40 Daily Product Manager’s Worries and Responsibilities

If it’s not enough a theoretical description of a product manager’s job or if you need more details, then the excellent solution is to dive into the set of PM daily concerns and responsibilities. All these issues will demonstrate that nothing is as simple as it might seem.

The authors of hackernoon.com combined in their blog post 40 daily PM activities and duties. And all of them are relevant today.

What do good product managers do every day?

1. They learn customers and identify their problems.
2. They tell stories when presenting the product, describing all the features.
3. They keep in touch with the media.
4. They find the first beta customers.
5. They engage with happy customers who have been using the product and get their feedback for case studies.
6. They prepare case studies and write texts.
7. They train potential customers who leave their e-mail addresses.
8. They participate in web page preparation.
9. They determine the price of the product and research how similar products are priced.
10. They prepare for pivoting the structure if the product doesn’t meet expectations.
11. They work in harmony with designers.
12. They can make basic drawings in advance and prepare an analysis document.
13. They know how to organize features, hide those that do not need to be visible.
14. They work like a conductor, encouraging active involvement of other team members.
15. They balance the requests and wishes.
16. They study their competitors’ products.
17. They check the market innovations.
18. They are always up to date and first focus on the product. They use their time efficiently. They deal with events, not people.
19. They focus not only on the product itself but on the income and the customer as well.
20. They utilize qualitative and quantitative values to improve the product.
21. They make reports on time and share them with both top and side units.
22. They communicate with the teammates even when the ideas from the team seem to be pointless.
23. They delegate jobs when necessary.
24. They follow the product roadmap and the time schedule weekly.
25. They take care of the details but do not get lost in them.
26. They avoid short-term relationships and establish long-term communication.
27. They get involved in the deployment process of the product.
28. They coordinate all the operations that need to be done before releasing the new version.
29. They follow every customer complaint and try to solve them.
30. They implement urgent optimization according to these complaints if needed.
31. They market the product and listen to feedback from marketers.
32. They prioritize issues and schedule them and as part of the overall development plan.
33. They know well every point of the product and master their subject permanently.
34. They design what every attribute they add to the product will provide to their customers.
35. They train the sales team in order to increase the sales.
36. They find the happy customer who is actively using a new feature and get feedback to share it with the team.
37. They provide confidence and create happiness for the team.
38. They explore potential partnerships.
39. They prepare product training documents and videos.
40. They are aware of technological developments and work with the developer team to reflect them in the product at certain points.