Ask Dave #001: What Does a Product Manager Actually Do? 🤔

The One Role Everyone Defines Differently — Here’s What It Really Means.

Got a question? Drop it here → 📥 Ask Product Dave, and I’ll tackle the top ones each week.

Here’s this week’s question:

“Hey Dave, can you tell me what a Product Manager actually does? There’s just too much information everywhere…”

If you ask 10 experts, you’ll get 10 different answers.

• Marty Cagan says PMs discover valuable, usable, and feasible products.
• Melissa Perri says PMs work with design and engineering to find the right solution.
• Brian De Haaff believes PMs build products that change lives.

And don’t even try to Google Product Manager competency models… it’ll just freak you out!