For product managers
Coaching and mentorship for product managers
From your first move into product to your first director role, with practical help on the problems on your desk right now.
Book a free intro callGet into product management
Are you a project manager, in customer success or tech support, or an engineer, and you want to become a product manager?
- Skill set: what you bring to the table and what needs to be added
- Knowledge: which courses best prepare you for the practice
- Fit: make sure this profession is the right next step for you
Improve strategic thinking
You are already a product manager, but you keep hearing that you need to become more strategic to grow.
- Useful frameworks: where to start
- Your strategic roadmap: hands-on help drawing and understanding the bigger picture
- Managing up: what to do if your product leader isn't strategic either
Interview preparation
Being a good product manager and showing it fully in interviews are two different things. I can help with the second.
- Hard skills: types of skill-based interviews and what product leaders look for
- Soft skills: communication, storytelling, self-reflection
- Dry run: real practice interviews with case studies and take-home assignments, with immediate feedback and specific pointers
Leadership
Your great PM work brought you to a group or director role. Now what?
- Autonomy: help team members take ownership and make the best decisions
- Clarity: clear OKRs and KPIs lead to the best results
- Accountability: freedom comes with responsibility and discipline
Running product operations
How to set up a system that helps you instead of adding friction.
- Goal-based planning: balance strategic goals with high-integrity commitments
- Go-to-market feedback: become the GTM team's best friend without agreeing to every request
- Roadmap communication: present strategy and plans the right way for each stakeholder
What product managers say
How product managers have grown their careers with my support.
“Ivo's insights proved invaluable while I navigated the transition from Product Manager to VP of Product, helping me sharpen my thinking at key moments.”
Martin VoynikovGeneral Manager“Over the years, Ivo has been an incredible help to me, both when I was an individual contributor and later as I stepped into product leadership. He has a rare ability to zoom in on execution details and zoom out to the strategic big picture, and every time his advice has been spot-on and hugely valuable.”
Momchil AndreevProduct Leader and Entrepreneur“Ivo supported me in the process of clarifying and derisking the strategy of our product, and his keen insight and pragmatic approach shed light on important aspects I had not thought about. His inputs allowed me to avoid a suboptimal strategic direction, thus saving me time and potential business losses.”
Magdalena PetkovaSenior Product ManagerMeet and chat
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