Looking to break into Product Management? Some of the best opportunities might be at your own company. Alix FitzGerald, a Group Product Manager at Betterment, shared insights on how to make the transition from Customer Support, Operations, Marketing, or other functions into Product Management. Alix made the move herself and has managed two other Product Managers through their internal transfers. She talked about her learnings and examples.

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7. Alix Fitzgerald

8. Moving Internally into
Product Management

9. What is
Betterment?

10. My journey into
product mgmt

11. How does a
Betterment PM
spend her time?

12. So, you want to be a PM?
Lessons learned from moving into product internally

13. Get curious

14. Questioning
Asking
Learning
Building
Get curious about:
- Your company
- Your customers
- Other products

15. Learning the
PM skills

16. - Courses
- Blog posts
- Meetups
- Your team
Questioning
Asking
Learning
Building

17. Using your knowledge to build

18. Try it out and build something
- New tool or process
- Use your domain expertise
- Focus on the customer
Questioning
Asking
Learning
Building

19. Ask for what
you want

20. Questioning
Asking
Learning
Building
- Talk to your product team
- Talk to your manager
- Determine the right path
and opportunity

21. Recap
1. Get curious
2. Learn the PM skills
3. Use your knowledge to build
4. Ask for what you want

22. Date
Author
January 17, 2018
Alix FitzGerald @alix_fitzgerald

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