Top 10 Skills Of A Product Manager | Product Management | UpGrad

Product Management is a fast developing niche to build a career in. You should follow tips by UpGrad to become one of the best in the field.
While the need for Product Managers is increasing tremendously - in startups, tech companies and other large companies like - the supply in India is currently only limited to a few thousand and compares poorly to countries like the US. As per the Google and Accel Partners SAAS Report, there are roughly 36,000 Product Managers in India and the number is expected to increase to about 68,000 Product Managers by 2020. #ProductManagerJobs #ProductManager #ProductManagement

So, the need is apparent. But the critical question is, How to become a Product Manager? A common misconception is that Product Managers need to only master certain hard skills such as business understanding, tech and data. However, this means the job is half done. To be a successful Product Manager you must have some soft skills too. These include communication, negotiation and leading without authority among many others. But don't worry about backgrounds, as Product Managers have been known to have diverse work and educational experience prior to making the transition into Product Management.

Ravijot Chugh, Co-Founder and Product Head at UpGrad, explains in this 3rd part of the Careers-In-Shorts Series what these key skills are and how one can ace them to get on the road to being a great Product Manager.

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