Exploring Functional Competencies
Look at the details of functional competencies and practice it yourself.
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Author’s experience: I’ve worked for most of my time as a TPM at the same company—as such, I was concerned about an unconscious bias of what a TPM is or should be. To combat this, I sought outside perspectives from as many high-profile companies as I could—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple. To help confirm the interviews I had, and to fill in gaps where interviews weren’t possible, I combed through the job boards of these companies to see what each was looking for in a TPM.
Insights into the TPM role from interviews
One thing that this matrix doesn’t cover extensively is style, which we were able to learn more about from the interviews we conducted. So, let’s talk a little about the things that stood out here.
Of the companies we ...