Product Manager

← All career guidesProduct and designProduct ManagerDefines what to build and why, aligning user needs, business goals, and engineering effort into a product direction.Find relevant jobs→Print learning guideOpen Hitchhiker's guide→Skill coverage63%5 of 8 skillsCourse coverage38%6 of 16 coursesSkill coverage shows how much of the role's capability map already has a published course. Course coverage shows how much of the mapped course pipeline for this role has shipped.Role skills 8Published coverage 5Relevant courses 6Capability mapSkillsImportance describes how central each capability is to the role. Course coverage shows where you can build the skill in the current OpenSkills catalog.01Product strategy4 capabilities

• Product discovery

Importance: Essential (5 of 5)Identifies and validates problems worth solving through user evidence.Course coverage

• Platform Product Management
• Product Discovery (planned)

• Roadmapping

Importance: Essential (5 of 5)Sequences outcomes and bets into a communicable product roadmap.Course coverage

• Technology Roadmapping, Outcome-Based Roadmapping and OKRs (planned)

• Market analysis

Importance: Very important (4 of 5)Assesses competitors, positioning, and opportunity size.Course coverage

• Product Market Analysis
• Competitive Intelligence and Positioning (planned)

• Product metrics

Importance: Essential (5 of 5)Defines and tracks metrics that measure product health and impact.Course coverage

• Product Metrics, Product Analytics Instrumentation (planned)

02Product execution4 capabilities

• Requirements definition

Importance: Essential (5 of 5)Translates problems into clear specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.Course coverage

• Requirements Engineering
• Requirements Elicitation Techniques (planned)

• Prioritization

Importance: Essential (5 of 5)Makes explicit trade-offs across value, effort, and risk.Course coverage

• Product Prioritization, Technical Debt vs. Feature Prioritization (planned)

• Stakeholder management

Importance: Very important (4 of 5)Aligns leadership, customers, and teams around decisions.Course coverage

• Technical Stakeholder Communication
• Stakeholder Mapping and Influence (planned)

• Agile delivery

Importance: Very important (4 of 5)Works with engineering teams through iterative delivery practices.Course coverage

• Agile Software DevelopmentFree
• Scrum Fundamentals

Learning pathRelevant coursesPrint all introsPrint all cheatsheetsCore foundationsThe concepts this role is built on.

• Product Market Analysis
• Requirements Engineering
• Product Discovery, Product Metrics, Product Prioritization, Technology Roadmapping (planned)

Supporting knowledgeAdjacent knowledge that improves day-to-day judgment.

• Agile Software DevelopmentFree
• Scrum Fundamentals
• Technical Stakeholder Communication
• Competitive Intelligence and Positioning, Outcome-Based Roadmapping and OKRs, Product Analytics Instrumentation, Requirements Elicitation Techniques, Stakeholder Mapping and Influence, Technical Debt vs. Feature Prioritization (planned)

SpecializationsDeeper paths for particular environments or directions.

• Platform Product Management

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