeyeremenko2330 Жыл бұрын

    Oh, man! Thank you so much for this video! I was so confused about my future career path and you help me so much!))

  • @dimosthenisavgeris
    @dimosthenisavgeris7 ай бұрын

    I rarely post comments on KZread, but this is one of the most simple yet comprehesive videos about new product managers out there. Definitely worth the sub!

  • @dedearyeh
    @dedearyeh Жыл бұрын

    Really great video, Liam. This was incredibly helpful. Thanks.

  • @akinolaakintayo2787
    @akinolaakintayo2787 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, Liam! This was super helpful!

  • @SashaEvans-ce2ww
    @SashaEvans-ce2ww3 ай бұрын

    Short but very informative! Super helpful, a huge thanks

  • @alexanderevergreen
    @alexanderevergreenАй бұрын

    One of the best compressed presentation of what great product needs! Great work!

  • @brieflygorgeous_
    @brieflygorgeous_2 ай бұрын

    Honestly, awesome content! Straighforward, concise, clear.

  • @okaforifunanyau2231
    @okaforifunanyau2231 Жыл бұрын

    I just stumbled on this channel. Such an amazing insight. Thank you so much. I have so much direction

  • @mrvedejo
    @mrvedejo2 жыл бұрын

    Great Job Liam! Thank you very much for this amazing video

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for supporting me :)

  • @raahemalavi
    @raahemalavi Жыл бұрын

    This video provided great value, appreciate it.

  • @Liruijia0904
    @Liruijia09042 жыл бұрын

    I am so glad I have watched your video yesterday! Almost waste my time studying the wrong stuff. :) Appreciated.

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    i hope it was useful!

  • @uty321
    @uty32112 күн бұрын

    It helped a lot to understand the basic concept of product manager's role! Thank you for the wonderful sum up!

  • @jhonfernandezbeltran3056
    @jhonfernandezbeltran30562 жыл бұрын

    Thank you this is such an amazing video, it gives me some guidance about where to start. I’m about to start a certificate I hope I can use what you just shared and become a PM.

  • @B0wate
    @B0wate28 күн бұрын

    Thanks for this. I have a long list of what I need now

  • @RokyBalboa7
    @RokyBalboa7 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this! Please make more :)

  • @MM-th4vu
    @MM-th4vu Жыл бұрын

    Hey Liam, I'm a new subscriber and new to the PM role. I'm just going through your PM related videos and I'm quickly burning through them lol - do you have any plans to make more? I would love to see them!

  • @Solitoapp
    @Solitoapp3 ай бұрын

    Amazingly amazing video thank you Liam!

  • @johnnyodonnell4952
    @johnnyodonnell49522 жыл бұрын

    This is good stuff man. Keep it up!

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks brotha!

  • @SeanTechStories
    @SeanTechStories Жыл бұрын

    Love this video! Thanks Liam!

  • @allied125
    @allied1252 жыл бұрын

    Hi Liam, I'm 19y/o studying finance and cognitive science at university. I discovered your channel recently. THANK YOU for providing incredible value in every video. I will be a product management intern at a tech startup this summer and already feel more prepared for the role after watching all your videos. Keep up the great work and can't wait for your next video! :)

  • @kshitijpatil9015

    @kshitijpatil9015

    Жыл бұрын

    are u online friend?

  • @henry.the.producer

    @henry.the.producer

    8 ай бұрын

    1 year on, how's uni?

  • @breakloop3954
    @breakloop39542 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for such a helpful video Liam - on to that intro to CS course now!

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    need to add that into the description 🫢

  • @Andrew8524
    @Andrew85242 ай бұрын

    Very helpful overview. I have a non-IT background, so i have some additional homework. I appreciate the roadmap. Thanks.

  • @roy2487
    @roy24872 ай бұрын

    Thank you Liam, really helped me a lot

  • @inkarhappy
    @inkarhappy8 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much , Liam, very helpful 🙏

  • @IgorShorop
    @IgorShorop2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video!

  • @siruitao
    @siruitao2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for the content! It is really helpful!!!

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    so glad you found it useful! thank you for the support :)

  • @iva1993ful
    @iva1993ful5 ай бұрын

    you should have hundred thousands of views ! super informative.

  • @erengunduz
    @erengunduz Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great content 🙌

  • @user-ch4br7gr2q
    @user-ch4br7gr2q6 ай бұрын

    Very helpful.. Thank you very much

  • @AFCAT-dk7po
    @AFCAT-dk7po11 ай бұрын

    This is so awesome and great

  • @_ayush_gautam_
    @_ayush_gautam_ Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video!

  • @chacon00735
    @chacon007358 ай бұрын

    Great video. I love it

  • @proudlyindian5925
    @proudlyindian59252 ай бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @thepodnotes
    @thepodnotes6 ай бұрын

    Great videO!

  • @NickSchneiderChannel
    @NickSchneiderChannel6 ай бұрын

    @liam you should do a 10 minute video on each of these main little diagrams, because you have a great communication and facilitation style

  • @yagneshwaraman1047
    @yagneshwaraman1047 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the content. Can you also suggest some side projects that can be appropriated by big companies during interviews

  • @sudhansukumar6532
    @sudhansukumar653229 күн бұрын

    I subscribed because of your LinkedIn cover photo.

  • @jayb4212
    @jayb4212 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. So much more succinct than the others Ive been looking at

  • @supman9758
    @supman975811 ай бұрын

    Great stuff! Any suggestions on how to improve the business skills? Any course that you suggest?

  • @rangabashyamcharikesi1383
    @rangabashyamcharikesi1383 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the wonderful explanation, can you pls attach the sources to learn tech basics?

  • @andressafioravanti3690
    @andressafioravanti3690 Жыл бұрын

    thank u so muchhhhh

  • @lobz
    @lobz Жыл бұрын

    Please can we get a day in the life vid - id love to see what you get up to.

  • @nikr1159
    @nikr11596 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @eugenesumpter130
    @eugenesumpter130 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful just want to know whats needed to do good job thx truck driver looking

  • @Lima3578user
    @Lima3578user Жыл бұрын

    Dear Liam, great video. Do you have tailor made courses for the topics covered in this video

  • @user-gw4jy2jk6i
    @user-gw4jy2jk6i6 ай бұрын

    cool video)

  • @Cheal111
    @Cheal1117 ай бұрын

    Ur videos are dope

  • @OzodbekOzodov-jt4dp
    @OzodbekOzodov-jt4dp27 күн бұрын

    Man, I love the content you made, but it's sad you are not creating new videos anymore. I'd love to hear you more. Nonetheless, thanks a lot!

  • @alishaokeeffe7574
    @alishaokeeffe75743 ай бұрын

    So which component takes up most of your time? What do your daily activities look like? If the designers are more informed about user interface design would the product manager role be testing and researching their design choices? How much of a say does the product manager have in the design?

  • @rishiraj3339
    @rishiraj3339Ай бұрын

    Protect him at all cost .

  • @austinb3560
    @austinb35608 ай бұрын

    My masters program focused heavily on marketing technology, or the technical side behind it all. I wish we learned SQL tho. I’ve seen that more and more in job requirements. Do you know if courses that contain SQL are supplemental to actual experience? Like is it respected?

  • @albertnameirakpam6270
    @albertnameirakpam6270 Жыл бұрын

    Please make more videos :)

  • @Cheal111
    @Cheal1117 ай бұрын

    Pls we need more videos

  • @SA-cb2it
    @SA-cb2itАй бұрын

    I have all these skills. Experience as ux designer, I looked into creating my own business figuring it out and have an understanding of the domain, and have an understanding of technology domain as I have an engineering degree in IT. I want to get into PM since I enjoy getting to know user needs get into behavior patterns, spot opportunities to add value to users and to the business, I understand analytics. How do i go about getting a job in this field since I have no experience as PM? As a fresher in this field? I have designed degree, I have IT engineering degree and I have self taught business acumen.

  • @santhosh8290
    @santhosh8290 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Liam, I see every product manager at Microsoft have a engineering background in India. I have gone through atleast 20 linkedin profiles. So its safe to conclude that microsoft hires people with engineering back even if you have mba ?

  • @bukola_O
    @bukola_O2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. Can you recommend where to learn these technical skills?

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    will add a few links in the description soon! sorry i totally forgot

  • @enzotessaro4430
    @enzotessaro44302 жыл бұрын

    Liam, do you recommend taking PM courses? Such as the Product School ones...

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    i personally do not recommend anything by a for profit organization that is not an nationally accredited education institution

  • @green___apple
    @green___apple2 жыл бұрын

    Hi @Liam, can you also share your insights on how to understand what the interviewer is evaluating on? I feel it is a lot of luck as interviewer might be wearing a special hat and trying to test us on that specific skill. What are the right questions/tricks to find out the interviwers' evaluation criteria?

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    i personally tell the candidate what pillars i’m evaluating on and it’s expected that the candidate does some homework before the interview (or ask the recruiter) more details on what those pillars entail. i feel like it’s fair to ask the interviewer if they don’t tell you up front.

  • @green___apple

    @green___apple

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@liambolling thank you, ill apply that more openly now. Much appreciated!

  • @zebrashid
    @zebrashid Жыл бұрын

    Can u add the link to the intro to ca courses please

  • @obi9893
    @obi9893 Жыл бұрын

    Where do I start from..

  • @Cheal111
    @Cheal1117 ай бұрын

    Pls create more content

  • @YasinNabi
    @YasinNabi Жыл бұрын

    You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. --Maya Angelou.,.,.

  • @TheHeathbr
    @TheHeathbr2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve got the same 🎙👍🏻

  • @liambolling

    @liambolling

    2 жыл бұрын

    decent mic right?

  • @TheHeathbr

    @TheHeathbr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@liambolling So far so good! I had a hard time deciding, a lot of Blue Yeti haters out there!

  • @saathvikam
    @saathvikamАй бұрын

    I wish I found this video very earlier.

  • @DrEhrfurchtgebietend
    @DrEhrfurchtgebietendАй бұрын

    The best PMs used to be data scientists

  • @iluvantar
    @iluvantar5 ай бұрын

    ithon app

  • @JoTamimi
    @JoTamimi Жыл бұрын

    Java not to develop a mobile app! 😑

  • @hdhdushsvsyshshshs
    @hdhdushsvsyshshshs2 ай бұрын

    I think you should understand a lot deeper the technical side, what you said is very superficial, a chinese 3 year old knows all the technical shit that you mentioned

  • @thinkermetrics
    @thinkermetrics2 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad I selected this video. Can I join you? I'll get us a table. #sqljokes

  • @Cheal111
    @Cheal1117 ай бұрын

    Me checking ur page and seeing just 9 videos is sad 🥲