How to Prep for Product Leadership with PayPal Group Product Manager, Parul Goel

In this episode with Parul Goel, you’ll learn:

1. Differentiate between a Product Manager and a Product Leader
2. What are the qualities of a Product Leader
3. How to go about becoming a Product Leader

KEY DISCUSSION POINTS

[0:19] Parul’s journey into Product

[04:00] Parul’s role at Paypal as a Group Product Manager

[05:12] What is the difference between a product manager vs a product leader and how is it related to org structure?

[05:10] Who do you consider a product leader?

[07:54] How do you become a product leader? What are the top skills necessary to become a product leader?

ABOUT PARUL GOELParul is a Product Leader at PayPal.  She currently heads payments for the PayPal Commerce Platform, an enterprise product she helped build from scratch.  She is passionate about innovating in the enterprise product space.  In her career spanning over fifteen years, Parul has been part of several complex product builds, some have been very successful while others have served as great life lessons. Parul loves to travel and cannot wait to get back to a plane, hopefully on her way to somewhere new and exciting. Parul holds an M.S in Computer Science from Columbia University.

LINKS

• Parul’s Masterclass

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