AI and the State of Product Management | Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia (Founder & CEO, Product School)

The Product Development Podcast

Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia is Founder and CEO of Product School, and an entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience building global companies and digital products.
He founded Product School in 2014, which is the global leader in product training with a community of over two million members. All of its instructors are real-world Product Leaders working at top Silicon Valley companies including Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon.
In today's episode:
• How Product Management has changed in 2024
• Impact of AI in product development
• How to navigate the current product job market
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Carlos's contact and company info:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villaumbrosia/
• Website: https://www.productschool.com/
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Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/
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In this episode:
(00:00) Coming up

(01:40) Introduction

(02:21) Carlos's background

(04:14) Pull to Product Management

(06:12) How PM tools have changed

(08:12) First steps into Product Management

(09:22) The current job market challenges

(12:28) The Product career ladder

(15:22) How the PM role has now changed

(19:22) Building a great product in 2024

(23:28) The rise of generative AI

(25:44) First steps in implementing AI Product strategies

(30:00) Importance of AI technical knowledge for PMs

(32:50) Risks of AI

(37:33) Final thoughts

(38:35) Outro

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Get in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling