Career paths and professional development opportunities for growth product managers

Navigating growth product management’s evolving terrain also involves capitalizing on expanding career opportunities. The field now offers diverse trajectories to senior product manager roles, company leadership, entrepreneurship, and beyond.

For example, Xiaodi Hou now leads product design at payments giant Stripe after holding product manager positions at Amazon and Microsoft. Her success shows how seasoned product managers can leverage experience into executive status at major firms.

Meanwhile, others chart their courses by founding startups. Ex-Facebook VP Julie Zhuo authored best-selling product management books before launching her own coaching company. Her path reveals entrepreneurial possibilities for growth product managers seeking independence.

To access these opportunities, growth product managers must actively strengthen their leadership abilities, strategic thinking, and...