408 Senior Product Manager Reviews

"I love my job and know how critical it is to a company's success. It's a great blend of engineering and marketing, project management and sales, so I am never bored. In addition, I've guided both companies' product roadmaps successfully in the right direction and felt great satisfaction in doing so. That's what makes product management so much fun."

"I love everything except that companies tend to de-value this role."

"Good: solving problems and interacting with others.Bad: role is often considered to be expendable."

"Good - solving problems. Bad - lack of stability within growing companies."

"I hate nothing about being a Product Manager."

"I enjoy technology and how to make complex systems seem so easy to use. I plan on staying in the Product and User Experience area of Product Development where I can use my entrepreneurship and ambitious nature to build revolutionary new products improving company performance levels and how humans interact with technology."

"I would like a role with more customer facing responsibility."

"I loved the ability of coming in and being a true entrepreneur. I absolutely disliked some of the senior management that were brought in from large sloth-like companies that couldn't understand velocity if it smacked them in their face in a time warp."

"I love building new and inventive products. I like making people say, wow, you can do that with the web. I love working with people and collaborating on inventions. Since product is consumer-facing it is critical that it does what it needs to do and exhibits the WOW factor."

"I love owning the application. I dislike my commute."

"Working with both developers and customers to deliver products that fit the business need of customers. Most rewarding!"

"I love all the things I get to work on as a Product Manager. However, most companies do not realize how important product management is to their success and either start a PM team too late, or do not provide enough staffing to be effective. PMs are often among the first to be let go in a down-sizing, and that is a short-sighted decision."

"The pay at iPass is decent for the work that I did."

What do you like about working at Southern California Edison?

"Access to resources. Interesting industry. great opportunity for learning new things."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great company if you like a culture of very rigid structure"

What don't you like about working at Southern California Edison?

"too much bureaucracy. lots of process. very long lead times to get things done due to approval by consensus"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"empower your employees to make decisions. cut down on the bureaucracy."

What do you like about working at Norman?

"Friendly, flexible culture focused on building products to secure the world."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself. Culture is the most important fit here."

What don't you like about working at Norman?

"I reached my peak at Norman and needed to move on to push my career to the next level."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to gain more of a global view. Executive management is perceived to have a focus on the European zone only."