In this special bonus episode of the Product Management Mastermind Podcast, we welcome back  Ayushman Jain (Ep. 1, Unleashing the Magic of GenAI),  Nkem Nwankwo (Ep. 2, API & Platform Product Management),  Diego Granados (Ep. 3, Networking as PM), &  Marily Nika (Ep. 5 AI Product Management)  to revisit key topics from the season and explore new trends shaping the future of product management.  This episode we cover:  A deeper dive into the world of API & Platform Product...

Bryant is an entrepreneur, author, and product leader with experience in multiple industries including fintech,  e-commerce, and automotive. Most recently, he served as a Director of Product at Groundfloor finance, where he drove delivery of a successful beta that drove over $2M in sales in 3 months. This episode we cover:  Building customer focus through entrepreneurship and writing How community building makes products better Handle conflicting user feedback References:  ...

Ayuba is a Product Manager at Coda supporting the team that empowers customers to work with their data in Coda and the underlying data model that supports their imagination. Previous to Coda, Ayuba spent a decade at Microsoft building products from 0 to 1 and through to scaled stages. This episode we cover:  A walkthrough of a zero-to-one project & developing the strategy around it Conducting market research Understanding user behavior & it’s criticality in a zero-to-one...

Phyllis is a Speaker, Coach, Author with experience as a Growth PM. Her book, From Fraud to Freedom, is the culmination of her study of internal and external factors that cause self-doubt. Today, Phyllis shares her experience as a Growth Product Manager to help you succeed in a similar role.  This episode, we cover:  Strategy & prioritization in a growth role Running experiments effectively  Balancing short term vs long term wins Pivoting into growth product...

Rohan Rajiv is a Director of Product at LinkedIn, focused on products that help LinkedIn members find jobs. Rohan also writes extensively for his blog, “A learning a day”- where he’s shared a learning every day since 2008 - and his LinkedIn Newsletter, “Notes on Product Management” - where he breaks down product management best practices and frameworks for over 36K subscribers.  In this conversation, Rohan talks to us about managing your psychology and staying effective through all the ups...

Mayank is a Director of Product at Reddit. He also has a YouTube series called Product Breakdown where he discusses the latest product innovations and the business strategy considerations that will drive success. In this conversation, we’re discussing marketplaces with Mayank Yadav and learning more about what it takes to build and maintain them.  This episode, we cover:  Defining strategy & vision for a marketplace product Balancing the needs of supply & demand side users in a...

Based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Marily Nika is an award-winning AI product management leader and one of the world's top AI educators with 10+ years of experience building AI products at Google and Meta. Marily earned a PhD in machine learning at Imperial College London and is also an author, TED AI speaker, and executive fellow at Harvard Business School. She created the first-ever cohort-based AI product bootcamp and writes about AI at: https://marily.substack.com/. In this conversation, Marily...

Mauricio is currently the Chief Product Officer of Wish and is an expert in the marketplace domain, with experience at major companies like eBay, Google, Facebook and Microsoft. He’s also an active mentor/advisor in the product community. In this episode, we’re discussing retention and how you approach improving it as PM. We cover:  Retention for subscriptions vs one-time purchase products. The relationship between onboarding and retention How to winback users that have churned The...

Diego Granados is a Senior PM at Paypal who’s built deep experience in the AI/ML domain with his previous experience leveraging AI at Microsoft and LinkedIn. He’s also a top PM creator who’s amassed millions of views and helped hundreds of PMs land their first or next Product Management role with his digital courses - “Rocking Your Product Manager Resume” and “Product Interview Operating System”. Today, Diego shares his best advice around networking as a PM. This episode, we cover: The...

Nkem Nwankwo is an MBA, startup advisor, author, 2x dad and currently a Group Product Manager at Greenhouse. Prior to Greenhouse, he built up his experience at several startups including unicorns Calendly and Attentive. In this conversation, Nkem shares his experience tackling Platform and API product management. Nkem walks us through:  What is Platform/API Product Management? Main differences managing API products vs user-facing products Measuring success with Platform/API products The...

Welcome to The Product Management Mastermind: a global community for product people to get advice, share advice, and build relationships. In this podcasts, product leaders share their stories, lessons learned, and best advice to level up your product craft and career. In each episode, guest speakers deep dive topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Networking as a PM, and even managing your psychology. We also answer questions submitted from our community of product managers and end each...

Ayush Jain is a Senior Director of product management at Microsoft, leading generative AI and Customer Data Platform teams within the Dynamics 365 portfolio of products. Ayush has built an incredible career in the Enterprise SaaS space, leading the team that’s launched Real-time Customer Journey Orchestration from 0 to 1 and growing the business 3x the business every year for the last 2 years. In this conversation, Ayush talks about the power of generative AI and how to effectively...