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Working with Product Managers as an Engineering Manager or Engineer

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Working with Product Managers as an Engineering Manager or Engineer

The pillars of strong Product Manager (PM) / Engineering Manager (EM) relationships, tactics that work, and insights for engineers to work better with PMs.

Gergely Orosz
Dec 14, 2021
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Working with Product Managers as an Engineering Manager or Engineer

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Q: As an engineering lead, I feel I should have a better working relationship with my PM. What are things I can do to work more efficiently with them?

Such an important topic. The highest performing and healthiest engineering teams I’ve worked on and observed all had a strong relationship between the engineering manager and product manager.

In this issue we cover:

  • The pillars of a strong product / engineering manager relationship.

  • Tactics for engineering managers to build a strong product relationship.

  • Engineers working well with product managers; a framework you can follow.

Before diving in, a story about how great engineering / product relationships take time to build.

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