[ftio]

Longtime PM as well, and I strongly agree. PMs should have lots of surface area —- ideally, an entire product (or more).

PMs should also be a lot more focused on the business’ goals than most PMs are. It’s necessary but insufficient to solve problems for your users. Solving those problems needs to translate into value for your company too.

Strong, product-minded Eng/UX partners are essential in enabling that.

[jasondigitized]

This. The closer to the P&L the better. It forces you to act as a "whole product" manager and not think everything is solved by adding a new feature.