ABOUT THE SEMINAR
A day-long program, aimed at mid-career professionals in the service and product sectors who wish to get a glimpse into the product management function and learn about the opportunities and skills required for this career track.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
What kind of professionals will benefit from this seminar?
This seminar will benefit mid-career professionals with 5+years of experience in product or service companies who are looking to accelerate their careers and get into leadership positions, or to transition into product management roles. Typical profiles of attendees are senior engineers, leaders, product, project and program managers and directors.
How will this help someone trying to make a career in service and product sectors?
Besides the unique opportunity to interact with senior industry leaders, product practitioners and veterans from the field, the seminar will present focused sessions that will give insights about the skills professionals need for career acceleration and transition. People who want to be entrepreneurs have benefited from these seminars too.
Senior leaders share their best known hiring practices and what kinds of people and skills they look for when they hire.
In today's market, how important is service and product management?
Product Management is a role that is being carved out in companies across the spectrum in India, as Indian industry steps into the era of products. There is a huge demand for product managers, who can bring with them a blend of business and technology skills and nurse products to commercial success.
What does the future hold for people in this sector?
The future is bright for Product Managers as this Wall Street Journal article testifies. Attend the seminar to find out if this is a role that you should be looking at, and what skills and competencies you need to pick up to succeed in your career.
Pune Seminar Speakers:
Shridhar Shukla, CEO of KPoint
Sameer Soman, MD, ThoughtWorks
Shailendra Abhyankar MD, FIS Shaleel Nalakath
Rajesh Dhingra, Director of Products, Protegrity
Girish Kale, Director, VMWare
Nitin Shrotri, DGM (Product Management), Mahindra
Meghan Ranade, Principal Product Manager, Symantec
Vasudev Murthy, Managing Partner at Focal Concepts. Facilitator and Author
Prof. Pinkesh Shah, Co-Founder IPL