product-leadership
Product Leadership
"Your job is no longer to build products. It's to build the teams and systems that build products."
This skill covers Product Leadership — the overlay for operating at Director, VP, or CPO level. It addresses portfolio management, executive alignment, board communication, team structure, and the operating rhythms that scale product organizations.
Part of: Modern Product Operating Model — a collection of composable product skills.
Related skills: product-strategy, product-discovery, product-architecture, product-delivery, ai-native-product
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Managing multiple products or product teams
- Aligning product strategy with company strategy
- Communicating to board or executives
- Designing product team structure
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