Your first 30 days starting a new product management role

A Product Manager asked me what I’d do if I was starting a new role.

Here’s who I’d meet with and the questions I’d ask in my 1st week:

🧐 CUSTOMER INTERVIEWS
Why did you buy this product?
What do you like / dislike about this product?
What does success look like for you in solving this problem?

😎 PRODUCT LEADERSHIP
Where does this product fit into the overall strategy?
What key metrics is this product driving?
What does success look like for you? And failure?

💰 GO-TO-MARKET TEAMS
How are you positioning this product to customers?
Why are we losing customers? Deals, churn
What are the biggest support issues and why?

🛠 PRODUCT TEAM
How would you describe this products vision / strategy?
What is exciting you about this product today?
What’s missing for us to ship more impact, faster?

You’ll quickly learn...

...how your product fits into the bigger strategy.
...how to align your team's focus to overall goals.
...levers you can pull to increase adoption + revenue $$$.

Anything else I should be telling new product builders?