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Product Manager Portfolio

A product manager portfolio is a collection of projects that showcases a PM's domain knowledge and technical competency, increasingly important for hiring in the software industry. It should include case studies, PRDs, and demonstrate unique projects aligned with the desired role. Portfolios can be stored in various formats and should be concise, impactful, and easily accessible to hiring managers.

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Product Manager Portfolio

A product manager portfolio is a collection of projects that showcases a PM's domain knowledge and technical competency, increasingly important for hiring in the software industry. It should include case studies, PRDs, and demonstrate unique projects aligned with the desired role. Portfolios can be stored in various formats and should be concise, impactful, and easily accessible to hiring managers.

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HOW TO CREATE A

PRODUCT MANAGER
PORTFOLIO
Introduction to portfolio

What is a product manager portfolio?


Product manager portfolio is a collection of small projects
being done by PMs to showcase their domain knowledge
and gain attention from hiring managers. This is being used
extensively now for hiring

When did people start using it?


Product management in software industry grew in the 1990s
and by late 2000s having a product manager portfolio
became ubiquitous in the industry

Purpose of it?
Portfolio serves as a way to judge the candidates and also
differentiate between multiple candidates. It gives an
indication into the thought process of the candidate

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Importance of portfolio

How is it used?
Most software firms hiring PMs would want to understand the
technical competency of the candidate and their creative
thinking. Portfolios offer a way to judge this

Who is it helpful for?


Many of the freshers trying to get their way into PM roles wil
not have job experience. Having a product portfolio is an
easy way to build your credentials and showcase to firms
that you are technically sound

Does every PM need to have a Portfolio


At the start of their careers, PMs need to have a portfolio.
As they proceed through their career, having public
evidences of their projects will serve as a good reference

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Things to include in portfolio

No code tools Technical skills:


PMs are expected to use no Writing low complexity code
code tools and create usable along with some database
modules. Showcasing this will can increase confidence in
be very appealing the hiring manager

Case Studies PRDs


Showcasing your strategy Product managers have a lot
thinking in the form of Case of documentation work.
studies helps with problem Having a few detailed PRDs is
solving good

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Templates, Formats in portfolio

Following are some of the common formats in which product manager


portfolio is presented to external world

PDF
No Code Website Collection of PDF

Folder of PPTs Document

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Tools used for portfolio

Design Website

PPT Documents

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Types of projects in portfolio

New product creation Metrics improvement


Ideating an end to end Case studies on how to
product along with potential improve metrics on a specific
impact problem statement

UI/UX Revamp GTM Strategy


Coming up with new UI/UX Designing a GTM strategy for
flow and revamping a product or feature in the
workflows organisation

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Market expectations

Uniqueness Briefness in deliverables


Picking projects/topics which are Catching the attention of hiring
unique can help differentiate you from manager within a few seconds is the
the crowd applying for the role and major requirement of the product
improve chances portfolio

Tech savviness Role Fit


Showcasing your control over The portfolio should be closely aligned
technologies, integrations and with the role being applied to. Having
knowledge can help land you the role that alignment will give confidence to
where many people apply hiring firm

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Where should I store portfolio?

Where should Portfolios be stored?


You can store your portfolio as a series of PPTs, PDFs in cloud storage or
you can showcase them in a personal website

Other things to be considered


Portfolios can include Personally identifiable information (PII), hence you
need to be careful about security, privacy on the information being
shared in the projects being shown

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How much is too much?

Number of projects Areas of focus


It is advisable to have a priority list of Based on the role you are applying to,
your projects and show only the top 4- the portfolio should have the projects
5 projects in your portfolio. This will which are in alignment with the job
give maximum to hiring manager description

Length of projects Showing impact


The projects should be relevant and The portfolio should show the impact it
concise. While going through the can have on the ground and the
project, the hiring manager should improvement in metrics. Without metric
get an idea of your thought process impact, portfolio will lose relevance

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Adding portfolio in CV

Location in CV Experience
Usually the portfolio should be placed Adding portfolio projects related to
in a easy to find location in CV. It can particular work experience and showing
ideally be at the top of the CV along your technical skill in the area will help
with contact details get interview shortlist

Other important pointers


The hiring manager should be able to
easily access portfolio and start going
through your projects

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Example - 1

Chandan has made a website which gives an idea of current firm, past
projects, github repository and other case studies he has worked on in
the past.

He has hosted it in a private hosting service on the URL


https://chandan.dev/ for people to explore his works

He has used the website to showcase all his skillsets and his experience

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Example - 2

We look Mark Progano’s product portfolio. He has added 4 projects one


in AI Chatbot, Case study, Product improvement and New product
development.

He has hosted it on a private hosting service in https://mprogano.com/


for everyone to see his works

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