Exploring Trends in High-Performance Product Management

Do you want to become a product manager? Are you an engineer, designer, or project manager looking to move up and expand your skillset? Or are you from another field and interested in making a career transition?

Check out our upcoming session on Lean Product Management, presented by Lean School. This is a special one-hour talk by Lean Startup expert Ryan MacCarrigan, who will be offering a new course in Lean Product Management at Galvanize starting this fall (date tbd). The talk will provide an overview of the latest trends and best practices in high-performance Product Management, connecting product design and development to measurable business outcomes using Lean Startup methodologies.

Participants will learn how traditional Product Management is evolving to incorporate a wider breadth of skills including Customer Development, Business Model Validation, Design Thinking, Lean Marketing, and related topics. The talk will serve as a preview for the 6-week course which will cover a wide range of essential hard and soft skills for aspiring product managers. It will be a part-time, evening course located at the Galvanize campus in San Francisco.

Takeaways:

• Get a hands-on overview of the Lean Product Management curriculum
• Meet Ryan, your Lead Instructor, and hear about his background
• Learn about the career paths for becoming a product manager
• Discover how you can use Lean Product Management concepts to become a better engineer, designer or project manager.

Food and wine will be served, with a vegan option available.

About your presenter:

Ryan MacCarrigan is a Lean Startup coach, consultant, and university instructor with leadership experience in product, marketing, and user experience at technology companies in New York City, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. He has facilitated product management workshops and consulting projects across the United States, Europe, and Asia—helping thousands of product managers, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders validate and launch new products faster. This includes engagements with companies like SanDisk, LG, News Corp, Disney, and Singularity University.

In addition to his consulting work, Ryan currently serves as the Global President of the Columbia Venture Community, a group for nearly 5,000 Columbia alumni who work in tech and innovation. He is also the founder of the San Francisco Corporate Innovation Meetup, and is a former co-organizer of the San Francisco Lean Startup Circle Meetup and New York City Lean Startup Meetup.