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Very insightful Head of Product data from the ICONIQ Capital team. Especially regarding SaaS hiring. "This study shows that sector affinity is not critical as hires with and without an application oriented background exhibited similar tenure outcomes." Somewhat aligns with Jason Lemkin's old Quora post. "I'd go for a SaaS expert over a domain/target market expert in just about any senior hire -- VP Product, VP Sales, VP Marketing. The general reason is this: we overvalue domain expertise. Everyone else in the company already understands the market. The new guys should have plenty of wingmen until she or he picks that part up. If I'd looked for great e-signature experts in '06 and '07, we'd have gone bankrupt before I'd found any." Didn't much matter. https://lnkd.in/gHSdrpJX

If you want your company to do new things, interview each candidate for their ability to think, as well as digging into what they have done before. On the subject of #hiring, Hiive is adding another product manager. Posting link in the comments.

Ready to think differently about hiring Product Managers? Currently, putting more thought into hiring has been more important than ever. My book 'Hiring Product Managers' describes how Product EQ can take you beyond the typical process. Human skills describe how a product person works, but this must go hand-in-hand with technical skills to be successful - and that's often where people miss the mark. #hiringpms #hiring #producteq

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Throughout my career, I’ve learned A LOT about hiring and building a product team. Early on, I thought I should be hiring people like me: a generalist who loves developing strategy and is skilled at User Research and Executive communication. But as we scaled our organization, I learned (painfully) that we needed the opposite. We needed technical product folks who could go deep on specific problems. We didn’t need everyone to be able to craft a strategy and present it to the CEO. That was my job. Once I understood what the organization needed, I built the best product org. of my career (shoutout to Jiajia Zhang, Eve Taylor Robinson, Jaime Bussell, Gustavo Vivanco, and Meghan Birch). What have you changed your mind about as it relates to hiring?

Finding a great PRODUCT MANAGER? It's a Nightmare! Struggling to Hire? Generic recruiters send a flood of resumes, but none fit. Why? They simply don't understand the product manager role. We Do! The Prime Talent Recruiting team is built by product managers for PRODUCT MANAGERS!!! Stop wasting time and resources on the wrong hires. Let PTR find the perfect product manager for your company!!! #productmanager #recruitment #hiring

I'm kicking off Q1 with 6 new retained searches! And I have more conversations with customers over the next few weeks looking to hire Product Managers at all levels this quarter. Why are customers choosing to use Producto for their Product Management hiring? With 17 years of experience in successfully running international campaigns for start-ups through to Fortune 100 companies combined with a specialism in the field of Product Management, we can find the talent our customers need, quickly and accurately. If you are planning to hire a Product Manager, Director of Product or Chief Product Officer and want the support of a recruitment partner who understands the art of Product Management, let's talk. #hiring #recruitment #productmanagement

Solid points made by Jason. Mishires are Expensive. I do specific search and recruitment for product or tech leadership roles. Often, I'm chosen over 'your standard recruiters' because my main activity—forming and moderating peer groups for the same roles—a unique insight into what makes a good product or tech leader. The best procedure is the one where the company trusts me in knowing what makes a good product leader (from being able to compare them to the +-70 I work with). They then focus on fit. Oh, and that brings me to the one other thing that makes the right person: Culture fit. Company culture should be assessed and matched up front; otherwise, we will waste time on interviews with incompatible profiles.