Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

๐Ÿš€ Immigrant Moved to the US with $800 | Featured in Forbes
๐Ÿ“š Fashion To Youngest Engineering Ph.D. To Director Of Product in 4 Years
๐Ÿค“ BU, MIT Sloan, Entrepreneur, Startup Mentor
๐Ÿ”ฅHelped over 1500+ aspiring product managers and Sr. PMs land high-paying PM jobs (AI or traditional PM) in tech, such as Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Uber, Tesla, TikTok, Coinbase, Binance, and unicorn startups
๐Ÿ”ฅ Highest salary so far: $800K Meta L7 PM role!
๐Ÿ˜ŽTaught 600+ women how to negotiate

โ–ถ๏ธ Sign up for Product Manager Accelerator at: www.pmaccelerator.io/

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Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ .

What if chasing the newest AI tools is actually slowing down your growth as an AI Product Manager?

I sat down with Smita Kulkarni, an AI Product Manager, to unpack how she approaches AI differentlyโ€”and how she went from learning AI to actually ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡.
We talked about some questions I think every aspiring AI PM should be asking:

โ†’ How do you know ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐?
โ†’ Can you build a real AI product if you ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž?
โ†’ What makes people actually ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ?
โ†’ Why might building one personal AI project teach you more than hours of courses?
โ†’ And as AI handles more technical work, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐Œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/CPcX_vI0a_s

If youโ€™re serious about landing an AI PM role, your resume needs to ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ โ€œ๐‘ฐ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ.โ€

I created a free AI PM Resume Template to help you turn your AI experience and projects into a resume that guarantees you interviews.

Download the free template โ†’ www.pmaccelerator.io/ai-product-manager-resume

#ProductManagement #AIProductManagement #PMAccelerator #AIPMBootcamp

12 hours ago | [YT] | 1

Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

Googleโ€™s APM program just opened! Here are some numbers you need to know:

โ€ข 68K applications
โ€ข 4,492 interviews
โ€ข 15 offers
โ€ข 0.022% overall acceptance rate
โ€ข ~1,000 internal Google applicants

These numbers were shared by a Google recruiter from last year.

So how do you stand out in a pool this competitive?

Here are 3 things Iโ€™d focus on:

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1๏ธโƒฃ ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž

Donโ€™t send the same resume everywhere.

Make sure your resume speaks the language of Product Management and includes the keywords Google is looking for.

And yes, you can learn to speak technical language even if you donโ€™t know how to code.

I have a ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’• ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’† that helps you highlight the right keywords and structure your experience for ATS screening: www.pmaccelerator.io/pmresume

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ

Your resume tells recruiters what youโ€™ve done.

Your portfolio shows them ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’.

This is one of the biggest ways to differentiate yourself from thousands of candidates who have similar degrees, internships, and experiences.

I have a ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’Š๐’ 2 ๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’Œ๐’”: www.pmaccelerator.io/masterclass

3๏ธโƒฃ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

Google wants to hear ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ, so the interview isnโ€™t run like a typical interview.
Pick any Google product โ€” not just the popular ones โ€” and spend 5 minutes practicing per product.

The goal isnโ€™t to find the โ€œrightโ€ answer. Itโ€™s to get comfortable thinking out loud and explaining your reasoning.

I also have a step-by-step blog that teaches you how to crack product case interviews: www.pmaccelerator.io/blog/how-to-ace-product-managโ€ฆ

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The application window is ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”.

Start preparing before you hit submit.

Are you applying to Google APM this year? Whatโ€™s the biggest challenge youโ€™re facing right now?

#GoogleAPM
#APM
#ProductManagement
#ProductManager

1 day ago (edited) | [YT] | 5

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๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐Œ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š.

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐.

I recently sat down with Chauncey Sun, who has 20+ years of product experience, has been a Head of Product and Senior Director, and now works as a Principal Product Manager at Tesla.

I asked him a question I know a lot of senior PMs are secretly asking:

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž โ€œ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซโ€?

His answer surprised me.

Because years of experience aren't what make you senior.

There are some things truly senior PMs understand that other PMs don't.

In our conversation, Chauncey shared:

โ†’ What Tesla really looks for in a Staff-level PM
โ†’ The interview moment that changed his title
โ†’ What senior PMs do differently behind the scenes
โ†’ A Tesla example that reveals how senior PMs think
โ†’ What itโ€™s actually like working inside Tesla
โ†’ The mindset Chauncey used to move across industriesโ€”and into Tesla

If you're trying to move from PM โ†’ Senior PM โ†’ Principal PM or into leadership, that's the part you need to understand.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†: https://youtu.be/0X9dcG7GZuU

And if you're serious about getting to your next level, don't just watch the video and move on.

๐…๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค.

We've helped 2,000+ product managers land their dream PM jobs.

Watch the 10min video on this page about how our proven system works and apply for a free career evaluation call with our career advisor and see if you qualify for the program: www.pmaccelerator.io/product-manager-career-applicโ€ฆ

Your next level starts with knowing what to change.

#ProductManagement #ProductManager #CareerGrowth #PMAccelerator

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13 spots left for tomorrowโ€™s masterclass.

And honestly, Iโ€™d rather those spots go to the ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐Œ๐ฌ.

So donโ€™t take one if:
โŒ Youโ€™re sitting out ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง
โŒ You think an ๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’”๐’•, ๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’–๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ background disqualifies you
โŒ Youโ€™d rather send 100 more applications than build a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ
โŒ Youโ€™re not willing to ๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ, even with the templates handed to you

But if youโ€™re an aspiring PM with ๐’๐’ ๐‘ท๐‘ด ๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’š๐’†๐’•โ€ฆ

If youโ€™re tired of endless rejections and determined to land a PM role ๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง this hiring season, this masterclass is for you.

In one FREE live session, Iโ€™ll show you how to:

โ†’ Build a powerful product portfolio in 14 days
โ†’ Use the exact templates + tools to speed up the process
โ†’ Understand the 3 secrets behind six-figure PM offers

And if you show up LIVE, youโ€™ll also get my ๐๐Œ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค.

๐Ÿ“… Tuesday, Sept 22 OR Wednesday, Sept 23
โฐ 8:30 PM EST

If youโ€™re serious about becoming a PM, claim your seat before the room closes: www.pmaccelerator.io/masterclass

#ProductManagement #ProductManager #ProductPortfolio #PMAccelerator

4 days ago | [YT] | 2

Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

I've been a Director of Product at Fortune 500 companies, so let me describe SEPTEMBER HIRING SEASON from the other side of the table.

A senior PM role opens.

Hundreds of resumes come in.

And many of them say the same things:

โ€ข โ€œLed cross-functional teams of 20+โ€
โ€ข โ€œDefined product strategy and roadmapโ€
โ€ข โ€œDrove 30% YoY growthโ€

All true.

But alsoโ€ฆ interchangeable.

At the senior level, your resume tells hiring managers ๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐.

Your ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘พ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ.

And that difference can change how you're evaluated.

I saw this firsthand with Davica.

She had a 1.5-year career gap on her resume and needed to land a job quickly.

Instead of only rewriting her resume, she took a bigger approach:

โ†’ Optimized her ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ
โ†’ Strengthened her ๐๐Œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž
โ†’ Improved her ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ

Three months later, she had ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐Œ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

Today, she's a fully remote AI PM working for a US employer from Canada.

Her portfolio gave hiring managers a way to see how she thinks before they ever spoke with her.

That's exactly what I'll be teaching in my upcoming ๐‘ญ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’”:

1. The step-by-step ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’–๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’•
2. How to build a ๐‘ท๐‘ด ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’† that gets more interviews
3. An ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ-๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’š for breaking into AI PM roles
4. The strategies behind $๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Šโ€“$๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Š ๐๐Œ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ at FAANG and top AI startups

๐Ÿ“… Tuesday, Sept 22 or Wednesday, Sept 23
โฐ 8:30 PM EST
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE โ€” capped at 100 Aspiring/Senior PMs

Reserve your seat before theyโ€™re gone: www.pmaccelerator.io/masterclass

#ProductManagement #ProductManager #ProductPortfolio #PMAccelerator

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Hereโ€™s my 17-year journey to U.S. citizenship:

In 2009, I came to the U.S. with just $๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ to pursue my PhD.

At 24, I became one of the youngest engineering PhDs at Boston University.

But having a PhD didnโ€™t mean I knew how to build a career.

I had no job. No money. And honestly, I felt pretty lost.

So I spent the next four months upskilling myself, and eventually landed a Systems Engineer role at Shell.

Then came the green card journey.

My first company slowed down my green card process, so I eventually moved to Verizon. Verizon expedited the process, and I was able to apply for an EB-1B.

But then immigration policies changed, and even my EB-1 process was delayed for years.

Finally, in September 2020 โ€” ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”.๐’. โ€” ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐.

And then came another waiting period.

I decided to get my citizenship on my own rather than through marriage. That was a personal choice that mattered to me. I wanted to know that I could build this life and achieve it independently.

Last week, after years of waiting, I finally took the citizenship oath.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”.๐’., ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž.

If you're also working toward a bigger career goal โ€” whether that's breaking into product management, moving into AI, or getting your next promotion โ€” don't feel like you have to figure it all out alone.

Book a call with our career advisor and let's talk about your next step: www.pmaccelerator.io/product-manager-career-applicโ€ฆ

And if you're an immigrant, I'd love to hear your story too.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง?

#USCitizenship #ImmigrantJourney #ProductManagement #PMAccelerator

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Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

How does someone become a Director of GenAI in just 3 monthsโ€ฆ without even applying for the job?

And what if I told you a C-level executive reached out to her instead?

Thatโ€™s what happened to Judy Xiong.

In our last episode of the Product Insider Podcast, Judy shared that she became a Director of Product in just 3 months.

But honestly, that was only ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.

In this episode, we went deeper into the career strategy behind her rapid growth.

Judy is now a ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ƒ ๐๐š๐ง๐ค โ€” and sheโ€™s also a mom of three.

So I had to ask:

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’•?

We talked about:
โ†’ The unspoken career strategy that can accelerate your path to leadership
โ†’ Why some people get promoted while others stay stuck in the same role for years
โ†’ What actually gets the attention of C-level executives
โ†’ How to become the person leaders see as "ready" for the next level
โ†’ How to build visibility without feeling like youโ€™re constantly promoting yourself
โ†’ And how she manages all of this while raising three kids

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full episode here: lnkd.in/gjUDGsiy

And if youโ€™re thinking, โ€œ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ,โ€ our next AI PM Bootcamp starts in just ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.

Youโ€™ll work with developers, engineers, and designers to build and launch a real AI productโ€”so youโ€™re not just saying you know AI. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ.

Before you apply, watch our FREE AI PM Workshop to see if you qualify for the Bootcamp โ†’ www.pmaccelerator.io/AIPM

What do you think is the #1 thing that gets someone noticed for a promotion?

#CareerGrowth #ProductManagement #ProductManager #PMAccelerator

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Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .

It was the beginning of the pandemic.

Companies were freezing hiring.

My background was in oil & gas, and I was already a Group Product Manager at Horizon.

But I wanted to make one big career move:

๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ-๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž.

So instead of applying to hundreds of jobs, I did something completely different.

I bet $500 with my husband at the time:

โ€œIf I donโ€™t get a job offer within 60 days, you keep the money.โ€

That gave me one thing I needed: ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’š.

Within ONE day, I:

โ†’ Updated my LinkedIn and resume
โ†’ Reached out to recruiters I knew
โ†’ Contacted hiring managers
โ†’ Activated my entire professional network

And hereโ€™s the crazy part:

๐ˆ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐›.

Instead, I networked.

That led to about ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€.

Then something interesting happened.

A recruiter I had known for years told me about one leadership position.

Then he said:

โ€œWe actually have four positions. Do you want to apply to all of them?โ€

I said, โ€œAbsolutely.โ€

Eventually, I made it to multiple final-round interviews and received ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€”๐Ÿ‘ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ-๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.

The biggest lesson?

๐€ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ-๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐.

Companies may not want competitors to know theyโ€™re building a new AI product, changing their strategy, or hiring a senior leader.

So those opportunities often move through ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’•.

And here's another lesson:

Even when โ€œnobody is hiring,โ€ companies will still pay for exceptional talent.

If you can demonstrate that youโ€™re a top candidate who can create significant business impact, companies will find the budget.

So if you're a Senior PM aiming for a Director-level role:

๐‘บ๐’•๐’๐’‘ ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’๐’ ๐’‹๐’๐’ƒ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”. ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘๐’”.

Your next opportunity might already existโ€”it just may not be posted publicly.

Want help figuring out how to position yourself for your next PM role?

Book a free career consultation call with my team. Weโ€™ll help you assess where you are, whatโ€™s holding you back, and what you should do next: www.pmaccelerator.io/product-manager-career-applicโ€ฆ


Whatโ€™s the biggest challenge youโ€™re facing in your PM job search right now?

#JobSearch #ProductManagement #ProductManager #PMAccelerator

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Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›โ€ฆ

โ€ฆand started ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?

Thatโ€™s exactly what happened to Judy Xiong.

She went from Deloitte consultant โ†’ Product Manager โ†’ top-performing product leader at TD Bank.

Then she decided to level up her AI skills.

She joined our AI Product Management Bootcamp and built ๐‘บ๐’•๐’š๐’๐’†๐‘ท๐’Š๐’๐’๐’•, an AI personal stylist, with a cross-functional team.

And then something unexpected happened:

๐’๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž.

The opportunity found her.

A C-level executive at TD Bank approached her about becoming a ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ, where she now leads AI transformation strategy.

But Judyโ€™s story isnโ€™t about luck.

Itโ€™s about ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’™๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’.

She didnโ€™t just say, โ€œI know AI.โ€

She ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .

She worked with a real team.

Launched a real product.

Learned from users.

And shared her journey publicly.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch Judyโ€™s full story: https://youtu.be/U4moST9VT20

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐€๐ˆ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ˆ.

Our next ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐Œ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.

You wonโ€™t just get another certificate.

Youโ€™ll work with developers, engineers, and designers to ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’• โ€” giving you something much more valuable:

๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ .

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the AI PM Workshop to see if you qualify and whether the Bootcamp is right for you: www.pmaccelerator.io/AIPM

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

#ProductManagement #AIProductManagement #PMAccelerator #AIPMBootcamp

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Dr. Nancy Li - Director of Product

๐Ÿšจ ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐€๐ˆ-๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

This is an interesting AI PM role for someone who wants to do more than just manage a roadmap.

Youโ€™ll own the product from **idea โ†’ prototype โ†’ production โ†’ iteration**, while working directly with customers to identify where AI can solve real problems.

๐Ÿ’ป Product Manager, AI-Powered Products
๐Ÿ“ Miami, FL

Theyโ€™re looking for someone who can:

โ€ข Identify opportunities where AI creates real customer value
โ€ข Move quickly from prototype to production
โ€ข Use experiments, metrics, and customer feedback to make decisions
โ€ข Own product adoption and business impact
โ€ข Work across technical and non-technical teams

And experience with ๐‘ช๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’…๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’…๐’†, ๐‘ช๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’๐’“, ๐’๐’“ ๐’”๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ-๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’๐’๐’๐’” is a plus.

If you're interested or know someone who'd be a great fit, feel free to reach out!

๐Ÿ‘‰ LIKE this post and DM me with the job title and company, and I'll ensure your resume gets straight to the hiring manager.

#PMAccelerator #AIPMBootcamp #TechHiring #JobReferral

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