Product Stacks

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Product Stacks by the Department of Product is a deep dive into the products and tools top PMs from Google, Shopify, LinkedIn, Amazon, Uber and more. From productivity tools, frameworks, tech stacks to software development management tools, we'll dig deep to get an understanding of how top companies are running product and how you can get inspiration for your own product stack. Stay up to date with the latest product news, features, analysis and more - https://departmentofproduct.com/newsletter

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Justin Blumenthal - Product Manager at Coinbase

Justin Blumenthal is product manager at Coinbase where he leads P2P crypto payments and the Coinbase Card. During his time at Coinbase, Justin launched new features including multichain send and receive. Prior to Coinbase, Justin was Lead PM at Square, leading the development efforts for Square Reader for Contactless and Chip and the Square Reader for Magstripe. Justin’s product stack includes: Problem / Proposed Solution (PPS) template RAPID (Recommend / Agree / Perform / Input / Decide) templa...

Jan 26, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Vishal Kapoor - Director of Product at Shipt

Vishal Kapoor is the Director of Product at Shipt where he leads two mission critical product groups: Order Bundling, and Shopper Earnings, which together manage billions of dollars of P&L annually. Prior to Shipt, Vishal was lead product manager at Lyft and spent 7 years in product at games maker Zynga. Vishal also has experience as a software engineer at Microsoft and Amazon. Vishal’s leadership Product Stack includes: 4 factor framework: Strategic Planning, Accountability, Communication, ...

Nov 23, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Vik Bharadwaj at Wayfair

Vik Bharadwaj is a Senior Product Manager for Wayfair Mobile apps leading engagement and retention initiatives along with optimizing for conversion. Prior to joining Wayfair, Vik was a senior product manager at Peapod Digital Labs, an Ahold Delhaize USA Company. Vik’s product stack includes: Product review document Product review deck Software release notes If you’d like to stay up to date with Vik, you can follow him on LinkedIn . Never miss the latest episodes by subscribing to our Weekly Brie...

Nov 14, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Mohana Cherukuri at EA Games

Mohana Cherukuri is a product manager at EA games working in the developer platform team, responsible for building tools that can be used inside EA games. Prior to EA Games, Mohana worked at Booking.com and Amazon, and has a background in software engineering. Mohana’s product stack includes: Product discovery document Google Docs, Tableau, Figma, Miro North star metrics If you’d like to stay up to date with Mohana, you can follow him on LinkedIn . Product Stacks is brought to you by Storyblok -...

Nov 09, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Aishwarya Murali at Amazon

Aishwarya Murali is principal product manager at Amazon where she builds products to support the ecommerce seller experience. Prior to Amazon, Aishwarya worked as a Technical Product Manager at Expedia and spent time in management roles in Expedia and Dell. Aishwarya holds an MBA from Purdue's Krannert School of Management with experience in Supply Chain Management , Logistics and Operations. Aishwarya also has a degree in software engineering. Aishwarya’s product stack includes: Product insight...

Nov 01, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Camilla Fisco at Uber

Camilla Fisco is a product manager at Uber where she focuses on building Adtech marketing platform solutions that reach millions of users. Prior to working in product, Camilla spent time in marketing and working in the fragrance industry. Camilla’s product stack includes: OKR tracking and PRDs with Coda Smartsheets for roadmaps and data visualisation Agenda template for one to ones Other essential tools mentioned include: A pen and paper! Product Stacks is brought to you by Storyblok - one of th...

Oct 05, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Diego Rivas at Google

Diego Rivas is a Product Manager at Google working in the augmented reality (AR) team. In his role as a PM, Diego works with product teams across software and hardware and was previously part of the engineering team that launched the Pixel 3 and Pixel 4. Prior to joining Google, Diego was a product design engineer at Apple where he was involved in developing the design architecture of the iPad. Diego’s Product Stack includes: The Why - PRDs, one pagers and strategy docs with Docs and Slides The ...

Sep 29, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Suji Kim at LinkedIn

Suji Kim is a senior product manager at LinkedIn focused on member acquisition efforts in the International Growth team. Prior to working at LinkedIn, Suji was senior product manager at Amazon where she helped create Amazon’s worldwide delivery experience. Suji’s product stack includes: Outlook and Google Workspace for productivity and documentation Zoom, Slack and teams for communication Figma and Figjam for design and collaboration Smartsheets for project management Suji’s tips for using Slack...

Sep 20, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Majed Chaaban at Venmo

Majed Chaaban is a Senior Product Manager at Venmo where he’s focused on the Venmo Debit Card - a product that allows millions of users to spend Venmo balance funds everywhere Mastercard is accepted in the U.S. and in U.S. territories. Prior to Venmo, Majed was Senior PM at PayPal. Majed’s product stack includes: Data analysis with Amplitude Process management and productivity (including personal productivity!) with Jira Documentation writing and collaboration with Atlassian’s Confluence Other p...

Sep 13, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Christin Karwatzki at Shopify

Christin Karwatzki is a Senior Product Manager at Shopify where she helps millions of merchants offer competitive and reliable delivery experiences. Prior to Shopify, Christin spent 4 years at Amazon in both product and program management. Christin’s product stack includes: Documentation tools (Google Docs) Visualisation ( Figjam and Miro) SQL ( Mode plus AWS tools) Frameworks and tools mentioned include: Assumption slams for testing assumptions and de-risking strategy The importance of product ...

Sep 05, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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