Yoav Achiam
Senior Product Manager
Individual Contributor
Product Management, Productivity, Time Management, Decision Making
Experience
11
Division
Marketing
London
Location
What do I want you to know about me?
Building products is a passion of mine. As a product manager, I aim to build products that make a real impact on people's lives. The amazing thing about product management is that it is a way of thinking / doing and it can be applied to many aspects of life. Through our journey together we will cover different aspects of the product management mindset such as who our customers are, are we solving the right problem, experiment driven decision making, working incrementally to reach a bigger whole, stakeholder management, working in the right context, understanding our key performance indicators and more. This will be done through exercises we will set and discuss, weekly/bi weekly follow ups, trying to uncover the PM mindset in you and apply it. If you wish to work on your time manager skills, we can also focus on how to become more proactive and focused using the GTD system. As a mentor, seeing things come to life through your mentee is one of the most rewarding experiences.
What will the sessions look like?
Depending on what you are looking to learn and gain we can customize the sessions. If you are more about learning what product management is like, we can do a few simple exercise together to give that feeling. If you are interested in managing your time better, we can discuss how you do it today, some different methods I know as well as the one that works for me (which is a mashup). Bottom line, each mentee is different, both as a person and in their goals. We can really customize it to fit your needs and personality best.
As a mentee, you will commit to:
I found weekly / bi-weekly cadence of meetings to be more productive. From session to session we will discuss what was done, what was learned, if any improvement was felt etc. Every session we will discuss the next steps (as an overview/review) and an exercise to do for next week. They won’t be something that will take up a lot of your time and should hopefully be fun and enjoyable as well as bring you closer to your end goal.
