Claire Vo is the Chief Product Officer of LaunchDarkly and ex-CPO of Color and Optimizely.

Claire believes that it’s never been a better time to be a strong IC PM and has built a career ladder where the best individual contributors report directly to the C-suite.

We spoke about:

1. Why PM performance theater needs to end

2. How to pursue the super IC PM career path

3. How IC PMs can use AI to excel at their job

Claire had so many hot takes throughout and I think you’ll love our interview.

Chapter timestamps:

00:00 Welcome Claire

01:39 The Importance of the IC Path

04:08 The Limitations of Frameworks

05:20 Designing a Better Ladder for PMs

09:39 The Changing Landscape for PMs

11:55 Why Fast Beats Right

16:20 The Coaches, Captains, and Players Framework

19:16 Traits of Great ICs

23:55 Protecting Craft Time

28:48 The Chat PRD and AI Journey

33:13 The Future of PMs with AI

Where to find Claire:

X: https://twitter.com/clairevo

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/

Get the interview takeaways:

https://creatoreconomy.so/p/claire-vo-why-its-time-for-ic-product-manager

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