846 Advizers
Kevin
Product Manager
ChargePoint
Cornell University 2011
UCLA MBA

UCLA Anderson
Q1Career path
Technology
Overcoming Challenges
Career Exploration
1:43
"he had mentioned that you will be successful, but not in this current role that you're serving in."
Q2Main responsibilities
Product Management
Requirement Gathering
Roadmap Development
0:45
"So as a product manager, my main responsibilities are to really design the requirements and requirements, meaning what types of engineering resources do we need?"
Q3Day in the life
Project Management
Teamwork
Communication
1:25
"in any PM as it's abbreviated, uh, product management role, there will be a lot of meetings that you'll have with various stakeholders."
Q4Most important skills - role
Communication
Technical Skills
Business Acumen
2:03
"So if there's an engineer in the room, can you translate what some folks have required as like a deliverable into a way that engineers can understand? So things like this require pretty good communication skills, and I would say technical knowledge"
Q5Favorite parts - role
Product Management
Responsibility
Leadership
1:20
"What I think I enjoy the most is having the ability to really define the future experience of a company."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Project Management
Prioritization
Decision-Making
1:33
"The biggest challenge in my role is juggling multiple priorities, multiple requests, everything that might come into a product manager's plate."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Communication
Project Management
Problem-Solving
1:21
"it's, it's almost like a soft skillset that you develop over time. Um, but the ability to, to do that I think is really rewarded in this industry."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Career Development
Overcoming Challenges
Project Management
1:40
"I was asking myself, do I have the skills to be in product management?"
Q10Entry-level positions
Consulting
Business Strategy
Sales
1:51
"I started more on the sales side. I think there's lots of sales development jobs that are out there."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Visionary Leadership
Project Management
Entrepreneurship
1:34
"doing my own thing allowed me to get so many experiences that not like one single job in another company would've given me."
Q12College ideas for success
Networking
Career Exploration
Communication
2:41
"I really took the liberal arts education to heart. What I mean by this is taking all sorts of courses outside your core major."
Q13How identity impacted career
Overcoming Challenges
Cultural Awareness
Communication
2:35
"Recognizing your, where you come from and how that impacts success in your role, I think is very, very important."