Discover Product Management: Strategy, Data, Engineering, and Design
Do you want some clarity about what a career in Product Management (PM) really means? Well, we have the event for you! BizTech and YNCN are collabing to host ‘Discover Product Management’ on Wednesday, February 23rd @ 6 pm ET!
Get ready for an interactive panel discussion with PMs from different archetypes: data-driven, design-driven, and sales-driven product cultures. Learn more about the role, recruitment process and solve a fun product case to delve into the world of PM. This is an event you won’t want to miss — it is an excellent opportunity to network (with PMs from Reddit, BlackBerry, and the founder of Product Teacher), build PM skills and learn from a hands-on case study!
There is a registration capacity, so make sure to sign up fast! Registrations will be approved on a rolling basis, and selected students will be contacted once their registration is approved.
All students of all years and programs are welcome to register!
About our Panelists
P.S. If you plan to connect with them on LinkedIn, please send a personalized invite OR "Follow" them on LinkedIn. 😇
Marissa Zhang is a Senior Product Manager at Reddit working on content discovery experiences to help people find the best content and communities personalized to their interests. Prior to Reddit, she worked on video creation experiences at Microsoft, building tools to help people leverage video in modern work and education. She is based out of Seattle, and in her spare time, she loves exploring Washington outdoors.
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Keith Balasingham is a Director of Security, Product Portfolio at BlackBerry Ltd. He has over 17 years of experience in a range of technological fields, including many years in various key roles with BlackBerry. He brings many years of experience in product management with web and mobile technology platforms and has held many roles that aptly cover both technical and business domains. He is passionate about product management, finding product-market-fit, and growth strategy.
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Clement Kao is Founder of Product Teacher, a product management education company with the mission of creating accessible and effective resources for a global community of product managers, founders, and entrepreneurs. Product Teacher offers self-paced courses, career coaching, consulting, corporate training, and other professional development services. As an ex-Principal Product Manager, Clement has shipped 10 multi-million dollar B2B software products over the last five years at multiple startups. Clement has also written 80+ product management best practice articles and has been a featured speaker and writer for 70+ different organizations.
Agenda
Introduction
Learn about PM and different archetypes
Interactive Q&A Style Panel
Break into groups:
Work on a Product Sense Question with a PM
Networking
Closing Remarks
About You're Next Career Network (YNCN)
You’re Next Career Network is a multi-disciplinary team of over 40 student volunteers. Our goal is to provide opportunities to students through career development programs, as well as corporate and startup career opportunities. Working with over 3000 students and 100 companies a year, in addition to supporting other U of T engineering clubs by providing 5-10K a year, we aim to continue bringing exciting opportunities to the students of U of T.
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About University of Toronto BizTech Association (UTBT)
Founded in May'21, UTBT is the first student club that provides a multifunctional platform for students to explore and navigate the intersection of technology and business. We educate, connect and empower students with meaningful opportunities in the business side of tech.
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