This is the role for people who like difficult product problems. They want to work on new, innovative products and to chart new territory for the company. Their role is very similar to the architect role in development, which focuses more on laying the development structure and scaling it rather than managing other developers. Senior product managers are critical to the success of companies of all sizes because they can operate more independently than many product managers. They are also usually entrepreneurial, which is a great trait, since these people are usually the ones who will start new
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