Product Manager Onboarding plan for First 30/45/60 days
In order kick-start the journey in a structured manner , PM needs an onboarding plan for first 60 days. The plan can be rudimentary but it needs to be in place especially for the new PM . It also helps to build the credibility for the PM since it showcase their PM skills as well. A well written document with the action item & their status would help to a lot in the long run for the PM.
First 30 days
HR Onboarding
- Furnishing Background details ,Salary details , PF details , HR onboarding training , etc
- Go through the videos about organization vision & strategy
- Watch the CEO message for the new joinee
Know your Product Team
- Understand the various Product Stream
- Get access to Product tools & Product dashboards
- Understand Product strategy & vision
- Shadow the co-PM in your team
- Get yourself accustomed to the team’s best practices
- Setup introductory 1:1 with your manager
Know your Buddy
- Add yourself to all the meetings of the buddy
- Take notes and notice the POCs for various functions
- Get yourself added to the latest email threads & understand the background
Engage with co-workers & cross functional teams
- Share your introduction email covering professional journey , interests , hobbies , educations, etc
- Setup 1:1 with external stakeholders- Design /Engineering /Marketing /Operations/CX
- Daily check-ins with the buddy
- Bi-weekly 1:1s with the manager
Understand the customer & product in detail
- Attend CX calls & identify personas
- Conduct onsite/zoom discussion
- Go through Playstore reviews
- Get yourself added to the CX tickets
- Download the app & try different scenarios in detail -Go through the successful flow & failure flow
- Do join the domain knowledge session to get hold of the new domain
Outcome
- Kickoff the new project with your manager & get started
- Start preparing the spec sheet of the project
- Share feedback regarding the onboarding process
- Go through the curate product readings to introduce & apply new learnings
First 45 days
Know your Product Team
- Take over the primary PM role completely & start leading the discussions
Engage with co-workers & cross functional teams
- Have subsequent discussion to understand the team better & initiate next level of domain knowledge
Understand the customer & product in detail
- Connect with customers of diverse personas & background
- Develop hypothesis
- Understand edge cases & their instrumentation
Outcome
- Initiate & lead execution for Q2 FY21 launch
- Start preparing the Quarterly roadmap for the Product team by end of 45 days
First 60 days
Know your Product Team
- Lead the team of PMs/Product Analyst
- Share your feedback & decisive opinion on the current processes
Understand the customer & product in detail
- Connect with customers of diverse personas & background
- Develop hypothesis
- Understand edge cases & their instrumentation
Outcome
- Clarify & define OKRs
- Start achieving the OKRs
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