Product Career Development Framework Working Group

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• Attributes
• Business Goals
  • Protocols and Processes
  • Exit Criteria
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Meetings

Attributes

Property	Value
Date Created	April 21, 2021
Target End Date	January 31,2023
Slack	#wg_product-cdf (only accessible by GitLab team members)
Google Doc	Working Group Agenda (only accessible by GitLab team members)
Docs	Framework Handbook Page
Issues	Issue List / Issue Board
Label	~wg-product-cdf
Associated KPIs/OKRs	Promotion Rate and Retention
GitLab group for working group	`@wg-product-cdf

Business Goals

1. Deliver a revised Product Career Development Framework for Individual Contributor roles in Product based on new competencies by 2022-06-20.
2. Conduct AMAs and training with Product Organization on new CDFs for optional use in a FY23-Q3 Career Conversations.
3. Conduct AMAs and training with Product Organization on new CDFs for broad use in FY23-Q4 Career Conversations.

Protocols and Processes

1. We will have a recurring weekly sync with the working group
2. We will use a issue board for assigning tasks and delegating efforts across the working group
3. We will track efforts in phases, which will be broken up into epics
4. The DRI for the CDF is the VP of Product Management and all changes for the CDF will be approved via the VP

Exit Criteria

1. Research and incorporation of industry standards into Product Manager Skills and Requirements => 100% delivered in Product#2460
2. Research and incorporation of internal expectations into Product Management Responsibilities => 100% delivered in Product#2517 and Product#2832
3. Clear quantative measures for progress included in the CDF
4. Training for how to use the CDF for all Product Leaders
5. Simplification of PM Competencies

Roles and Responsibilities

Working Group Role	Person	Title
Executive Sponsor	David DeSanto	VP, Product
Facilitator	Jackie Porter	Director of Product, Verify & Package
Facilitator	Farnoosh Seifoddini	Group Product Manager, Product Operations
Functional Lead	Kenny Johnston	Senior Director of Product, Ops & Analytics
Functional Lead	Joshua Lambert	Director of Product, Enablement
Functional Lead	Hillary Benson	Director of Product, Sec & Data Science
Functional Lead	Justin Farris	Sr Director, Product Monetization
Reviewer	Gabe Weaver	Senior Product Manager
Reviewer	Sam Kerr	Principal PM
Reviewer	Taylor McCaslin	Group Manager, Product - ModelOps & Anti-Abuse
Reviewer	Viktor Nagy	Senior Product Manager

Meetings

Meetings are recorded and available on YouTube in the Working Group - Product CDF playlist. The playlist is public, although, some meetings maybe private due to the nature of the material covered in the call.