Female Tech Exec

Market Update (Product) with Riviera Partners' Andrew Abramson


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This is the first of a series of market updates with select partners who have their pulse on the market for tech executives. 

Today's market update comes to you from Andrew Abramson, the Partner in charge of the Product practice at Riviera Partners, an executive search firm in Silicon Valley.  Riviera has been responsible for filling CPO and other Product leadership roles at companies like Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Instacart, Doordash, Credit Karma, Reddit, Udemy, Thumbtack, Masterclass, Eventbrite, Stripe, Atlassian, Dropbox, Upwork, Zendesk, GitHub, Asana, Twilio, Okta, Snowflake, PagerDuty and others. 

In this excerpt from a client-only live call, Andrew covers the following:

4:40 - What are the current major trends in the recruiting space for Product leaders

8:10 - What are companies flexible on when they evaluate less experienced Product managers

10:58 - Expectations a candidate should have to succeed in the current marketplace

13:24 - How to recognize red flags with startup founders and investors as a candidate

15:35 - Tension between wants and needs of founders and their product companies

17:42 - Tips for positioning one’s self in early stage startups

20:46 - Key experience that candidates should focus on to become a desirable candidate for a Product leadership role

Members of our executive development coaching programs have access to the full call content, including the live Q&A section.  To learn more about our programs and to get a jumpstart on your career climb to VP, join our next free Product VP Challenge here: www.productvpchallenge.com. The next one is coming up in September 2021!

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